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GR: Nope, I got his question. I think you need to read the question again.

Very simply the originals were not produced 100% by SAI as I recall. Let see...there was a little company known as,...yeah thats right I remember now.. AC, that had some involvement. I heard they fabricated the chasis and bodies or something like that. In fact the Brits still take most of the credit for the Cobra and it has been a raging debat for nearly 50 years between the U.S. Cobra enthusiats and British Cobra enthusiasts as to who should get most of the credit for the Cobra and wouldn't ya know it...why yes you guys are even arguing over this issue right now about this issue and a Wikepedia article on the subject. How timely.

Over the course of history Shelby/SAI has had more involvement with the construction, design, improvement of some vehicles that are or become "Shelbys" then others. There is a "sliding scale of fabrication involvement or design involvement or improvement involvement" depending on the vehicle. with some vehicles Shelby/SAI have had less involvement with, like some Mustangs for instance the new Shelby GT500 while other Mustangs he had more involvement with e.g. the original GT350R etc.., Both are "Shelbys" nevertheless. Even some Cobras he has had more involvement with like the original Daytonas, having performed substantial fabrication to the build or re-build effort as the case may be. His fabrication developement of the original coupe was certainly greater that the original Cobra roadsters. Both, however, were still not entirely an SAI products but are certainly "Shelbys".

Bottom line. Its actually quite simple. If Shelby/SAI say its a Shelby and if the Shelby's name legally appears on the car, its a Shelby like the original Cobras, completion Cobras and Continuation Cobras which all legally and rightfully carry the Shelby name and pedigree. Game over because at the end of the day thats all that counts.

Thats how I see it. I think this is consistent with the plain facts and reality.

You guys can play semantics all day though.



Takes care.