Well I just drove Jeff's new SWB Mark VIII over to a local cruise shin dig at Culvers parked next to a Viper, 57 Chevy and a few other common cars at any local event USA. The SWB Mark VIII looked great sitting there all cleaned up, as usual a few people drift over to look, point, step back look some more, scratch their heads, go to the other side look some more, confused! etc. Maybe their talking about how ugly it is! (because they are to some). But I really don't care. I have all of $440 dollars in the car other than my (experimental) time in shorting it back in 02 and some paint supplies. So that is why we started it out at such a low price, I did think it would bring more but what the heck let some body win now and then! it's all good ! plus it wasn't going to appreciate in value with me holding on to it! No artist gets famous for hanging onto his work!
Just last summer having dinner with an old timer friend Steele Thurkelson (ace Mechanist / Mechanic for Shelby American back in the day Ford GT -40's Cobras etc. he said when they brought the GT-40's, Daytona Coupes and Cobra race cars back to L. A. They couldn't sell them nobody wanted a beat up old race car! Some of them finally sold for unbelievably cheap! Hmm Lets see 40 some years later you can't touch one for under 3 million (now that is a whole different ball game But who knows what will be important in 20 to 30 years from now!).
Oh buy the way the Viper and the 57 Chevy next to me, got very few lookie lues, well (kids and Moms) "no kids that's a race car!". So building and having a one of a kind car, Yeh it's kinda cool! If I had the money the Viper cost that Dude I could probably build a complete new body for the Mark VIII and buy some new shop equipment to boot!
Any body want to see a picture of Steve Saleen and I discussing discussing the possibly of him getting involved with the SWB Thunderbird SC's and building a SALEEN version ? Dave will like that because it was #003 in the picture. That would have been a neat concept back in the day!