I'm very close to seeing my SPF Mk I delivered from the factory to Olthoff Racing, perhaps in the next couple of weeks. In anticipation of this much anticipated event, I thought that it might be a good idea to begin processing my car into the GT40 Registry. Each SPF buyer is probably well familiar with that enticing prospect, which one assumes may help to retain value over the years. (The SPF GT40 website boldly proclaims: "The GT40 Continuation also carries the GT40 "P" chassis number and is eligible for the GT40 registry.")
Now, not being an expert on such things as a GT40 Registry, I contacted McMichael Motorsports and spoke with Bill Baker who kindly referred me to the Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC), the official keeper of said registry. Not wasting any time, I wrote the GT40 Registry Chairman, Greg Kolasa, and asked to have my car included in the upcoming SAAC Registry's GT40 Registry (it only comes out every two years or so).
Greg wrote me back, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have already sent the GT40 stuff into typesetting, which means that we can't make any changes for the book. We hadn't planned on including the SPF cars anyway, not because we have anything against SPF, but just because we didn't have enough owner interest to justify inclusion. I believe you are only the second person (and may be the only) to inform us of your car. That's not to say that at some point in the future we won't include them in another volume."
Okay, after my initial disappointment, I found myself wondering how it is that SPF hasn't taken a more direct role in 1) ensuring that their cars are, in fact, eligible and welcome into the GT40 Registry through direct discussion with SAAC; and, 2) creating a process for its customers to easily, if not automatically, having their cars registered.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still a strong proponent of SPF, they're a great company ... but, if they're going to hype a benefit as often and unabashedly as they have regarding our cars' "eligibility for the GT40 registry", then is it asking too much that they at least ensure that the process exists and some arrangement made?
Maybe I'm just being overly cranky, or perhaps there's another registry out there that neither I, nor McMichael Motorsports, is familiar. It's a minor issue, to be sure. But it bugs me all the same. I'd appreciate some thoughts on this and maybe some suggestions on going forward.
Kim
Now, not being an expert on such things as a GT40 Registry, I contacted McMichael Motorsports and spoke with Bill Baker who kindly referred me to the Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC), the official keeper of said registry. Not wasting any time, I wrote the GT40 Registry Chairman, Greg Kolasa, and asked to have my car included in the upcoming SAAC Registry's GT40 Registry (it only comes out every two years or so).
Greg wrote me back, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have already sent the GT40 stuff into typesetting, which means that we can't make any changes for the book. We hadn't planned on including the SPF cars anyway, not because we have anything against SPF, but just because we didn't have enough owner interest to justify inclusion. I believe you are only the second person (and may be the only) to inform us of your car. That's not to say that at some point in the future we won't include them in another volume."
Okay, after my initial disappointment, I found myself wondering how it is that SPF hasn't taken a more direct role in 1) ensuring that their cars are, in fact, eligible and welcome into the GT40 Registry through direct discussion with SAAC; and, 2) creating a process for its customers to easily, if not automatically, having their cars registered.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still a strong proponent of SPF, they're a great company ... but, if they're going to hype a benefit as often and unabashedly as they have regarding our cars' "eligibility for the GT40 registry", then is it asking too much that they at least ensure that the process exists and some arrangement made?
Maybe I'm just being overly cranky, or perhaps there's another registry out there that neither I, nor McMichael Motorsports, is familiar. It's a minor issue, to be sure. But it bugs me all the same. I'd appreciate some thoughts on this and maybe some suggestions on going forward.
Kim
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