[Paul F]

Originally Posted by dallas_

What a shame.

A guy has a chance to shed some interesting light on the history of a car and make some new friends.

Instead he....... does this.

Well let's fix it. Here it is again with some words removed.

I have a story about CSX3301. Its the year 2000. I get a phone call from Dr Ravi Shetti from great neck long island. So his question is would I give him approximately 200,000 dollars worth of concrete for a trade against a car. he take me into the garage and there it is this beat up looking guardsmen blue with white stripe 427 cobra.

I start to inspect the cobra with the gauges in kilometers 10356about 6400 miles I smile and make the deal. I find out about Billy Andrews and H.R.E. motor cars who builds new continuation cobras for Carroll Shelby. I give Bill five large boxes of parts a engine, tranny , 4 wheels and a cobra body. I leave it in his very capable hands .
I go home and start to do the research on my pile of junk I just left Bill. I find out the car was originally a under exhaust roadster no roll bar , no hood scoop , no side pipes and four skinny sunburst wheels in Wimbledon white no stripes.

The car was pulled off the line at AC cars in England and handed over to the boys at FAV Ford Advanced Vehicle were it got side pipes, roll bar ,big halibrant wheels and tires, marcel headlamps and polished aluminum engine bay and polished trunk .

Bill starts to work his magic on my car. I tell him I want the car to be done in Wimbledon white with 1997 viper blue stripes. .. the most beautiful cobra emerges from bills garage. Nothing like the sound off a cast iron big block cobra.

In 2005 I take CSX3301, under HRE'S tent and Carroll Shelby and his wife Clowie walk in and we talk for two hours he signs CSX3301 glove box

Then he climbs in the passenger seat of my ford Gt and signs It to my friend Dave. When he climbs into his golf cart and drives away after signing everything I realize that I forgot to have him put something on the glove box better than just Carroll Shelby. I jump in my golf cart and chase him back to his trailer. I get out of my cart and he says to me did I forget something and I said no sir I would just like to ask you a favor above were you wrote your name could you please write (One of the rarest CSX3301) no questions asked he just signed it I shook his hand and got in my golf cart and drove away. One of the nicest people I have ever met.

In 2007 I took CSX3301 to Barrett Jackson and sold one of the most beautiful cars I've ever owned. The car is today just as perfect as in 2001. I have lots of pics of me and Carroll hanging out shaking hands and signing all of my cars at lime rock park. If Clay the owner of CSX3301 ever wants to sell it ever I would buy it back in a heartbeat.