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Old 11-01-2007, 01:34 PM
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This is only speculation but it could be that when Shelby appointed a new person in charge of
marketing, they looked around, discovered there was a club, saw the magazine and asked "When is the next issue?"
and were told something like "whenever the club feels like putting it out" and no doubt were unimpressed because in the world of real business you have publishing dates you stick to so advertisers can decide when to start marketing a new product. Not to mention they probably saw the ad revenue that could be made by charging Shelby dealers for full page ads.

And there is a whole world of products that haven't been tied into Shelby yet, like chronometric watches, upscale clothing (well beyond T-shirts), etc. In a way, to the right marketing person SHELBY is a name full of possibilities. One only has to look at Von Dutch clothing and what they've done with a name from an itinerent pin striper who would stripe your car for a six pack of beer!

On the new organization's website (http://www.stangsunleashed.com/teamshelby they show a magazine cover, and say it has 162 pages but my question is: does the first issue already exist? Can anyone who has one in their hand post the table of contents so we can see what the new club magazine will be covering?
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