[DAVID GAGNARD]

Evan;

The facts are the facts. You have said in many post's that you prefer to deal "in facts only". O-K, I agree with you on that 100%. Fact is, I have heard and seen CS on the t-v
during an interview saying "He personally went to the kit makers and asked for the $1,000.00 donation per kit sold to go to his heart fund". Shelby Licensing Inc. may have carried the banner for this,but I-me- have personally heard and seen CS on t-v say he asked for the donation himself....Now I'm dealing in facts and have the right to flame him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am entitled to my opinion just like everyone else, and my opinion is that the way it was stated to the kit makers constitutes EXTORTION,your a lawyer,would you like to argue for or against that in court????

BTW; I agree with you 100% on the fact that you have a real Shelby Cobra. Fact is it has a CSX # and is therefore a real Shelby Cobra,not an old one but a new one...No one else can say they have a real Cobra unless it has a CSX #,that I agree to....I think most people here other than a small handful will agree to that and give the credit to CSX owners... Most people have a beef with SAI or CS,not the car or the fact that you have a CSX car and others have kit cars or replicas that resemble the Cobra... You have tried to bridge the gap from the CSX owners to all others and have made some very good progress,but lately it seems others from SAI have just about undone all the good you did....

Evan, I have no problem or beef with CSX owners or their cars,just that I do like the way SAI/CS have conducted business and done things thru the years..... You said in an earlier post something to the effect that if you and Turk could run SAI,you put the other guys out of business.... I agree 100% again with that,using CS's name and legend and letting others who have a businees head,they could easily make a car to compete with the upper end replicas out there and put most of them under in short order.... I do think that the majority of folks would buy a CSX car over brand x if it was cometitively priced and marketed the right way..

Respectfully;

David