[wcampbell]

Carroll and the folks at SAI probably looked at Kopec and Eber, the money they're making and the casual laid back attitude they have regarding newsletters and the like (in addition to the eliteist attitude towards other Shelby makes) and decided - "Hey we can run it better collecting the funds and keep the profit after all it is the Shelby name which benefits SAAC; our corporate name which profits them and so we should just bring the wealth back over to SAI." This decision makes sense from a business point of view as well as Carroll trying to corral everything under his namesake. IT is no secret that Kopec had some of these thoughts to...he had expressed that he initially didn't really consider CSX4000, 7000, 8000 and even Kirkhams in the resgistry, but my guess is that he quickly realized (or someone wispered in his ear) that there was profit to be made by putting them in the registry and then selling memberships and copies to the owners of those cars.