[Mike Bartlett]

John,

I have been down to Shelby Engine shop in Gardena, CA. Even got a personal tour from, at the time, the guy running their engine build shop. They have a dyno, etc. for engine building. While I was there I noticed huge milling machines being used with blocks getting worked on. They also had about 30 blocks lined up on the floor ready to be shipped out to engine builders. I don't think they actually cast the blocks there but it apperared they did all the rough boring, etc. This was over two years ago so things may have changed. I was going to have my motor Dyno'd there but the Shelby guys found some problems I wasn't aware of so I bailed on the dyno.

Another big portion of that site is the Goodyear tire warehouse that I was told Shelby owns. He is the, everything west of the Mississippi, distributor for Goodyear. Some deal he made years and years ago. Another building has probably 100+ old cars covering everyting he has been envolved with. His very first Cobra is their also. "original" torn seats, faided paint, looks like crap to be honest but probably worth Millions......

Mike