[gt500bill]

During my high school years the highlight of the whole thing was skipping school on a Friday and going down to the local dealer (Joe Meyers Ford - Houston) and drool on the Shelby's and Boss cars on the showroom. I never thought in my wildest dream i would ever have one. Of course there was the rich kid who's daddy bought him the latest and greatest which at our school was a white blue stripe '65 GT350 who tore up the parking lot and was the one the establishment wanted to catch - never did. My favorite at the time was a 69 gt500. In 1978 I ran across a 68 gt500 in Auto Trader and talked my wife into looking at it. Had to have it. Of course being a newlywed and having no money ($5500 was a lot then for a used car) I talked the banker who was a car nut also into financing the car 100% by proving to him with a copy of Hemmings undermy arm that it was worth more than the asking price. We took it home and was a daily driver for over 4 years while we paid the payments on it. As soon as it was paid off we bought a beater to drive while the gt500 sat in the garage. I took a lot of grief from family and friends over that. It still sits in my garage 30 years later and i still would not part with it. Thanks to Carroll for having a hand in building such fine cars and providing a dream i thought i would never have. I also have a "Tribute" Cobra. One of the best memories I have is at Texas Motor Speedway at a meet and Carroll asked my wife to babysit his dog while he drove a Daytona Coupe on the track. The first thing the dog did was pee on Jay Bittle's ( JBA ) 67 GT500. Jay was mad untill he found out it was Carroll's dog........ Memories