Carroll Shelby passes away

[Caldon]

Well, I can only "second" the thoughts and wishes to Carroll and his family that have already been written on this post. Speaking as a Sunbeam Tiger owner, thanks Carroll and George Boskoff, T. Sutton and the rest of your guys in the shop. In 2003, from June 19-21, CS made it to S. Lake Tahoe for the 40th Anniversary of the Tiger prototype at the XXVII Tigers United event "Tigers at Tahoe". I attended an intimate dinner with CS, Cleo, George, T. Sutton, and three other fellows that I've forgotten their names but know that they had been assigned by CS on the "427" and "GT40" projects. A "Q & A" followed the dinner. As it turns out, Cleo's red Tiger was there and was only 8 Tigers "older" than mine according to our VIN #s. CS spent the next day at our show and shine in the park and held a marathon signing session where people had arm loads of stuff for him to sign. He did so without hesitation, made people at ease when talking to him AND there was NO fee for any of his autographs. We'd heard that his signing fee was NOT waived very often. He signed several things for me including my Tiger bible, "The Book Of Norman". After the signing session, CS walked around the entire field and would stand with you by your Tiger and you'd be able to take a picture with him. He did that for virtually everyone there! After re-introducing myself (as the fellow pilot from the autograph sessions), we put an arm around each other, took the picture, and I thanked him for all he'd done and asked him to take care of himself. He said he would.