Arizona 2024 Auctions - Barrett Jackson, RM, Bonhams - SHELBY 1962-1970 cars

[Bob Gaines]

Colin ,after rereading your post and trying to understand what prompted such a heated response to me I think some clarification is in order. You said you previous owned the car and describing the positive aspects. You also mentioned that you sold the car and told about some of the things the new owner was doing to that car you didn't agree with.  Based on how original you claimed the car was when you had it and the way the car presented itself in the BJ picture I was referring to the new owner who made "improvements" on the car as making mistakes . I thought that was understood but maybe not.  If you thought otherwise let this post set the record straight.

[csx289]

Hi Bob, I appreciate the clarification. I understand that you operate at a very high level of assembly line/ concours textbook perfect and our opinions often (always?) differ as I tend to appreciate unrestored or great driver cars with original sheetmetal over absolute perfection in plating or decal placement etc. It's the age old debate of drivers vs show car guys I suppose. And I will admit my post was more about what seems to be a great deal of pushback of any car that isn't Gold level etc. and past exchanges, hence the implication that commenting on the alarm was a "spin." In any event I think we all owe it to people here to allow differences of opinion without playing "whack-a-mole" when they comment. There is a wealth of knowledge in this forum and the more questions, opinions and comments are welcomed rather than challenged the better IMO. Again, thanks for clarifying, good to know it was offered in the spirit of friendly debate

[TLea]

Interesting it was read as a personal attack. I think there was a lot of positive complementary advice in there for those have ears to hear.

"real world experience and insight that could be gained and blended with yours and other similar pillars of the Shelby community's knowledge to make us all more knowledgeable about the intricacies of the Shelby cars we love. It would also make for a more vibrant online community/ forum."

[Mikelj5S230]

It is probably best for us all to recognize that different people appreciate cars differently.  And some people can appreciate most any car, but the tradeoffs and conflicts between strictly assembly line original and a fun driving car personalized for the owner's preferences will always exist.  There is no right and wrong here, just different people enjoying different things in different ways.

[QuickSilverShelby]

Wife and I were at Barrett Jackson and we saw this 69 GT350. Based on the description and the included documentation it had to be a top notch car.  It even included a "rare" and desirable Matini Report.

QSS

PS  How come I can never figure out how to rotate a picture on this site?

[shelbymann1970]

Wife and I were at Barrett Jackson and we saw this 69 GT350. Based on the description and the included documentation it had to be a top notch car.  It even included a "rare" and desirable Matini Report.

QSS

PS  How come I can never figure out how to rotate a picture on this site?

is it possible looking at your 2 pics that the pics default as "landscape" style?

[FL SAAC]

Cheers !

[TLea]

My last post probably seems out of context. The post I replied to suddenly disappeared