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Old 06-22-2018, 02:57 AM
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Originally Posted by FatBoy View Post
...I don’t know anywhere near as many genuine Cobras first-hand as you, but very, very few of those that I do and have seen have remained exactly as they were when they left the factory.

In fact, I think it would probably be wrong to “restore” a genuine Cobra to this degree, because it would destroy much of what made it special. The accepted best practice is for much more sympathetic restorations these days...

Good point Paul.

A question for Ned and also Dan...is there a cut-off date for 289 cars for which mods from original spec. up to that date should remain with the car when it's subjected to restoration rather than taking the car back to its original ex-factory configuration (if I've explained that clearly enough)?

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Glen
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