[richsd]

Very well said. I can accept this position and try to incorporate in my thinking. Yes it can be said that Shelby did bastardize the orignal Ace although the correlation is a little off given that what Shelby did was to bring together multiple entities to create something new that was built as a semi production car and focused on a purpose as relates to serious racing. This is a little different than hot rodding something on an individual basis but I understand the coorelation on the spirit of what he did.