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Old 07-19-2004, 03:37 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 40th Anniv 289 #16
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I bought a Shelby 40th anniv 289 because I wanted a real Shelby. Inevitably, people will ask "Is it real?" and if I answer a simple yes, they will usually assume it is also an original. On one hand, I don't want people to think they are looking at an original 289; other hand, the simple answer to the specific question "is it real" is yes, and any further comment about real but not original generates more conversation than a stoplight stop can accomodate. I am interested to see how history will treat the Shelby produced reproductions.