JeffJ Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Pretty cool write up on the first car from the new location. http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1090101_2014-gt500-super-snake-is-the-first-car-off-the-new-shelby-american-assembly-line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nice, 500 units? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captdave Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Great! I missed seeing it by a week. I was so close. This was the original week I was going to go but we moved our trip to late Jan instead. Denny Keru while giving the factory tour didn't mention anything about the first car coming off the line? Where was it being assembled? How did I miss it, I am so mad at myself? I just missed history. CaptDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captdave Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I just looked close at the photo you have. It looks like it was taken around noon time. There's not a long shadow behind the car. Noon on a sunny day is the worst time to take a photo...worst...worst...worst. Belter off in the shade with no shadows. You could have moved the other car in the parking lot. Parking lot lines come out easy in Photoshop Also, it looks like you got the shot with a point & shoot. Your 3/4 shot, maybe angle it just a little bit different. Turn the steering wheel to the left to aim the front tire at you (that's optional), just a suggestion. Your Shelby American, people are watching. I took this photo about 2 weeks ago at Shelby American. I was on the SA Factory Tour so my angles for shooting were limited. Your guys could pick any location, any time of day, inside or out with a tripod (low ISO). I think I did better with handheld and high ISO. Correction: It was the magazines photographer who took that abysmal shot. Shame on him, to do that to a Shelby. CaptDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I just looked close at the photo you have. It looks like it was taken around noon time. There's not a long shadow behind the car. Noon on a sunny day is the worst time to take a photo...worst...worst...worst. Belter off in the shade with no shadows. You could have moved the other car in the parking lot. Parking lot lines come out easy in Photoshop Also, it looks like you got the shot with a point & shoot. Your 3/4 shot, maybe angle it just a little bit different. Turn the steering wheel to the left to aim the front tire at you (that's optional), just a suggestion. Your Shelby American, people are watching. CaptDave That's the photo from the article. Who knows who took it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captdave Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 That's the photo from the article. Who knows who took it. To do that to a Shelby, he should be shot! He has absolutely no ability. CaptDave Sorry, I get crazy when anyone disrespects a Shelby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodger Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Will be in Vegas on the 17th Feb for two weeks, really looking foward to visting Shelby and seeing all the guys there Jer look out you will see me there every day LOL I am bringing my mom who is 82 she can keep my wife company shoping while i spend as much time as I can drooling over the cars !!! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nice, 500 units? Correct. All the newer model Super Snakes have a maximum production cap of 500 units per model year. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Wow, that is one way cool looking car. It is fitting that the first one off the line should stay in the Shelby family. And hey, the reporter took it with a cell phone camera.... Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captdave Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Wow, that is one way cool looking car. It is fitting that the first one off the line should stay in the Shelby family. And hey, the reporter took it with a cell phone camera.... Oh well. If that car was completed when I was there on 1-22-2014 I would have loved to do the Photo's. This is a hobby, I've never made 10 cents of another Shelby Enthusiast! It would have been a honor. I worked for a year as a Photojournalist in 2009 at NJMP (New Jersey Motorsports Park), I lived 1.5 miles away at the time. I handed over all my photo's to the clubs that wanted them, it was a fun experience. Another thing I've done. CaptDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Awesome looking car with a cool history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Correct. All the newer model Super Snakes have a maximum production cap of 500 units per model year. Steve Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NordicShelby Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Correct. All the newer model Super Snakes have a maximum production cap of 500 units per model year. Steve Did production ever exceed 500 units a year? I know there wasn't a cap previously but did Shelby ever make more than 500 on any given year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I just looked close at the photo you have. It looks like it was taken around noon time. There's not a long shadow behind the car. Noon on a sunny day is the worst time to take a photo...worst...worst...worst. Belter off in the shade with no shadows. You could have moved the other car in the parking lot. Parking lot lines come out easy in Photoshop Also, it looks like you got the shot with a point & shoot. Your 3/4 shot, maybe angle it just a little bit different. Turn the steering wheel to the left to aim the front tire at you (that's optional), just a suggestion. Your Shelby American, people are watching. I took this photo about 2 weeks ago at Shelby American. I was on the SA Factory Tour so my angles for shooting were limited. Your guys could pick any location, any time of day, inside or out with a tripod (low ISO). I think I did better with handheld and high ISO. Correction: It was the magazines photographer who took that abysmal shot. Shame on him, to do that to a Shelby. CaptDave Cap, that is one great photo. Being in the tire business I could not help but notice the Goodyear Wingfoot radials on it. I bough my first of those in the early 80s. The dozen continuation GT350 convetibles that Shelby had built by Calig. Mustang had them as original equipment as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Sak Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Did production ever exceed 500 units a year? I know there wasn't a cap previously but did Shelby ever make more than 500 on any given year? Can still get the earlier ones, but I thought even those were limited to 1000 units when I was shopping for mine? Pretty sure the 500 limit began with 2011? Steve, correct me if I am wrong please. I know the # was printed on the earlier brocures, but I cant seem to find it on the brocures on the "build one" page....I know I have old copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawwy600 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 To my knowledge it's always been 500 super snakes per model year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Can still get the earlier ones, but I thought even those were limited to 1000 units when I was shopping for mine? Pretty sure the 500 limit began with 2011? Steve, correct me if I am wrong please. I know the # was printed on the earlier brocures, but I cant seem to find it on the brocures on the "build one" page....I know I have old copies. 2007-10 Super Snake builds are capped at a maximum of 1,000 per model year. 2011-14 Super Snake builds are capped at a maximum of 500 per model year. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helge Ruchelski Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Lets not forget the 2012 50th anniversary Super Snake....capped at 50 black and 50 white. Are these included in the 500 for 2012? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Sak Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 2007-10 Super Snake builds are capped at a maximum of 1,000 per model year. 2011-14 Super Snake builds are capped at a maximum of 500 per model year. Steve Thanks Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch40 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Did production ever exceed 500 units a year? I know there wasn't a cap previously but did Shelby ever make more than 500 on any given year? Since you can still order any year Super Snake from Shelby, I would assume they have never hit a cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Since you can still order any year Super Snake from Shelby, I would assume they have never hit a cap. Correct and quite a few folks are using that to their advantage by picking up a low priced, low mile, 2007-09 GT500 and having a SS package added to it. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersnake junkie Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Correct and quite a few folks are using that to their advantage by picking up a low priced, low mile, 2007-09 GT500 and having a SS package added to it. Steve Who needs to settle for a mediocre used GT500 when they can still do that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrafan Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 2007-10 Super Snake builds are capped at a maximum of 1,000 per model year. 2011-14 Super Snake builds are capped at a maximum of 500 per model year. Steve 40th Anniversary capped at 312. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Saw the SS live last Wednesday, and it look great. Here is a pic from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helge Ruchelski Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Lets not forget the 2012 50th anniversary Super Snake....capped at 50 black and 50 white. Are these included in the 500 for 2012? Does anyone know the answer to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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