As I've mentioned in the past, Shelby is nothing but a money grubber. Now he's wanting to disassociate himself and name form the Shelby American Automobile Club (and its 5000+ members) as well as make them give up all Shelby auto records, etc. I think the man must be suffering from Alzhiemer's...

http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic...;boardseen#new

 

I don't quite understand the "handing over of all documents regarding the registry of all Shelby vehicles ". Does he want a copy of the registry? You can't unlearn documented facts. He doesn't own the cars, and he can't own historical facts about ownership.

It's a shame that this has to consume funds to settle. It seems stupid. I believe he has a right to force SAAC to discontinue use of his name with respect to the club, but that's all.

 

This coinsides with the announcement of Team Shelby.
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=73287
It looks to me like he wants to take control of the registry and make it part of his club.

 

Ive never been a member of SAAC, but have tremendous respect for what they do. Carroll's cars would never have the value, interest, or cachet they do today without the countless hours and years of SAAC documenting and researching Shelbys to keep the fakes out. Long after Shel would have moved on to his next money-grubbing scam (or sold time-shares the rest of his life), SAAC was there propping up the value of his cars. Without SAAC, Shelbys would have about the interest or value of a Bricklin or DeLorean today...oddities, but nothing legendary. CS owes more to SAAC than he can ever repay. SAAC, albeit indirectly, kept the old fool 'relevant' in the performance industry decades after he would have faded away.

So I guess Rick Kopec is partially to blame for this

Now Shel's posse (I think CS himself must about be senile at this point) wants to turn around and kill the golden goose. I hope he and his shysters DIAHF.

Once Shel's evil band gets hold of SAAC and 'corporatizes' it a-la SVTOA, all you Shelby owners can watch your car values plummet. A lot of the perceived value of a Shelby was that its club wasn't like other company-sponsored car clubs, that they fought hammer-and-tong to protect the marque.

Now it may be just another corporate club.

 

LMan, you are right. It's amazing that one man can be involved in so many lawsuits:

Shelby vs SAAC
Shelby vs Unique
Shelby vs Ford for using GT350 on '84 Anniversary cars
Shelby vs Cobra Repica makers for using "his" shape
Shelby vs Brian Angliss for AC Mk IV
Shelby with the "found" leftover 427 SC chassis
Shelby with the crappy Series I Olds powered cars

Here's an interesting thread on it (put back some time as it's up to 30 pages!)
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83483

 

as long as he doesn't sue the people making "Carrol Shelby's Chili Mix", that's all I care about.

 

+1 to that. I have long thought that Shelby is only in it for the money and has no true love of anything else. He's shlepping Slick 50 type stuff and all sorts of crap these days and he sues everyone under the sun for infringement.

 

I guess I should consider removing my G.T.350 rocker stripes before I have a lawsuit on my hands. What a bunch of

 

Worse still maybe we all should cease talking about him before he sues all of us for unlicensed use of his name???

 

It's getting even worse. Now Shelby has applied to trademark "SAAC" :

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=77331815

 

only if he's recently changed his name to

'money-grubbing no-good, scumbag *******'

 

Look's to me like he's trying to take a page out of Ford's notebook, what with what they were doing a few years ago about the licensing of the Mustang name.

 

Another interesting read:

http://www.autoextremist.com/index.shtml

 

Mike G, good article. How old is Carroll now? How much money does this guy need? He can't use the "I have kids in college" excuse.

 

I think he's 84. Not like he's gonna be needing money much longer .

 

Mberglo may need to worry about illegally naming his daughter .

 

Are you kidding? Like the Dark Lord Sauron, CS is not bound by any mortal body.....when the time is right, he will discard his current husk and take over/inhabit another suitable host-body.

His malevolent essence is eternal. /bwahahaahahahaa *cue organ music*

 

We spoke to an attorney, and are having her name legally changed to Moneygrubbingscumbag.

 

Found this earlier
http://www.mustangblog.com/index.php...-back-at-saac/

 

I sent my dollar, and now my daughter can keep her name until this time next year.