Author: jcguyer

June 6, 2024 Monthly Meeting at Little Daddy’s Meeting at 6:30 p.m.

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Little Daddy’s Family Restaurant

39500 Woodward Ave.

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

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SAAC 49 July 25-27, 2024 New Jersey Motorsports Park.

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The SAAC Dinner and Evening Program is one of the highlights of our convention. SAAC is happy to announce that the keynote speaker at this year’s convention will be Tom Cotter, also known as “The Barn Find Hunter.” Tom’s engaging talk will take place just after the SAAC Dinner on Friday July 26th 2024.

Cotter is a well-known figure in the automotive world, particularly for his expertise in locating and restoring “barn find” vehicles. He has been involved in the car restoration industry for over 50 years. He is also an accomplished author, having written several books about barn finds, including “The Cobra in the Barn: Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology.”

Tom gained widespread recognition through his popular series “Barn Find Hunter” on Hagerty’s YouTube channel. In this series, Cotter travels around the USA, discovering and exploring forgotten classic cars. His enthusiasm and knowledge about classic cars not only make the series entertaining, but also educational for car enthusiasts.

Tom has loads of Shelby stories. For example he purchased his 289 Cobra, CSX2490 in March, 2001. He flew from North Carolina to San Francisco to pick up the car and drive it home, using only 2-lane roads. The trip took nine days. R&T writer Peter Egan accompanied him and Egan wrote about the trip in “Cross Country Cobra.” The article was featured in the 2/02 issue of R&T. The car is famous for its luggage rack on the trunk with a large, battered suitcase strapped to it, covered with stickers from various places Cotter has traveled with the car. Notable is the prominent “Dan Gurney for President” bumper sticker. Cotter and the Cobra have been on several 1000-mile Cobra tours including one to Alaska where a grizzily bear tore through the soft top in order to get at a box of fig newtons left behind. CSX2490 was also pictured on the cover of The Shelby American’s Spring 2017 issue.

Tom Cotter’s passion for automotive history and his knack for telling captivating stories have made him a the perfect speaker for the SAAC 49 Evening Program. Be sure to register for SAAC 49 so you too can enjoy the myriad of events we’ve got planned including Open Track, the Simeone Museum Visit, a Road Tour and Poker Run, the Shelby Car Show, Concours d’Elegance, and lots more!

(Click link below to register for SAAC 49!)
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/saac-49-team-shelby-ecgn-njmp-thunderbolt-american-automobile-club-396835

TEAM SHELBY NEWS FLASH

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Thursday, January 12, 2023.

SAAC-MCR (Shelby American Automobile Club – Motor City Region) is entering its 48th year as club and has also been the Motor City Chapter of Team Shelby since 2017.

Formerly of the Great Lakes Region, we are now in the newly created Motor Cities Region comprised of Michigan, Ohio, & Indiana in Team Shelby.

Based on southeast Michigan, we have monthly in person meetings in the Detroit area, & a number of events each year. We welcome & look forward to meeting any new & returning members in the area! As Director of the Motor City Chapter, feel free to contact me with any questions. Steve White swhite9255@aol.com

Today, Thursday, January 12, 2023, it was announced that the Team Shelby Regions are changing. Team Shelby Great Lakes will be comprised of the States of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Michigan, Indiana and Ohio will form a new region called the Motor City Region. That region will be in the very capable hands of GaryandSarah Patterson (Sarah). I want to personally thank Sarah, Jason Margraves, Rick BriggsSusie Crawford. ShelbyGt Sites and Steve White for everything they have done to build this region up. I’m certain Sarah will take her region to new heights of success. We look forward to working together where we can. To the Motor City Team Shelby/SAAC Chapter, Thank you for letting us in and for your warm welcome. For those of you in the State of Minnesota, welcome! We will be looking for state and chapter directors soon.

Tim Stieve