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Shelby and Factory Five Racing have been going at it for years. Back in 2000, Shelby filed suit against the Massachusetts-based replica builder, which resulted in Factory Five being allowed to continue building cars as long as it made no reference to the terms "Cobra," "427 S/C," "Shelby," "Shelby Cobra," "Daytona Coupe" or "Daytona Coupe Cobra."
I'm sure all the replica builders were watching closely the outcome of this litigation and thankful FFR footed the bill to take it to court. So the SAAC Registry is following the guidelines of that litigation's final ruling, they have no choice. Now you know why Shelby American has a lock on "Cobra" and 3rd party manufacturers can't use it, the court has made its' ruling.
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