RE: SOLD - SOLD - SOLD!!!! - 1968 SHELBY GT500 E CONVERTIBLE FOR $550800

I just rec'd one of my many Mustang monthly magazines and this car was the
feature story/cover car...nice write up. personally, the hood is plumber
butt ugly. at any rate, I just sent the mag off to a friend in Iraq so cant
go check which mag it was. ( recall it was Mustangs and Fords or Mustang
Monthly) . the hype of the charity ( MD or ?) took over on this one, and
the beauty of a phone bid makes ya always wonder 'who is that masked man' as
they used to say . It just seemed this was too orchestrated and in the end,
with all the stories that will be written about this car and the price paid,
someone is getting MUCH MORE THAN $500k in free publicitiy. There can
only be one "serial #1" and that was the hype of the car and the TV
announcer who read it off a data plate of some kind. I understand that they
wrote a couple of 'retail orders' for dupes of this car at their BJ - Palm
Beach display , and that was before it went across the block at a half mil
plus ! yep, they could have bid against themselves, bought their own car,
paid the 8+8 commission and still be BIG BUCKS ahead vs all the press and
hype this sale will give them in free publicity...yep...now, let me have a
real deal please vs one of these. IF they ever have any value in the future,
i will be long gone and so will not benefit from it. however, i am here
today and the value of the real ones from the 60s have more appeal to me -
and cheaper too ! LOL.... bill,motown
-----Original Message-----
From: SHELBNUT@aol.com [mailto:SHELBNUT@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:38 PM
To: sbeckerone@charter.net; shelbymustang@carmemories.com
Subject: Re: SOLD - SOLD - SOLD!!!! - 1968 SHELBY GT500 E CONVERTIBLE FOR
$550800


I remember seeing this car being assemble at Unique's Open House last
year. Thought this was great they were doing a GT500E conv. I always thought
they (GT500E's) were overpriced, but they are selling or have sold everyone
they build.
But, $550800. UNREAL Could this just be cheap national or even worldwide
television advertising? I missed auction. How many miniutes of bidding time.
Are operators at Unique taking orders now. Maybe having a half price B-J
Auction Special.

Russ