[Rich A]

AC Cars of Thames Ditton, England made the original cars and sent them to Shelby.
Shelby & Ford did there things to the AC Cars that were sent to them and called them Cobra.
Shelby/Ford sold several hundred of them, Then stopped making the Cobra. While AC was still sell there cars. Years later Shelby decides to start sell Cobras again, but this time uses REPLICAS of the cars that were original provided by AC Cars of Thames Ditton. Shelby now using CAV,Kirkham and some other manufacture.
NOW SPF has a connection with AC. So wouldn't that make a Shelby a REPLICA of an AC......AC=SPF=AC.