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Henry II considered Shelby a hired hand in the Le Mans effort. The idea, money and drive to crush the opposition, Ferrari, Shel's old nemesis, were from Henry.

But, Shel's team won Le Mans with someone elses car and money, which surely did include Remmington's ethic that less is more, do it right the first time and either lead, follow or get out of the way. And the best drivers in the world, bot and paid for with Henry's money, several who never drove for CS again.

And I think that hireling opinion rather aptly expresses CS's and some of his syncophantic idolateurs current opinion of Pete Brock and others who were so essential to the old man's corporate success. Nice talented guys, but just hirelings doing my bidding in my company with my resources and my creative ideas.

We might recall that CS was removed with high drama from the Viper program for excess interference with the corporate goals, which were quite successfully completed without him, thank you very much. The Viper remains a remarkable street and racing success against Porche and Corvette, while also retaining large percentages of their initial prices. That certainly never happened to the Cobra until long after Shel was retired and grumpy about how much people appreciated the several continuation kits that appeared.

A balanced and fair perspective is found in these pages. Club Cobra is the rare forum for an honest look both backwards and forwards regarding the toys and men that we most admire and thank for their courage, insight and performance.

Emotional advocacy is clearly welcomed along with both a grain or two of salt, an even spirit, a fair memory and a good library.

"Either for Tragedy, Comedy, History"
Hamlet, Act II, Scene II