"i have to side with the guys who said "no" to having you in the Shelby
class.. .. he was involved in the prototype and in an early racing example...
he
doesn't really have much to do with the production cars and pushing the
point makes you look like a Shelby want to be... enjoy the car for what it
is,, not some tenuous link to some guy who hot rodded other peoples
creations."
"Carroll was also paid a royalty for every Tiger sold."
That is correct, Shelby didn't build production cars and he was paid $5.00 per
Tiger built by Rootes. Doing the math that comes out to 7067(cars built) x
$5.00/car = $35,335 in 1960's dollars. Plus, add in the $10,000 or so for the
prototype and whatever it cost for the race car. It appears Shelby made some
money off of Rootes. My guess is that the Shelby club had no idea Rootes was
paying Shelby royalties for each Tiger.
Jef
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