[Randall Thomas]

I'm not much of a book reader, and have seen all the other great Shelby books out there which seem more like different versions of the same thing... after all, there is just so much you can write about regarding the same limited topic.

HOWEVER, this latest book, SHELBY COBRA: 50 YEARS, is really a fresh new look at a 50 year old subject. Colin has somehow managed to pull all the great stories out of the past, and propell them into the future with a modern twist. The more 'humanistic' side of the legend and the people that made it happen is really interesting, and great to see it captured before all those stories were either lost, or reinvented into something else.

In addition to that, the last chapter covering the transistion into the next generation of this story, the replicas, also seems to have maybe set the stage for perhaps Colin's next book... and perhaps titled, "SHELBY COBRA: THE NEXT 50 YEARS" ????? hmmmm.

But back to this book... all I know is for any book, with a hard cover, and 250 pages with outstanding photography reproductions, is that I am simply amazed to see it for only $26 at Amazon. I was expecting a 50 or 60 page paperback book with some rehashed trivia. This price just can't last for long, not in this economy.

I also can't beleive Colin's going to make me read my first book in many years, cover to cover. And, like I always do, I started at the back of this one first... and low and behold, I see my own Cobra as the last closing page and a half. <blush>

Very nicely done, Colin. I just can not imagine the time needed to not only put the words down on paper, but to check them over and over to make sure they are accurate. Contratulations on a job well done... and what may be the sole coffee table reference icon, for years to come! You just can't put a value on that.

All the best;

Randall