WELL , THIS ADVENTURE STARTED OUT INNOCENTLY ENUFF , ON NOV . 20 , 2007 .
WE WERE PICKING UP CINDY'S TRUCK (scheduled maintenance ) AT KEYSTONE FORD (club member Gary Kirkpatick is the fleet manager ) AND DECIDED TO TAKE A QUICK WALK AROUND THE LOT WHILE WE WAITED . I SHOWED POPS A COUPLE GT MUSTANGS WITH THE SHELBY APPERANCE PACKAGE , AND THEN I SAW THIS ONE . I TOLD HIM "NOW THIS WOULD BE THE ONE TO GET , IF IT DIDN'T HAVE THE $20K DEALER MARK-UP ." THEN GARY CAME WALKING OUT AND WE START BSin' ABOUT THIS AND THAT , AND GOT ON THE TOPIC OF THIS SHELBY MUSTANG . TURNS OUT , THEY JUST SOLD A CONVERT FOR STICKER ---- WITHOUT THE $20k MARK-UP . SO POPS ASKS GARY "WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE ?" . GARY REPLIES "SURE , WE'LL LET THIS ONE GO FOR STICKER ". AND THAT'S ALL IT TOOK . THE OLD MAN TOLD GARY HE'D BE BACK THE NEXT DAY WITH A CHECK . I STILL DON'T THINK GARY BELIEVED HIM , UNTIL WE SHOWED UP THE NEXT DAY WITH A CHECK AND TOLD HIM TO START THE PAPERWORK . AND NOW POPS IS THE PROUD OWNER OF A 500 hp SHELBY GT500 MUSTANG !!!!!