[Kim Petersen]

Thanks, Gary and Lynn; sound advice, as ever. I'll try to create a process that will see SPF owners' cars included in the GT40 Registry -- if not the coming edition of the printed Shelby Registry.

First order of business will be to contact SPF and ensure their preparedness to cooperate in seeing the hype turned into reality. For obvious reasons, we'll need their fundamental support to see this done right.

Second will be to draft a letter to SAAC laying out the argument for SPF GT40s inclusion en masse. With that behind us, quite frankly, for this to work, it seems to me that SPF will need to directly upload production data to SAAC's Greg Kolasa (or whomever is acting as Registrar) with such pertinent data as: 1) model (MK I/II); 2) color scheme; 3) right or left hand drive; 4) factory options (e.g., 'Gurney' bubble, 'Gulf' flares, canard wings, FIA fuel cell, leather interior, etc.); and wheels (i.e., size, type). This should be accomplished as soon as the cars are completed and ready to ship.

Third, SPF should then prompt each car owner to provide -- perhaps by an addressed and stamped post card included with the factory's other paperwork -- the engine particulars (e.g., size, material, FI or carb, manufacturer, etc.) along with any other significant owner-provided vehicle characteristics.

Fourth, IMO the concept of a registry should be dynamic and not cyclical -- tied to a semi-annual printed report. Lynn, this seems to be your point, as well. An SPF could be part of the registry, even if the printed record of that registry may not occur for many months or years. If SAAC isn't going to have an electronic, web-accessible version of their overall registry, then perhaps after our acceptance of eligibility behind us, we can persuade SPF to effectively build a publically accessible 'mirror' page that would compile all of the data previously uploaded to SAAC.

Does this seem an acceptable approach?

Kim