[golfer]

Hey guys,

Get some more popcorn. I don’t know why there are some differences in the miles shown on between the various auctions and possibly the Shelby registry. But here is a hint, it is easy to get numbers wrong or transpose them when you are typing in information. And even Shelby guys can make an error.

How do I know this? Let me explain. I have a 1966 Shelby 350 that was judged at the Shelby national meet in Michigan in 2004. My VIN is S2346. The VIN on my scoresheet was listed as S2356. Both I and the Senior Judge, who will verify this, corrected this error at the meet. This should have been an easy fix since my car was one of only two that scored premiere, the highest award level.

A few weeks later I get a nice award plaque with my name and the premiere award, but the VIN is still wrong. I contacted the Shelby folks again who assured me they would correct the error in their permanent records, but they had no additional plaques to give me a correct one. No big deal about the plaque.

A few weeks back I get the official publication of the national shelby club (SAAC), the Shelby American Magazine, edition 74. In this magazine there is a nice review of the Michigan meet and on page 27 is a listing of the award winners. There I am with one other premiere recipient, and the VIN number is still wrong! Makes me wonder if the mileage question concerning the Shelby register and the auction house might just be a similar mistake.

The bottom line, we all make mistakes and sometimes get our numbers confused, even us Shelby nuts.

Golfer