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Originally Posted by LMH
Actually, I think the registry wasn't created by Shelby but rather Bill Kemper and John Rimer.
Larry
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Larry, in fact, the first (1973) registry was a function of the Cobra Club in Michigan. Bill and John became the first two people to be asked to collate data for it.
And folks, to be clear, let's acknowledge a couple of simple truths:
1. The 60's-built Cobras were not replicas of the prototype, any more than any production car would be considered a replica of the engineering study that led to its production.
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2. Irrespective of the terminology in the registry used to distinguish among different brands of Cobras, the cars built by a reconstituted Shelby American long after the 60's are, indeed, replicas of the originals, and follow the definition of the term as found in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: "a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision." To argue that a given car is a replica but definitely not a Replica is silly.