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MIKE WAS FIGHTING CANCER BUT THOUGHT HE WOULD MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. I HADN'T WATCHED THIS UNTIL I LEARNED OF MIKE'S PASSING OH I BOUGHT THE BLUE SHELBY FROM MIKE, HE COULDT NOT GO TO THE THE DEALERSHIP WITH ME THAT DAY BECAUSE HIS WIFE'S APPENDIX BURST AS WE HAD JUST FINISHED ARE FINAL LAPS THAT DAY. HIM HE ARRANGED A RECORD SETTING DEAL FOR ME AT ABOUT 115 MPH AS WE SPEED HOME. THE RIDE HOME WAS A BRISK TO SAY THE LEAST. GOD SPEED MIKE AND GOD BLESS YOU AND KEPT YOU IN A FAST RIDE. MIKE PASSED ON THE DAY AFTER ANOTHER SHELBY AM NOT SURE YET WHY, HAD COME IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS MY DREAM CAR I HAD SPECIAL ORDERED IT EXACTLY LIKE I WAN'TED. IT WASN'T TO BE BUILT UNTIL THE SECOUND QUARTER OF 08. I EXPECTED IT IN APRIL OR MAY. WHEN THE DEALER CALLED AND SAID IT WAS IN, I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND GOT KINDA MADD. WHEN THE DEALER CALLED after i got back in town I ASK ABOUT MIKE AND WAS TOLD OF HIS DEATH.THE SHELBY WAS DELIVERED TO ME TWO DAYS BEFORE MIKE'S FUNERAL. IT IS THE BEST CAR I WILL EVER OWN
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