Hi all! Long time since I've posted on the SAAC forum. In 1995 I drove down to Sears Point for a Cobra event, I forget the details. While there I bought a poster and waited in line to have it signed. Never did anything with it, but put it in an old picture frame to protect it, and shoved it in the rafters of my shop.
Anyway, I was thinking of giving it to my grandson, who's a big Shelby fan. I'd like to at least tell him who signed it, but I forget who did.
I see Carroll Shelby, Bob Bondurant, Jack Sears, and Bill Neale.
Who are the other 3 signatures from?
Thanks, Ken
Allan Grant is under Carrolls signature, dont know the others ones
I'd guess that the signature next to Bill Neale's is William Motta's.
Motta was the long-time art director of Road & Track, and a contemporary in the Automotive Fine Arts Society (AFAS) with Neale.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/02/14/remembering-william-a-motta-automotive-fine-artist-and-40-year-road-track-veteran
I think the last unidentified signature is by John Whitmore.
Thanks all! Appreciate it!
Ken
Nice gift!
I was there, below Neale was probably Alan Mann , they were all lined up at a table and you just went down the line one signer after the other. I think the
other comments on this thread were all correct. Mark
Mark, I think you're right, it is Alan Mann's. It kinda matches the same poster and signatures found here. (https://peterwindsor.com/2012/05/18/lunch-with-sir-john/) At least for someone doing a gazillion signatures in one sitting.
Ken
The Von Dutch artwork on John's helmet is very cool, mentioned in the link above.
Here is another reference point for that poster.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/carroll-shelby-signed-world-champions-1913420602
Worthpoint, pricey, but probably worth it if buying and selling a lot. I started my 5 minute subscription to check, then cancelled. 8). Thanks!
There's a short video of John telling the story of the Von Dutch helmet (https://youtu.be/f4pl5ODmp5U), and other interesting stories about Steve McQueen (https://peterwindsor.com/2021/01/06/the-mcqueen-whitmore-files/).
Love the picture of Alan Mann throwing a skinny tired GT40 through a curve at the above link:
(https://peterwindsor.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/whitmore-gt40-pic.jpg?w=515)
Cool photo...hanging it out.
Funny how that low angle makes the car look kind of like a UFO. Or, like the suspension is jacked up to Baja 500 level.
Quote from: Side-Oilers on November 21, 2023, 04:07:14 PM
Cool photo...hanging it out.
Funny how that low angle makes the car look kind of like a UFO. Or, like the suspension is jacked up to Baja 500 level.
Indeed!
I bought that worthpoint poster and in the process of chasing down all the signatures I came across these images from another Shelby book. One page had driver signatures and another had crew signatures. It's a great resource for autograph verification. Notice that the drivers even includes Craig Breedlove.