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You got that right Lew.
Harley Earl? Who was the marketing genius that thought bringing back some obscure GM executive from the dead would sell more cars?
More importantly, who was the living GM exec that said, “I like it, run with it”?
Hey, maybe they should bring Harley Earl back, for real, and prop his putrefied corpse up in the board room and hang a sign around his neck that says, “I’m Harley Earl, and I’ve come back to really stink the place up”
Back on topic. I think this guy hit the nail on the head. Shelby's problems -as Shelby sees them- are largely of his own making.
Pissed off that Ford owns the right to use "Cobra" - well, he sold that right to them.
Pissed off that replica manufactures make money off of his design - well, he waited 30 years before trying to get trade dress rights.
It seems to me that Shelby is suffering from one of life’s ironies: Sometimes we just don't know what we had until we don't have it any more.
We can all sympathize, but the root of his bitterness is staring 'ol Shell in the face every morning when he reaches for the razor.
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