Shelby-Steffans Lake Tahoe

[capecodmustang.com]

I just dragged home a 67 that's been sitting in a barn in Carson City, NV

The license plate frame is "Shelby-Steffans" 
Lake Tahoe is at the top.

Has anyone heard of Shelby-Steffans? 

Bret

[Coralsnake]

Shelby had a dealership in Tahoe, but I don't think he sold any 67 s there

[capecodmustang.com]

I had a 67 from a Lake Tahoe dealership once but I think it was like "South Lake Tahoe Ford" or something....

I can't find anything on Shelby-Steffans...
I'm wondering if perhaps it isn't a car dealer at all but another business that had Shelby in the title.
And they made plates...

[69mach351w]

Sounds like 2 last names.  A last name Shelby and a last name Steffans. Two buddies in the used car business?

[98SVT - was 06GT]

In 1968, Carroll Shelby purchased a Ford
dealership in Lake Tahoe. Records show
that they sold two 1968s, ten 1969s and
one 1970 Shelby. In November of 1972
Shelby took on partner Bill Steffans and
changed the name from "Shelby Ford" to
"Shelby-Steffans Ford." In 1973 they sold
it and it became Anderson Ford. So while
this license plate frame has Shelby's name
on it, no Shelby Mustang ever wore one.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22steffans%22+ford+tahoe&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC3Nb87obcAhXPHTQIHflQA1oQ5t4CCDUwAA&biw=1396&bih=665

[Richstang]

In 1968, Carroll Shelby purchased a Ford
dealership in Lake Tahoe. Records show
that they sold two 1968s, ten 1969s and
one 1970 Shelby. In November of 1972
Shelby took on partner Bill Steffans and
changed the name from "Shelby Ford" to
"Shelby-Steffans Ford." In 1973 they sold
it and it became Anderson Ford. So while
this license plate frame has Shelby's name
on it, no Shelby Mustang ever wore one.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22steffans%22+ford+tahoe&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC3Nb87obcAhXPHTQIHflQA1oQ5t4CCDUwAA&biw=1396&bih=665

Well Done! Thanks for digging this up and posting.

[557]

Interesting....pics??

[capecodmustang.com]

Excellent!

Thanks for the help...

Yes, I have photos I'll share however I have no luck posting..

bret@capecodmustang.com

[Coralsnake]

http://www.thecoralsnake.com/ShelbyFord

[shelbydoug]

That's another for the frame collectors. All considered, can't be many made.

[capecodmustang.com]

http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/218-070718071118.jpeg

[Coralsnake]

[stephen_becker]

I have a set that I just got from a guy outside of Reno Nevada that I bought an original owner 1967 GT350 from (the living original owner) earlier this week

I'll take a picture and post

He told me his car was not from there originally but some 45+ or more years ago he was given these frames by a former sales manager of CS Ford In Lake Tahoe

What's interesting is Carroll and I had talked several times about this dealership and actually about doing a new Carroll Shelby Ford store here in Georgia when he was still alive together as partners and Carroll told me that the Ford store was one of the worst business decisions he ever made and that the building that it was in sat empty for a while after he exited the deal in the early 1970s and that he lost $1 million a year on that building on that deal back then (which was a lot of money) and he basically gave it away by the time he was able to devest himself of the store in the mid 1970s

[6s2055]

I lived in Lake Tahoe from 1969 to 1984. A little update as I remember. Shelby bought the Ford dealership in 1968 located at1875 Lake Tahoe Blvd.in 1974 he sold his interest and it became South Shore Motors.At that time there was a Cobra andGT500 on the showroom floor.Then in 1976 it sold to Richard Anderson who renamed the dealership Shelby-Stefan's Ford, the name Stefan's came from Richard's private investor. Latter the investor Fred Streeter took over ownership and it became Shelby-Streeter Ford. Fred was friends with Carroll.
Fred latter opened a dealership in Reno but don't think it was a Ford dealership.
Fred became friends as he ran his car flooring through BofA which my wife worked at. Somewhere I have a plate frames of Shelby Ford and Shelby Stefan's Ford. While my memory is rapidly fading,this is how I remember it. Even though Carroll sold the dealership for some reason future owners kept the name relationship!

[Coralsnake]

Thats a good contribution. Thank you for sharing