Well since I am the only one here that participates in more than one forum
at least you have reference to what I said on the Ford GT forum which is completely consistent to what I have said here in the past, now and what SAAC is saying in there World Registry. At least the Ford GT forum guys "got it".
Sad, that in a site dedicated to "Cobras" many are still lost in the wilderness.
Also, please note, I did not start this thread or the first to participate. Please note I did not start the tread on the Ford GT Forum. Thank you.
Bill S.: You want to use a statement in a court of law it's best to make sure you use it in context since your adversary will be given a wide berth in demonstrating you took it out of context if that what you did....and thats what you did. Not cricket. All I will say is that for those interested enough you need to read my other posts even post #41 that you conveniently failed to include the rest of ...but I would also point to my post #27 and #29. "Two Shelbys" hit the nail on the head in his post #16. Not hard stuff guys. Really.
Yes, according to the formal definition one could argue that every Cobra after first production 2000 and 3000 Cobra is a replica of the the "original" and yes technically the continuation cars and the completion cars are all "technically" replicas of the original Cobras produced by Shelby.
Again, I can read the World Registry for you nor obviously can I help any of you out of the fog as to what the World Registry has said and what I have been saying. All I can do when the subject comes up is continue to try to point to the light for the poor souls who continue to be lost.
CSX3183 gets it.
Patrickt: I am truly sorry. Alas I have failed you. Lets simplify. Get your World Registry turn to page 30. Read slowly and (out loud if it helps). PM me any questions you continue to have so as to avoid embarrassment of asking them in public. Will scan and email answers with pictures in Crayon to help move this along)
Istock: No it's really not difficult. If asked if my Cobra is an original my answer is "No, it's a Continuation series Shelby Cobra". If they want to talk more and I have time I happily talk more. Some know what a continuation series Cobra is some don't.
If asked it is "real" my answer is emphatically "yes" with the balance the same as above.
I am not going to devalue or debase my Cobra in my answer to the above questions to give the impression that my Continuation Series Cobra is not a real Cobra when it is and accepted and acknowledged by SAAC.
To make it simple...we "non-civilians" know what the technical meaning of "replica" is.
Civilians use and equate and commonly understand "replica" to mean a fake.
As such I make sure when answering the question to the "civilian" he clearly understands he is not looking a fake but a real Cobra from Shelby. I know some owners of originals don't like this but the facts on the ground have changed boys.
Easy peezy. Next...
