shelby and ricks restoration

Tuesday 4th November 2014

By the time we got organised and left the Luxor it was time for lunch.  After lunch we hit the Southern Outlet Mall and bought some sneakers.

After that we made our way to Shelby America.  They offer two free tours a day and we had made it in time for the 1.30 p.m. slot.  The tour was excellent and there was so much to see.  From the first Shelby Cobra to the latest and greatest Shelby 1000 which has an output of 1020 hp at the rear wheels!!  We ended up spending about 2.5 hours at Shelby and we still wanted to go and check out Ricks Restoration.

Got to Ricks by 4.00 p.m. and we managed to get on the last tour of the workshop for the day.  On entry to the shop we saw Brettly who was sitting in a golf cart near the gates.  None of the other were there, they had all finished work for the day.  The tour was pretty good and there was a number of items that we recognised from the tv.

Tonight we were staying at the Westgate due to the Luxor being about $400 for Tuesday night due to the SEMA car show.  Not quite as good as the Luxor but not too bad really.

Tomorrow we head to Palm Springs as we make our way to LA.  Our flight home is Thursday night :-( 

shelby america

1962 csx2000 very first shelby cobra

brand new rolling chassis cobra

inside the workshop

red car is a shelby 1000, over 1000 hp at the wheels

you can write on the wall

i love the blue car

brand new mustang

polished aluminum

brand new waiting to be delivered

an original shelby mustang

1999 shelby series 1

awesome machine

shelby chryslers

from the car park of rick's

you may recognise this from an episode

bone yard

brettly

westgate