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03-25-2011, 12:27 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Alice Springs, central Australia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic revival kit (CR3181), gen III engine, T56 6 speed box, AU XR8 lsd diff
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American chassis or Vin numbers?
Hi everyone, hoping someone can help.
I have a mate who has a mate (sounds long winded) this mates mate bought a Cobra whilst holidaying in USA (Vegas) a few years ago.
It was in a car yard and I am 100% sure the guy was stooged.
The car was sold to him as a genuine Cobra, it has a glass body (so not a good start) the sales guy told him the body was replaced after an accident and fire.
He has been having trouble registering the car here in Australia as he can not "prove" its history, ie when first registered.
I have been supplied the Vin number and it does not look right to me.
I have been supplied 2 seperate numbers, first one being SP0xxxx (x being 4 digits) & 300MTP.
The second number means nothing to me, but would I be correct in guessing that SP0 could be Superformance?
Or is there somewhere I could supply the Vin number to and get a break down on the car?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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03-25-2011, 03:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, ERA 289 roadster hybrid, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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PM me all of the numbers and/or scan of the title issued and I can decode.
Bill S.
PS: SPO would be an early Superformance
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03-25-2011, 03:41 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Homebush,B2 Windsor 445
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How would your MATES MATES numbers match similarly to Garretts Superformance???....it's a few years old not??? 
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03-25-2011, 04:17 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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SPOxxxx is still the VIN format used by Superformance for the chassis in the US.
Did he REALLY think it was an original "Cobra???"
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03-25-2011, 04:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: MELBOURNE,AUSTRALIA,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark IV
Did he REALLY think it was an original "Cobra???"
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Well we will have to ask the mate of his mates mate or was it only a mate of his mate?????... 
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03-25-2011, 06:47 AM
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03-25-2011, 07:14 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark IV
SPOxxxx is still the VIN format used by Superformance for the chassis in the US.
Did he REALLY think it was an original "Cobra???"
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Sadly, I think he did, he is a bike guy and only bought the Cobra as he knew what one looked like (shape of 1) and he thought it seemed cheap for a real one so bought without doing home work.
I think he paid around $100k.
I have not seen the car, and I probably never wll as it is near Sydney, and I am about 4000kls drive distance away.
A mate (through another car forum) asked me while I was at another marque car show last weekend, as he knew I was into Cobra's
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03-25-2011, 04:27 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Ex CSX3327, & AK7113 AutoKraft AC MK IV
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Vegas will do that to ya!
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03-26-2011, 06:25 AM
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How did he get approval to import the car into Australia? If anyone wished to do so today, you'd have to submit extensive documentation to verify its age as being at least built and first registered prior to 1989 (original registration forms, date-stamped service history, etc)
Paying 2 to 2.5 times the actual value for a Superformance is quite a mistake to make! Shame he didn't head over to the SAI factory in Vegas to ask the question...
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03-26-2011, 06:46 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Hi there Craig, I dont know the guy but he apparently really knows nothing about Cobra's, apart from guesstimate at valyes of real ones.
I really think he thought he was getting a real one very cheap.
I dont know import regs, but I think he bought it 3 -4 years ago.
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03-26-2011, 03:46 PM
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Its a real shame that this has happened to a guy that wanted to enjoy what we all on this forum have enjoyed for some time now......the person that sold him that car needs to be.......well lets just say he needs a good talking to because hes taken advantage of someone that just wasnt up to speed on what our hobby is all about and has given our hobbie another black eye in the process....i hope he can make this work out in some way so he can enjoy his Cobra...
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