Right after the sunami that happened a few years ago, Dave Kirkham called me to ask my opinion about a polished aluminum 427 SC roller that they were planning to auction off and donate the proceeds to the sunami victims. The workers in Poland and Provo were donating their time and the Kirkhams were donating the material. His concern was that they were going to disperse the monies through the Morman church. They were doing this so the money would not be eaten up by executive charges. I said I thought it was a great idea and did not have a problem with the dispersement. I donated a new set of four 15" pindrive wheels and tires as I had put 17" pindrives on my car. Two guys on Club Cobra gave me $300 each to defray the cost and shipping. Dave said initially that they were going to auction the car off on Ebay, but then they contacted Barrett Jackson who at first said no because of time constraints (the auction was in 2 weeks) but then agreed because it was for a good cause. Speed Vision called Dave and said they would interview he and Tom prior to the auction on stage and after the car was auctioned to give them a little air time. I was watching the auction lot numbers and after the car prior to the Kirham went off the stage they broke for commercial. The break had to be 5 minutes long, when they came back the car after the Kirkham was up. I called Dave to see what had happened. He said when they got on stage they were told to stand away from the car to the back. The auctioneer asked Craig Jackson what to start the car at, around 50K? He said no, 15K. The car had the best of everything on it, Penske Wilwood, ect had been donated by the companies and guys from CC. The bidding got to 54K and they stopped taking bids. I talked to 2 guys that were bidding on the car and they said they were waving their bid cards and running up to the guys in blue blazers on the floor but no one would take their bids. The bidding was closed at 54k. The car was worth closer to 80K in that economy. When Shelby started buying cars from Kirkham and selling the as "bodies and frame he had in storage" he was supposed to pay in an alloted period of time. He did not. Finally the Kirkhams said that all new orders would be FOB. Shelby was not happy with this. Shelby was at the auction, Shelby and Craig Jackson are friends. And that's what happened to the Kirkham auction. They might as well have dipped their hand into the sunami victims pockets and taken out 30K. The commisions came off the top of the 54K and left even less. Don't talk to me about the Great Shelby please!