UPDATE
Episode #2
is live
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YouTube!
Our Shell to Shelby Journey
Jackson loved cars when he was a toddler. You should have seen him at the Peterson Car Museum – he thought the crash test dummy symbol was a “Beamer, Beamer, Beamer!” He’s paying attention again, now that he will get his learners permit this year.
Since college, I’ve wanted to build a kit Shelby Cobra. In fact, I met Carroll Shelby at a motorsports event in 1993. He left his headlights on and asked my GT Motorsports team to jump start his car.
Jackson learned about the guy who traded a paperclip up to a house and another guy who traded Apple Airpods up to an airplane. So, we decided to put it all together: Shell 2 Shelby!
We hope you enjoy our journey, Ian
Ian’s Trades vs. Jackson’s Trades
Shell to Shelby on YouTube
About Us
Ian: I’m a left-brained, nuts-and-bolts guy who works in movies as a stunt coordinator. At 50, I’m due for my mid-life crisis!!!, so follow along for some emotional-crisis decision-making.
Jackson: the brains and good looks of this operation. I need to learn to drive this year so let’s get me a car that makes me look as good as I make it perform.
Shell --> Shelby 
Hi, Ian. I left you a commercial grade dishwasher on your Facebook post. It needs new hoses, but there is a market for them. Do you want it?
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June, this is amazing. Seems like we’re skipping a few steps as our first trade. We’ll let you choose which shell you want!! Somebody just offered a comic book collection, so Jackson will likely go for that. But it is a competition!!
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This looks like a ton of fun! I didn’t know this was a Thing until it was featured in an episode of Great North recently. Good luck to you both! PS. Ian, I believe you’re 50 (bc I know how old I am!), but there’s NO WAY Jackson is driving age!! Wow.
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Hey Nova! Yup, he can get his learner’s permit in August. Doesn’t really have a desire to drive yet because he has a skateboard, a bike, the bus and the train. But I see it as a right of passage, even though insurance will be rough. His first ride will be the ‘93 Accord in the driveway with 250,000+ miles, the one with the shimmy that’s embarrassing to be picked up in from school, hee hee.
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