April 3, 2022

Shelby Heritage Center in Las Vegas

By roads-rus

You can visit the Shelby Heritage Center for free. It’s a museum-like experience at 6405 Ensworth Street on the southwest corner of the newly named Harry Reid Airport. We went there on a Saturday morning and found car enthusiasts outside looking at lots of local vehicles for sale. “Cars and coffee” is a regular feature of this museum every Saturday morning from 7 to 10 am. The cars are available for purchase in a city that appreciates fine wheels. We thought we would have to buy a $49 package to see the car featured in the movie Ford VS Ferrari that was on display. This was not the case.

The $49 package gets you into the production area and provides group commentary (the group taking the tour that day was huge), but we were otherwise able to look around on our own like a lot of other people and talk to the staff.

The original Cobra was not there. Carroll Shelby, who died in 2012, is seen driving it in a film that is very popular to watch for free. By order of its owner this Cobra had not been touched or altered in 64 years and is currently on display in a car museum in Boulder, CO.

The film Ford VS Ferrari was a big hit for Christian Bale and Matt Damon 4 years ago. It was based on a true story about a racing competition. I really enjoyed seeing the Cobra actually used in the film in this Shelby Heritage Center in Las Vegas.

Ruth bought a great copy of the original Cobra in the gift shop before we left. It became a treasured gift for our grandson who dotes on model cars.

Hank

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Since the beginning, I've had to avoid writing about the downside of travel in order to sell more than 100 articles. Just because something negative happened doesn't mean your trip was ruined. But tell that to publishers who are into 5-star cruise and tropical beach fantasies. I want to tell what happened on my way to the beach, and it may not have been all that pleasant. My number one rule of the road is...today's disaster is tomorrow's great story. My travel experiences have appeared in about twenty magazines and newspapers. I've been in all 50 states more than once and more than 50 countries. Ruth and I love to travel internationally--Japan, Canada, China, Argentina, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, etc. Within the next 2 years we will have visited all of the European countries. But our favorite destination is Australia. Ruth and I have been there 9 times. I've written a book about Australia's Outback, ALONE NEAR ALICE, which is available through both Amazon & Barnes & Noble. My first fictional work, MOVING FORWARD, GETTING NOWHERE, has recently been posted on Amazon. It's a contemporary, hopefully funny re-telling of The Odyssey. View all posts by roads-rus
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