Gents I have a deal for you.
If Brian would like I have received several items from Carroll Shelby and will give them to him if he can do me a favor.
Whoever gets these items please donate money to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. The donation is not required but nothing means more to me than the support to the children of my fallen Brothers in Arms.
I have two large and two extra large shirts signed by Carroll. I met him through a friend named Dave Dempster formerly of Ford's SVT. Dave and I established a close relationship as I was builing my 2003 Mustang Cobra for SCCA Club and Autocross. Carroll's military background and the current situtation in Afghanistan and Iraq kind of afford me the chance to make the acquaintance of this, IMHO, great man and performance enthusiast.
While the shirts have a military foundation on it, to preclude anyone thinking it is a scam I will provide a web link at the bottom to another place to donate to a great cause. To donate to the other foundation a check would have to be sent to me and I don't feel comfy trying to get you guys to do this.
I am a senior Special Operations NCO at Fort Campbell, KY. I am assigned to 5th Special Forces Group and just returned from Iraq. My wife told me that Mr. Shelby sent the items we were discussing while I was in Iraq, plus he sent me a 1:18 scale die-cast metal AC Cobra, he signed the hood! I have the great pleasure of being invited to the Shelby Automobiles shop in Vegas. He says no cameras please. I'll be there this summer.
Anyway if you guys are interested please have Brian or someone from your web site contact me at
dale.marlow@us.army.mil or 910-261-5783 (I kept my Fort Bragg Cell).
My wife made the highest bid when she had the scale car auctioned off, it is mine now! Who says wive's are only good for putting air in the tires?
Brian, if you need charachter references please talk with the Admins of svtperformance.com (Lightning Larry or Sid297).
I'll send photos once I get a camera working. But if Brian wants to take these on faith just e-mail me your address and I'll ship them to you. I am only offering them to this site for obvious reason. Once Brian has them they are his property to do as he wishes, again I just ask you all consider the following dontaion:
http://www.specialops.org/