MMcGuirk Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Please join us to honor Carroll's life and legacy - Mike Hennessy ( coolcars55@sbcglobal.net ) is organizing this event, let's get a big Team Shelby turn out to support him. A Tribute to Carroll Shelby CALLING ALL SHELBYS When: Saturday, May 26 Time: 10am - noon Where: The Mercury News Campus 750 Ridder Park Drive San Jose, 95190 (see map) We are inviting all Shelbys of all kinds: Cobras, GT40s, Shelby Mustangs, Shelby recreations, Shelby designed cars, & Shelby powered vehicles to participate in this tribute to honor Carroll Shelby. All cars will be lined up on the beautiful, park-like setting front lawn area of The Mercury News campus for the largest gathering of Shelbys in the Bay Area for a picture taken from a crane by photographers Richard Sieve and Dennis Mattish. The picture will be taken around 10am. We will have special guest speakers that knew Carroll Shelby and knew about his cars and his legacy. About The Ceremony 10am: The National Anthem Guest speakers (total time 30 minutes) A moment of silence in honor of Carroll Shelby A moment of noise "Start Your Engines". All cars start up in unison for 45 seconds in honor of Carroll Shelby Picture will be taken All Shelby guests will sign one large card The picture will be printed and framed and sent along with a large card signed by all participants to the Shelby Company & family in appreciation and respect for the work Carroll Shelby has done. There is no cost to participate in or to view this once in a lifetime public ceremony. Just a Few Simple Rules Please respect any celebrities present at this event. No vendors, no marketing, no passing of fliers, no exceptions. Please do not ask. A simple RSVP by email would be appreciated and helpful to plan set up. Club group Presidents should contact Mike Hennessy. PLEASE RESPECT THE GROUNDS: ALL SHELBY CARS MUST BE ESCORTED INTO PLACE ON THE LAWN by the event staff. This will start at 9am. Cars must be escorted off of the lawns, too. No alcohol or stereos playing. Picture taking time will be announced at the Ceremony to alert drivers to stand by their Shelby. All spectators in attendance are welcome to join in and gather around behind the cars to be included in the picture. Some Final Notes Omega Printing has offered to do a poster print for those interested. (Pricing should be under $15.00 each) A portion of the proceeds will go directly to the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation. Note: This event could not be made possible without the help and support of Rick Schiller and The Mercury News. The cost of putting this together is supported by some of us local car enthusiasts such as Joe Testa & Mike Hennessy. These costs are for restrooms, crane, sound, & anthem. All of the parking assistants, photographers, and guest speakers have all volunteered their time. Newspapers all over the Bay Area and radio stations have donated these ads. We thank all car participants for your support in this tribute to Carroll Shelby. We want to thank you all for participating. Event organizer: Mike Hennessy email: coolcars55@sbcglobal. PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Patten Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I'll be there and I can help . just give me a call Micheal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denstang65 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Please join us to honor Carroll's life and legacy - Mike Hennessy ( coolcars55@sbcglobal.net ) is organizing this event, let's get a big Team Shelby turn out to support him. "Calling All Shelbys" Pass this around! The date is set May 26th at 750 Ridder Park Drive The San Jose Mercury News campus. The time will be determined, but I feel 11:00 to 1:00 works Bruce Canapa will be there as one of our speakers, we contacted Reggie Jackson, Jay Leno & Steve Davis, Don Lee and couple others, let me know. We will have a moment of silence and a moment of noise, "Start your Engines" all at one time for 45 seconds A photo will be taken by a crane to send to Carrol Shelby C. & family with the largest Shelby display to honor Carrol Shelby. No money to be made on this event, No vendors, No marketing, No passing of fliers, No exception please do not ask. There is no registration. Please respect the celebrities at this event All Shelby's, Shelby recreations, Sunbeam Tigers, Shelby Dodge, anything Shelby powered with a Shelby name on it are welcome The Shelby's will be aloud to park on the lawn but we have BE CAREFUL of the grass. These grounds are beautiful, I gave my word we will be genital. We may have Carrol Shelby Chili as a snack to toast! I can use some club help in parking & set up. Any ideas or comment to help, please let me know. I am Mike Hennessy the organizer of this event. Please pass this around I wish I can be there but it is to far for me. In place of it, I was thinking of heading over to Mooneyes in Norwalk at that time and enjoy a moment of silence and take a few pictures, talk too any employees/customers that walk in, give a thankyou to Dean Moon Jr. in place of his dad and talk about Carroll Shelby for a while. I figured it would be fitting to go to the birthplace of the Shelby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt350lp Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Michael, I will be there and can help with what ever you need. Just let me know....thanks Larry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I replied to Hennessy's email yesterday...bringing 2 cars (68KR & 06GTH) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenzBad500 Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Im in! Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blu50Stang Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'll be there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'm working on clearing up that weekend so I could attend. Really hoping I can make it. I'll keep in touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakidz Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Tom, I will be there in my GT350, let's get a pic together with your GTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT NAJA Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Tom, I will be there in my GT350, let's get a pic together with your GTH. A classic pic to be sure!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceswert Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Looking forward to this important event. Will be attending in my '67 GT350. Thanks so much for overseeing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Barnett Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Please join us to honor Carroll's life and legacy - Mike Hennessy ( coolcars55@sbcglobal.net ) is organizing this event, let's get a big Team Shelby turn out to support him. "Calling All Shelbys" Pass this around! The date is set May 26th at 750 Ridder Park Drive The San Jose Mercury News campus. The time will be determined, but I feel 11:00 to 1:00 works Bruce Canapa will be there as one of our speakers, we contacted Reggie Jackson, Jay Leno & Steve Davis, Don Lee and couple others, let me know. We will have a moment of silence and a moment of noise, "Start your Engines" all at one time for 45 seconds A photo will be taken by a crane to send to Carrol Shelby C. & family with the largest Shelby display to honor Carrol Shelby. No money to be made on this event, No vendors, No marketing, No passing of fliers, No exception please do not ask. There is no registration. Please respect the celebrities at this event All Shelby's, Shelby recreations, Sunbeam Tigers, Shelby Dodge, anything Shelby powered with a Shelby name on it are welcome The Shelby's will be aloud to park on the lawn but we have BE CAREFUL of the grass. These grounds are beautiful, I gave my word we will be genital. We may have Carrol Shelby Chili as a snack to toast! I can use some club help in parking & set up. Any ideas or comment to help, please let me know. I am Mike Hennessy the organizer of this event. Please pass this around Mike, I will attend and I could probably help with some parking cars? Let me know what time for sure. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAM Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'll be be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Espejo Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I will be there, let me know if you need any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Tom, I will be there in my GT350, let's get a pic together with your GTH. Cool beans A classic pic to be sure!!! Jim, if you weren't aware, our cars are sibs...they have the same CSM number 40 years apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08jester Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Scott will be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSteeds Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 This event is the same day as the big Shelby gathering in the PNW, aka Grabberville. It would be nice to coordinate a moment of silence/moment of noise so that we were doing it at the same time, a thousand miles apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dans07SGT Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I'll be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MY500SS Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I hope this doesn't come off as insensitive but would it possible for the attendees to purchase a copy of the group photo. Maybe it could be made available to the attendees with a sizable donation to the Carroll Shelby Foundation. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMcGuirk Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I hope this doesn't come off as insensitive but would it possible for the attendees to purchase a copy of the group photo. Maybe it could be made available to the attendees with a sizable donation to the Carroll Shelby Foundation. Just a thought. Omega Printing has offered to do a poster print for those interested. (Pricing should be under $15.00 each) A portion of the proceeds will go directly to the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Omega Printing has offered to do a poster print for those interested. (Pricing should be under $15.00 each) A portion of the proceeds will go directly to the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation. Thank you Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08jester Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Omega Printing has offered to do a poster print for those interested. (Pricing should be under $15.00 each) A portion of the proceeds will go directly to the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation. Thanks Michael.... definately interested. Who do we let know. Thanks, Aggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrakidz Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 I would like one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby101 Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 I'll take 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceswert Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Would like a poster very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontech Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Tom and "Gator" will be there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb64 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 At 3100+ km one way, it is a bit too far for me to drive there, but would have loved to be able to attend. Definitely interested in a poster though, and know several others locally that would want them as well. Cool poster and portions of the proceeds going to an excellent cause, can't ask for much better. Hopefully there will be plenty of them available, as there is definitely not a shortage of Shelby fans out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLHS0136 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 I'm in. I'll be taking the GLHS and the Dakota. Let me know how i can help. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonport Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I will like to attend!! Sounds like fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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