Tuesday, February 13, 2024

FDR jr in the Jag, at the grand premier showing of the E Type at Jack Sheppard's imports of Tampa



Curtis LeMay coordinated the Berlin Airlift. He served as commander of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1948 to 1957, and was Chief of Staff of the Air Force

In 1953, Jack decided to start a new venture and opened Import Motors on the second floor of his 10-lane bowling alley, that had previously housed a garage and gas station before Jack bought the building in 1936, and sold Jaguar, Porsche, Lotus, Austin Healey, MG, VW, Sunbeam, Hillman, Triumph, Saab, and Rolls Royce


A year later, he moved the dealership downstairs and began adding just about every European car make he could get his hands on. The building  so it was already set up, in a way, to handle cars.




Jack Sheppard's son Joe was called The Tampa Hotshoe, after returning from a tour of duty in Korea at age 30, he raced against Fangio, Hill, Moss, Cunningham - in Nassau, and even in Cuba. He passed away in October 2019 at the age of 91 with a '67 MGB/GT in the garage. 


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