Peter,
April of '67 I was 'ballsy' enough to beat one of Carroll's 'snakes' with my '58
Corvette. I never smiled so much after a race. Made my day!
Herb
"Peter C." wrote:
> That was the blue snake with the 2 white stripes, wasn't it? Would snort
> when encouraged? It must be a constrictor, since all the imitators bite.
> -
> At 12:35 PM 10/18/2000, Brad Fornal wrote:
> >She also a famous naturalist. As an owner of Boa Constrictors and Pythons,
> >I am
> >badly wanting to add the infamous Shelby Cobra to my collection..............
> >
> >WFO Herb wrote:
> >
> > > This Carol Shelby sure is a busy lady. Sounds like the type of person
>that
> > > should have gone into building some kind of race car or at least a fast
> > street
> > > car!
> > >
> > > Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Shelby raced in just about every SCCA event there was in his day. Was
> > > > a driver, owner and later founded Shelby Racing. Responsible for many
> > > > innovations in prototype racing.
> > > >
> > > > CR
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > rob thomas wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: <DLancer7676@cs.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > And these were quality bolts with the threads
> > > > > > rolled in and not cut in (that is another fascinating area of
> > discussion
> > > > > > about bolts).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --David C.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice book on the subject by some guy called Carrol Shelby (sp?)
> > > > > D 1312 put me onto it.
> > > > > Most enlighteneing.
> > > > > Now I fear bits falling off after years of "fastener abuse"
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