The Shelby American (Winter 2021)

The SHELBY AMERICAN Winter 2021 21 We never knew there were so many horror movies from the 1930s that had cobras in them. Steve Sloan seems de- termined to keep turning them up. “The Mummy,” made in 1932, starred Boris Karloff and Zita Johann. Also appearing in it was Edward Van Sloan (a “going nowhere” actor who was no relation to Steve). Don’t ask us what this is. We don’t know, we don’t want to know and we don’t care. It says “cobra” and that’s good enough for us. And apparently for Colin Comer, too. Steve MacDonald found this illustra- tion of a ‘67 GT500 on the Dolan Paper Company website. We have no idea what it represents or why it was on there. Some things are just unknow- able. Sloan strikes again! The 1933 horror film “The Ghoul” stars Boris Karloff as an Egyptologist who has discovered a way to cheat death. The plot revolves around a group of interlopers trying to steal his secret and he resorts to killing them. Near the end of the movie Karloff’s personal tomb is shown, including a hanging Cobra lamp. Karloff ultimately dies, the in- terlopers are thwarted and the hero rescues the damsel. The usual stuff. Tor Gooding in Norway found this article in his local newspaper (Saarpsbog Arbeiderblad) highlighting 67 #1952. The headline reads ”It Does Not Get Any Tougher Than This.” The owner tells about remembering the first trip with his father (who was the car’s first owner in Norway). He was fortunate to get it from his father. He also described the fuel consumption and what it’s like to drive it. The newspaper reporter got a chance to drive it which resulted in his becoming a dedicated Shelby fan.