CAR WARS OVER GONE IN 60 SECONDS MUSTANG
The widow of the original GONE IN 60 SECONDS director/star H.B. HALICKI has gone to war with a legendary car collector over knock-off versions of the film’s main motor.
Denice Shakarian Halicki claims she owns various copyrights connected to the famous 1967 Ford Mustang, dubbed Eleanor, and car collector Carroll Shelby is violating those rights by producing lookalikes for sale and show.
Shelby insists he obtained the trademark rights to use the Eleanor name in 2002, and he has since teamed up with a Texas company to produce copies of the car from the famous 1974 film.
The original Mustang became one of the stars of the cult car crash classic, and Halicki’s widow is now in the process of customising Eleanor Mustangs with an Oklahoma company.
Her lawyer, Allan Browne, tells the Los Angeles Times newspaper, "We believe there are many millions of dollars at stake here." Halicki is seeking damages from Shelby and has called on a Los Angeles court to revoke any Eleanor trademarks the car collector has.
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