What's to become of poor old Shel?| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

Feedyurhed Dork
6/19/12 5:00 p.m.

Lots of controversy even in death........

http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/carroll-shelby-family-in-burial-dispute-061912

Hungary Bill Reader
6/19/12 5:08 p.m.

shame....

emodspitfire Reader
6/19/12 5:33 p.m.

Somewhere.....I gotta believe Shel is laughin........

mad_machine MegaDork
6/19/12 5:34 p.m.

ugh.. just let the man have some peace.

Personally, If I were him.. I would want to be cremeted and then have my ashes fed slowly through the carb of a cobra going around a track

spitfirebill UltraDork
6/19/12 5:34 p.m.

I think Cleo was part of the problem over all the law suits Carroll filed in the last few years.

mad_machine MegaDork
6/19/12 5:42 p.m.

how so?

Curmudgeon MegaDork
6/19/12 6:04 p.m.

She wanted more money. Had him squeeze some out of people that were copying his brainchildren. What else would there be?

Woody UltimaDork
6/19/12 6:14 p.m.

I think that he probably would have wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes divided into thousands of tiny vials, labelled as Genuine Shelby, and then sold at auction.

dean1484 UltraDork
6/19/12 6:23 p.m.

Woody wrote: I think that he probably would have wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes divided into thousands of tiny vials, labelled as Genuine Shelby, and then sold at auction.

THIS!!!!!

friedgreencorrado PowerDork
6/19/12 6:46 p.m.

Ugh. I'm glad I'm not famous.

OTOH, I'm considering putting a new clause in the will...if SWMBO or my daughter doesn't take out the (few remaining) shiny happy people in my family with a 12ga shotgun, nobody gets anything. It all gets auctioned off, and the proceeds are donated to FFRF.

Already got a clause (although much less violent) similar to that about what happens if the previously mentioned shiny happy people sneak one of their shamans into my "wake".

Don't know what's gonna happen to the cars, though. I'm pretty sure it's going to end up like this, since nobody else cares about them: http://bringatrailer.com/2012/06/18/the-family-1961-alfa-romeo-2000-spider/

spitfirebill UltraDork
6/19/12 7:14 p.m.

dean1484 wrote:
Woody wrote: I think that he probably would have wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes divided into thousands of tiny vials, labelled as Genuine Shelby, and then sold at auction.
THIS!!!!!

Autographed of course

novaderrik SuperDork
6/19/12 8:15 p.m.

are we even allowed to talk about this without paying some sort of a royalty or something?

RexSeven SuperDork
6/19/12 8:27 p.m.

"Aww, jeez, not this E36 M3 again!"

rob_lewis Dork
6/19/12 9:13 p.m.

spitfirebill wrote:
dean1484 wrote:
Woody wrote: I think that he probably would have wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes divided into thousands of tiny vials, labelled as Genuine Shelby, and then sold at auction.
THIS!!!!!
Autographed of course

And don't forget the numbered plaque.

Plus, 40 years from now, they'll find the original creamtorium and scrape off some ashes to sell as NEW old editions.....

(I'm going to hell for that one. )

-Rob

914Driver MegaDork
6/20/12 5:44 a.m.

With 80+ years to plan and a history of strife with the wife, why would he sign a 180 change last Fevruary?

Unfortunately we all have family ......

Feedyurhed Dork
6/20/12 7:10 a.m.

When some one passes on and there is money/assets involved............. trouble is hiding right around the corner.

JFX001 UltraDork
6/20/12 11:15 a.m.

Jeez...just let the man rest in peace. Take a vote, draw straws, flip a coin...whatever...

chandlerGTi HalfDork
6/20/12 3:04 p.m.

JFX001 wrote: Jeez...just let the man rest in peace. Take a vote, draw straws, flip a coin...whatever...

It's not bothering him.

Ian F UberDork
6/20/12 3:35 p.m.

rob_lewis wrote:
spitfirebill wrote:
dean1484 wrote:
Woody wrote: I think that he probably would have wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes divided into thousands of tiny vials, labelled as Genuine Shelby, and then sold at auction.
THIS!!!!!
Autographed of course
And don't forget the numbered plaque. Plus, 40 years from now, they'll find the original creamtorium and scrape off some ashes to sell as NEW old editions..... (I'm going to hell for that one. ) -Rob

Maybe... but it sure did make me laugh.

TeamEvil New Reader
6/20/12 4:26 p.m.

That old prick still owes me a signature, and a head rest . . . .

Karl La Follette SuperDork
6/20/12 4:56 p.m.

Flesh for Shelby

blueafro New Reader
6/20/12 9:52 p.m.

rob_lewis wrote:
spitfirebill wrote:
dean1484 wrote:
Woody wrote: I think that he probably would have wanted to be cremated and then have his ashes divided into thousands of tiny vials, labelled as Genuine Shelby, and then sold at auction.
THIS!!!!!
Autographed of course
And don't forget the numbered plaque. Plus, 40 years from now, they'll find the original creamtorium and scrape off some ashes to sell as NEW old editions.....

Now all we need are thirty or forty companies of varying sketchiness to make replica urns of varying quality and for the family to try to make their next hundred million by suing everyone, enthusiast websites included.

Appleseed PowerDork
6/21/12 12:35 a.m.

Caroll Shelby's not dead - he's frozen. And as soon as we find the cure for a heart attack we're gonna thaw out Mr. Cobra and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well multiple that by 15-million times, that's how pissed off Mr. Cobra's gonna be.