A situation.....I have a 1966 Shelby American Catalog that advertises every part needed to create a GT 350. Back in the day, you could pick up a really nice, used Mustang 2+2. OK, I built an R model replica with the parts from the Shelby catalog. Now I want to sell it. I advertise "1966 Mustang, looks and runs like a GT 350 R-model." e-Bay will shut me down? Shelby sold these parts so we could modify our stock Mustangs to replicate the awsome GT 350's.....and a lot of folks did. About the Cobra, Ford ownes the name but Shelby is trying to have the shape of the car copywrited. Can he copywrite the shape of the Mustang GT 350? It sure looks like a Mustang 2+2 to me. Fortunately people creating fake ones, to scam innocent buyers into believing they are real, can be ferreted out with SAAC records. I agree, we need to see the actual documentation e-Bay is using to pull these ads, the whole story as it were...... SEE Y"ALL > From: jonlee@wt.net > Date: 2005/12/12 Mon PM 11:34:54 EST > To: shelbymustang@carmemories.com > Subject: Re: Clones Illegal to use SHELBY name > > > sounds logical to me! > > jon > > > > > > > Quoting RSANTER@aol.com: > > - > - I must say I agree with every word > - > - bob > - > - > - > - In a message dated 12/12/2005 12:06:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, > - ecj@peoplepc.com writes: > - > - There is a big difference between a company selling kit car Cobras and a > - single person selling a "clone" of a 1965-1970 Shelby Mustang that they personally > - own. If someone creates a clone 1970 Boss 302 Mustang should Ford go after > - them for sell it too? What's next, Shelby Enterprises stopping people from > - painting LeMans stripes on any 1965-2005 Mustang? I think it is E-Bay that needs to > - set some standards. I think that all kit car Cobras need to be in the "Kit > - Car" section of E-Bay, that real Shelby Mustangs and Shelby Cobras be in the > - "Shelby" section of E-Bay and that all other Mustangs cars be listed as Ford > - Mustangs. > - > - I think we need to get the real story behind all this. If Shelby Enterprises > - doesn't want people making and selling Shelby Mustang clones then they need to > - stop the people selling the parts that make them. > - > - I don't think we are getting the whole story here. > - > - Jim Seisser > - > - > - > - > - > - > > > >
