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Old 10-21-2010, 01:34 PM
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So, if you're a buyer out there looking to buy a new CSX4000/6000, it sounds like you would prefer a Las Vegas or South African built CSX?
Ask a different person, get a different answer. I have heard all of the following answers to this question:

1) The best cars were the early 4000 series cars built in LV.

2) The early 4000 cars built in LV had lots of issues due to inconsistent manufacturing and lack of overall organization at the facility.

3) Cars have been built by HST nearly since the beginning and the quality is the best, better than LV built cars and some of the bigger dealers (George Anderson at Gessford and Stephen Becker at Planet Cobra to name two) specify HST-only cars.

4) HST has quality issues and Hi-Tech (SA) is a more sophisticated factory, therefore SA builds cars are better. (I know people that have toured the Hi-Tech factory and say it is very impressive)

I have never actually heard anyone back up any of these statements with empirical evidence. So your guess is as good as mine. Who knows?
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Old 10-25-2010, 10:07 AM
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Ask a different person, get a different answer. I have heard all of the following answers to this question:

1) The best cars were the early 4000 series cars built in LV.

2) The early 4000 cars built in LV had lots of issues due to inconsistent manufacturing and lack of overall organization at the facility.

3) Cars have been built by HST nearly since the beginning and the quality is the best, better than LV built cars and some of the bigger dealers (George Anderson at Gessford and Stephen Becker at Planet Cobra to name two) specify HST-only cars.

4) HST has quality issues and Hi-Tech (SA) is a more sophisticated factory, therefore SA builds cars are better. (I know people that have toured the Hi-Tech factory and say it is very impressive)

I have never actually heard anyone back up any of these statements with empirical evidence. So your guess is as good as mine. Who knows?
I had some work done on my SPF at a place that was a Shelby dealer, and the owner owns an aluminum CSX 4000. This guy is well respected and has worked on several original Cobras. He had some really bad things to say about the cars built in Mexico. He told me had to almost completely rebuild one of the cars he received from Mexico, and refused to take delivery of cars from them after that. That is one specific story I been told...
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