I am sorry life gave you so many lemons - I’ll keep my rose color glasses over that any day. It’s odd that you have such a low opinion of Shelby and are on a Shelby forum? You think there is no difference between a guy that gave us the cobra and the Shelby mustangs with a Jeep dealer… really?
Yes there is a lot of difference between the achievements of the two. And yes you won't find me nominating CS for sainthood and yes I did know him and he was always gracious and generous with me. However I also know how he treated several people who worked for him. (I decided to delete 3 specific instances I had listed here - corner me sometime at a meet I'll tell you the details)
Yes CS built some great cars but having known him for 30+ years I know that all things that shine are not gold.
Never met Collins but he strikes me as a real huckster who can't quite seal the deal.
PS - the only comparison I made between Collins and Shelby was that they were both from Texas and both were/are storytellers.