[Spridgets] Watford Hardtop

[healeyrick at yahoo.com (HealeyRick)]

Dean,

Actually, I think you get 67 letters and the Thomas family will make another
100 available (don't know if there's an additional charge for those).B  Looks
like the Thomas family is maintaining control over the rights to produce
Bill's creation and not make the same error that Carroll Shelby made by
arguably allowing the Cobra design to fall into the public domain.B  No way
FFR will try to do a Cheetah replica.B  Take a look at all the Shelby-FFR
litigation and see how much FFR spent trying to maintain the ability to
produce their cars.B  Replicar production can be pretty interesting legally.B 
Google "Cobra trade dress" if you want an education.B  Or try to build and
sell a Ferrari replica.B  Their lawyers will be happy to give you an education
that would make a colonoscopy pleasant by comparison.

Rick


Follow My Nasty Boy Build:  http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo

--- On Mon, 12/5/11, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net>
Subject: RE: [Spridgets] Watford Hardtop
To: "'HealeyRick'" <healeyrick at yahoo.com>, spridgets at autox.team.net
Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 7:49 PM




 
 

 

 

 











Rick, So tell me. 

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After reading through
that ebay post it
looks like you get the rights to build 32 more Cheetahs and
then after that you have to buy bLettersb
from the Bill Thomas estate if
you want to build more? 

 B  

WTF? 

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There are a zillion Cobra kit car
manufacturers.B 
Are you telling me that are all buying bLettersb from the
Shelby family? 

 B  

No wonder the business is up for sale. 

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I wish
Factory Five would start making
them and call them bPanthersb or something
like that. 









From: HealeyRick
[mailto:healeyrick at yahoo.com]

Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011
6:21 AM

To: spridgets at autox.team.net; Dean
Hedin

Subject: RE: [Spridgets]
 Watford Hardtop 



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  You're in luck.B 
The whole Cheetah business,
  jigs, molds and all is on the bay:B 
http://tinyurl.com/6sw64hj


  Rick


  Follow My Nasty Boy Build: http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo


  --- On Sun, 12/4/11, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net>
  wrote:

  From: Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net>

  Subject: RE: [Spridgets] Watford Hardtop

  To: "'HealeyRick'" <healeyrick at yahoo.com>,
  spridgets at autox.team.net

  Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011, 11:24 PM 
  
  The heck with the
  Sprite
top..

  I like that link just for the vintage Cheetah pictures!


  That's a muscle car that I wouldn't mind killing myself in.


  -----Original Message-----

  From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net

  [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net]
  On Behalf Of HealeyRick

  Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 12:22 PM

  To: spridgets at autox.team.net

  Subject: [Spridgets] Watford Hardtop


  Scroll down to the middle of this thread to see an unusual bugeye fastback

  hardtop from the UK :B 
  http://tinyurl.com/7az783r

  Rick



   
  
  
 


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