An Afternoon with Cleo Shelby


STORMCAT

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Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
May 25, 2006
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Ft. Lauderdale
I was recently invited to a party at the Miami Supercar Rooms where the guest of Honor was Cleo Shelby. The host of the party Elo is a fellow Brit so he said it was easy to get her to come to the party !!

Tomy H. will tell you she is a real personable person and was fun to be around and to share stories. She likes to hear your stories and she told me some nice stories about her and Carroll.


I had the pleasure to meet Carroll at Rally 2 in Newport Beach. We had our party at the Peterson Museum and Carroll and Cleo were there, Cleo Remembered the evening and I was more that happy to get a picture with the Legend .. I took a copy of the picture and Cleo signed it for me..

We talked about the Ford GT's new and old and some mutual friends we have in the GT world.. Most notably Tomy and Sue Hamon, and Camilo.. Cleo has Camilo do a lot of art work for her when she needs it. !!

I have a Carroll Shelby signed piece in Helenor and she enjoyed hearing the story that I named the car after the Eleanor Mustang and my mom Helen and by a pure twist of fate the certificate was dated Fed 14 2007.. February 14th was my moms Birthday !!

She liked that story and enjoyed seeing my signature collection.. She told me of one the reasons Carroll was not a big Enzo fan and some of her personal car stories..

Billy Johnson was also in attendance and his 2017* #2 black Heritage GT took the super car award ..* Go figure.. !!
 

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Cool story Stormy! You are truly a great ambassador of the Ford and the GT.
 
Elo (The Guy with the big hair :biggrin ) is welcoming Cleo to the party. Cleo was also judging the mini car category. Billy Johnson had Cleo sign his car.
 

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Way cool Stormcat!

Ed
 
Looks like she lost weight since the last time I saw her. You are one lucky guy.
 
Great story Brian. You have a way with signatures and pictures with famous people.
 
If you get a chance post more pics of the event.
 
Did you get a date????
 
Great story and it looks like a fun day. Lynn and I were at a function 10 or 12 years ago, when she and Carroll came up to us and asked if they could join us for dinner. Needless to say that meal was one of the many highlights of my life!
 
Very cool, you're lucky!
Would like to hear some of her stories.
You epitomize what it means to be a true ambassador!
 
A very sweet lady who was married to Carroll 18 years and added years he lived as he told Sue and I!
 
Thanks for sharing. Very cool.
 
I had the opportunity to talk with Cleo Shelby during the Rally 3 event dinner. She is a fellow pilot and a truly charming lady.

During our conversation, I mentioned that I had hoped to have Carroll sign the factory window sticker that came with my GT, but that since he was unable to attend the dinner, I feared I had missed my one opportunity. She gave me her mailing address and told me to send it to her. Not only did she facilitate Carroll signing my window sticker, she also returned it with an autographed picture of Carroll.
 
Very cool, you're lucky!
Would like to hear some of her stories.
You epitomize what it means to be a true ambassador!

One of the things we chatted about was the upcoming movie. She said she wasn't that crazy about Matt Damon playing Carroll in the movie but her friends convinced her the Hollywood make up guys can work wonders !!
 
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very nice Brian, you are all over the place.
 
One of the things we chatted about was the upcoming movie. She said she wasn't that crazy about Matt Damon playing Carroll in the movie but her friends convinced her the Hollywood make up guys can work wonders !!

Should have been Matthew McConaughey IMO.
 
Denzel Washington.
 
So good Brian.

Vince H
 
Should have been Matthew McConaughey IMO.

That's what Cleo said!!..:biggrin