It is vital to keep the Shelby product Registry unbiased and beyond reproach as the undeniable authority on the legitimacy of individual vehicles via VIN numbers and chain of ownership, etc... In this regard I agree with
PowerSurge and others that SAAC must prevail in keeping and managing the documentation for provenance of these vintage Shelby products.
I have heard through the years that the volume of documents from Shelby Cobra and Shelby Mustang production is rather large. We, as a group on this forum, do not know the details of this arrangement. Are we talking gift or open-ended lending?
In another thread
What's a Cobra suggested copying the material and giving it back. That may be the best answer if financially feasable.
If the documentation was a gift, maybe Carroll should foot the bill to copy everything.
There was a time where CS thought that SAAC was a good organization for new series CSX Cobra owners to belong to. He ponied up for a one year membership for all those owners, myself included.
I have been a SAAC member since 1981, and appreciated the gesture in the spirit it was given.
I don't know enough details about the CS licensing expiration and option not to renew SAAC rights to same, to comment or choose sides.
Fast Farmer