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Re: [Tigers] Shelby and SAAC

To: CoolVT@aol.com, MWood24020@aol.com, rande@thecia.net, tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Shelby and SAAC
From: Drmoonstone@aol.com
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:00:18 EST
Some more dark clouds...A friend of mine and very fine pro photographer just 
received a cease and desist letter from Ford and Shelby. He was asked by many 
enthusiasts in our community to create a calendar of some of the best 
collector and custom cars in Fresno. He produced the calendar and sold it for 
$10.00. 
None of the images contained script such as Ford, Shelby, Chevrolet, 
Chrysler...etc.... Ford claims that a picture of a highly customized Chevy 
powered 52 
Ford pickup was their intellectual property and was recognizable as a Ford and 
he therefore had no right to use the picture in the calendar even though the 
owner requested a calendar that featured his customized P.U. The threat from 
Ford indicated that a further violation would cost him $200,000.00 per incident.

Two months ago a well known VW shop owner was forced to remove a picture of 
his custom bug from his business cards. All VW repair facilities in this area 
were forced to remove VW from all of their signage.

Recently BMW and Chrysler have begun to act much the same way. How does this 
bode for those of us with "pentstastars," on their Tigers?

I've taken the script from a vintage Merc Marauder and from my CJ Torino and 
sent them back to Ford telling them no more Fords in this family and all Ford 
script was being removed and would never be put back on said cars. 

No GT40 badged remake because of Fords attitude and no profit from boring and 
uninspired manufacturer.

Now, do you think that Shelby might be a partner with Ford in all this 
scatology?

Moonstone

Moonstone


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