1000 th. POST!!

[Turk]

Many moons ago B.C (Before Cobra) I posted my first post here on ClubCobra.

During the next 998 posts I managed to make many friends and some enemies. I believe the friends made will last a lifetime, and the enemies will have a shorter shelf life.

It all started with some comments and experiences that were not very complimentary. We have come a complete circle.
Thanks to Bob Marsh, Kris Kinkaid, and Shaun, today I have a better taste in my mouth towards SAI and their place in the Cobra community.

Thanks to the efforts of above listed folk, I now have a poster depicting the picture of my car signed by Carroll gracing the walls of my office.

I have elected to use this special occasion to post my 1000th. post - here on the Shelby section.

I have not much to say, other than to hope and invite all of us who find ourselves in opposite corners sometimes to look at the bigger picture and do all we can towards the future of the very car we all love.
Our differences; Aluminum vs. fiberglaas, -Small block vs. Big block,- Real vs. Replica, is small in comparison to our passion and love for these automobiles.

I invite all the warring parties to do what is right for the very car that brings us together as well as tear us apart.

The lawyers, the companies building them, even those of us who own these cars will come and go. If everyone acted in the interest of our beloved car, the Cobra will be here for our sons and daughters to enjoy for years to come.

Do we not realize, the cars we have bought, built and sold will be here long after we are gone?
Carroll is not a young man any more, neither are most of us who own these cars. Take a look at the shinny car sitting in your garage today. The one you keep polishing and racing every chance you get. It will be here 10-20-30 years from now. Will you?

Let the parties that find themselves at the mercy of lawyers and courts today find a more civilized way of dealing with one other and look forward to the day where we are all pulling the same direction.

There are enough external pressures on all of us today. Product liability, Law Makers, regulators, Enviromentalists, rising gas prices, diminishing open roads, speed limits, rising cost of building maintaining and insuring. The engines that made history are now available on a hit and miss basis, at unbelievable and unaffordable prices.

Don't we have enough going against us that more obstacles to survive and co-exist are no longer a priority? Exclusivity will not remain as such for long even if the right or the wrong side wins. There is strength in numbers, not weakness.

I post my 1000th. post looking forward to better days and times. I wish others would do the same.

At the mean time, I pass my enduring respect and admiration to Carroll and his contribution to my most prized possession outside of my family. You made a dream come alive, stay alive and then become a reality.
You will not be forgotten anytime soon.

TURK
A Fan For Life.

[Shelby American Inc]

Good way to look at things - Congrats on your 1,000th.

[marmmansa]

right on!

[CHRIS POTTER]

Amen, brother! I have thoroughly enjoyed your 1000 posts. I feel like you are an old friend, and we are bonded by our love for this car.I hope everyone here will read, and follow your lead. I know I will. Again, thanks. Chris

[Jamo]

I toast (raki, of course) you with these simple words:

MY TURKISH FRIEND.

Jamo (I really like the way that sounds)

[Steve Dickey]

Turk,
Congratulations on your first thousand. May there be many more. I just knew if I kept reading your posts I'd find one worth reading Keep it up, Steve

[Shelby American Inc.]

Your post is a great one and thank you for visiting with us at Monterey.
I did pass on your message to Carroll.

[Bill Kesner]

Hey Turk,

Congratulations on your 1000 posts, and getting a picture of your car autographed by Carroll. I also got to meet Bob Marsh, along with Gary Patterson, and the man himself "Carroll Shelby". Everyone involved with Shelby American, and Finish Line Motorsports couldn't be a nicer group of people you want to associate with. They truly made my weekend!

Which day at Monterey did you get the autograph? I was there all 3-days, and sorry I missed the opportunity to meeting you. Maybe one of these days, we'll have to drag Brent down to the Historics, set up a booth for Club Cobra, and a barbeque as well.

Let's hook up at one of these Saturday breakfasts with the Bay Area Cobra Club sometime soon. I'll be out of town on vacation for a couple weeks, and will try to make the breakfast, Sept. 29th when I get back. Hope to see you there, along with the rest of the BACC gang.

- Bill Kesner -

[Turk]

Bill Kesner

I too have been threatening to join the boyz at one of their Saturday morning breakfasts.
They meet so darn early, I am not sure I can make it. Only time I get up that early is to go fishing.

I have not made the trip yet. It is about 45 minutes or so away from me.
My car still does not have the registration complete. I am trying NOT to drive it any more than I have to. I hate to have it impounded before I can have legal ownership of it.

There is a good chance I will be there on 29th. We'll see you there.

The poster was signed elsewhere. I simply went to the Historics, to get a chance to say "Thank You" to Bob. I got there just in time as they were closing shop on Saturday. It cost $55.00 to get in to say thanks, and take a few photo and leave. I did not see any of the races.

I wonder if I can get Bob Marsh to refund me the $55.00. I did not want to stay any longer, because I rode up there on my bike, and din't want to ride back to Vacaville after it got dark and cold.

Next year I am planning on getting a hotel room and staying there for the duration. Too much to see, in one day.

I saw Carroll in Sacramento, the following weekend at TOWE Museum. That is where he signed the Sunvisor.


TURK