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Originally Posted by ENTDOC
Uh, Shelby cars built by Hi tech (Superformance), Some CAV, some Kirkham. Some place in Mexico, so the analagy is pretty accurate. Shelby owns the license as does Safir, Ford does not own the license. So are the new Shelby GT40's built by Superformance not real Shelbys?
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The difference is that Shelby still ultimately sells the cars, no matter who (Shelby, Kirkham, Superformance) supplies them (partial or entire rolling chassis). Ford sold the original GT40's, which I think were made in England, although I'm definitely no expert on GT40's. Ford no longer sells them.
I think the analogy is close, but not exact. We're splitting hairs here, maybe not really any significant difference.
Don't get me wrong, I think the Superformance GT40 is a grreat car, definitely the one I would buy. But, they didn;t make the original series of cars, although their cars I believe to be original spec built, as well under official license. Great car.
If Kirkham built the complete rolling chassis and sold them under license from Shelby with CSX numbers (instead of only supplying a bare body/chassis that is sold to Shelby for completion), then then I believe the analogy would be identical.