[Excaliber]

Any car with 600 hp is EASY to wreck and the SPF isn't that different from any other Cobra when it comes to the laws of physics and power to weight ratio.

Anyway,,,,,"new cars" built on an "old car" principle increase the desirability of the old car and help sales of the new! It's a win win! The new Austin/BMW Mini is a good example of this. The "old" ones are certainly more valuable now that the "new" ones are back!

New T-bird, old T-bird same thing as above. It will be the same for the new GT(40) and the old GT-40.

A "new" FORD" Cobra will be a tough call. In my opinion Fords use of the NAME "Cobra" has been associated with MUSTANGS for so long I think it has become "diluted" (watered down) in some respects. They HAVE to use Shelby to re-associate the NAME away from Mustangs and BACK to the "real" meaning of the name. The "new" Cobra may well be as different as the new T-Bird is from the 1957 T-Bird (are they even from the same planet)?

Trademark names are BIG buisness, THATS what they will be marketing as much as the "car" if and when it happens. Is the new Mini a "real" Mini? How about the new T-Bird? Well,,,,,,Yes and No, the debate there could go on for months!

Is the CSX4000 series Cobras "real" Cobras? No question in my mind! Built (ordered, supervised, looked after) by the SAME man doing it the SAME way he did in 62! Gathering up a "team", lining up "suppliers" and "building" HIS car, HIS way, JUST LIKE HE DID BEFORE!

Now WHO built the new Mini's? Or the T-Birds for that matter? Those cars are totally different than the originals in virtually every detail. The Mini did a much better job of retaining the original "look/feel" however. Heck, lets throw VW Bugs in the hopper while were at it! The ones made in MEXICO are much more "real" than the "new ones"!

The new GT(40) appears to be pretty accurate to the "old" one, I think that was a smart move on Fords part and well done! I don't think they have a prayer doing that with the "new" Cobra however. It will be WAY to hard to "hide the air bag" for openers!

Ernie