Who are we?
The Washington Shelby American Automobile Club (WASAAC) is a regional member of the national SAAC club and is dedicated to the preservation, care, history and enjoyment of the World Championship cars from Shelby American, 1961-1970. These cars include the AC Cobra, GT350, GT500, GT500KR, Boss, Pantera, Tiger, and GT40.
The club is open to all people who share an enthusiasm for the cars recognized by SAAC. You do not have to own a Cobra or a Shelby ... you just have to have an interest in them.
Meeting News:
August 26, 2010 at 7:00pm is the next meeting.
It will be held at the Issaquah Triple XXX Drive-In. The address is:
The Triple XXX Drive-In
98 N.E. Gilman Blvd.
Issaquah, WA 98027
425-392-1266
Here is a map
Quick Events Update:
Kirkland Concours!!
There is a quaint town on the shore of Lake Washington, Northeast of Seattle, called Kirkland. On September 12, 2010, at Carillon Point in Kirkland, Washington will be the location of the 8th Annual Kirkland Concours, benefiting Children's Hospital of Seattle and Evergreen Medical Center. The Kirkland Concours has raised a total of 1.2 million dollars for these two worthwhile charities in the past seven years.
This year's Kirkland Concours will be gathering 30 prominent automobiles from Shelby American, as well as 70 other handpicked classics and wood boats as well. The quality and uniqueness of the cars selected to represent Shelby American will never be gathered again in the Pacific Northwest. At the present time we have 10 Cobras, 10 GT40's and 9 early GT350's.
Among the Cobras at the Kirkland Concours we have:
- Daytona Coupe - one of six made, one of three left in the U.S. This coupe won the most races of any of the Daytonas and was driven by Gurney and Bondurant.
- Dragonsnake - Lynn Park's drag race prepared "El Cid".
- The Flip Top - Ken Miles' "The Turd".
Among the GT40's at the Kirkland Concours we have:
- One of every body style GT40 will be present, MKI, MKII, MKIII, and MKIV.
- One of the GT40 roadsters, 1 of 5 made.
- Ken Miles' 1966 Lemans 2nd GT40.
Among the GT350's at Kirkland we will have:
- The first street 1965 GT350 built.
- The first R- model built ex. Miles, Titus, Cantwell.
- One of every color available for the 1966 GT350 model line.
There will also be a collection of 10 to 15 Shelby Mustangs and Cobras from the Washington State Shelby Club in an area just North of where the Concours is located. Peter Brock, Shelby American's head of special projects and designer of the Daytona Coupe is an honored judge at this Concours. Peter has written 6 pages on his favorite Cobra stories for this year's event program. There will also be a section of the program for the GT40 and the GT350.
You may find more information about this event by going to www.kirklandconcours.com. If you click the "Gallery" section on the top of the home page you can see the quality of cars which have attended this event in the past.
There are several reasonably priced hotels in the immediate area near Carillon Point. Please do not miss this opportunity to see these very historical automobiles all in one location for only $25.00 per ticket.
Tell your friends!!!!
WASAAC Forum
SAAC now has a web forum at saacforum.com. WASAAC also now has a forum for our members in the "Regional Forums" section of the main SAAC forum page. The direct link is saacforum.com/index.php?board=47.0. Let's have some fun! Anything car related goes so please feel free to post topics, replies, pics, concerns, technical stuff, etc.
Got Pics?
We would like to post as many pictures of member's cars as possible. No, we don't care what you look like -- just your ride. Send your pics to Dave McDonald (and remember to delete the 'NOSPAM' text within the email address).
Why is that phrase 'NOSPAM' in there? The spammers have webots running around to websites and 'farm' the email addresses found. Wanna get hit with a ton of email? Put your name on a webpage. So before you hit the send button (Or after it bounces) check the To: list and remove the phrase
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Bounced emails
If you did not receive notice of the meeting contact WASAAC (see bottom of page). We usually have a few emails bounce because of dead accounts, over size limit, and other problems. We don't have the time or resources to go through these refusals and send again.
Lost Members and Email
The club is now on a total email distribution. Because of the limited amount of time the officers have to run the club we find we do not have enough time to chase down members whose email addresses are no longer valid. If you have not heard from us in a while and have changed your email address in the last year, that's probably why. Please email us at the link below to update your email info.
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