Cobra: CSX2009

jeffy · #1 (**permalink**) 12-02-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Pete

Fully agree, nice car but just nice. What bugs me the most is, that license plate light in the wrong location, shape and direction.

Gee, I didn't even notice that!

What a horror show!

OK, you can shell out $1mm+ for that so-called "original real Cobra", or you can have this one for 10% of that:

ERA 2131 pictures by jeffy10028 - Photobucket

And these are the cars it is based on:

1964 Shelby Cobra USRRC Roadster - YouTube

csxinfo.net - Photo Gallery

Didn't try to duplicate the dual side pipes, but easy enough to do. Oh, and CSX2557 went for $1.6mm last August. And that car WAS an "original real Cobra".

computerworks · #2 (**permalink**) 12-02-2011, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffy

OK, you can shell out $1mm+ for that so-called "original real Cobra", or you can have this one for 10% of that

Poor Jeffy doth protest too much.

One difference is that when you knock on 2009 it goes thunk-thunk and 2131 goes snick-snick.

There is also a slip of paper that goes with 2009 that justifies at least half of the asking price.

What you seem to miss is that one can restore a car to please oneself and not the spectators. The current owner never meant to restore in as-raced form... just to restore to have a driver that could vintage race. That's what pleased him.

Comp 2000's in any form will always command good dollars...team and factory cars will always command top dollar, in any form.

It's a nice car....that really doesn't need "detail denigration"

jeffy · #3 (**permalink**) 12-02-2011, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by computerworks

Poor Jeffy doth protest too much.

One difference is that when you knock on 2009 it goes thunk-thunk and 2131 goes snick-snick.

There is also a slip of paper that goes with 2009 that justifies at least half of the asking price.

What you seem to miss is that one can restore a car to please oneself and not the spectators. The current owner never meant to restore in as-raced form... just to restore to have a driver that could vintage race. That's what pleased him.

Comp 2000's in any form will always command good dollars...team and factory cars will always command top dollar, in any form.

It's a nice car....that really doesn't need "detail denigration"

"Doth protest too much"??? Wow, you really put me in my place... Are you a member of Mensa or something???

I kind of like my exhaust note:

Start up of ERA 289FIA December 15, 2010 - YouTube

As I understand it, that isn't even the original chassis in whatever that is: it's a "replacement". Are there any pieces from the original car in that thing? There certainly don't appear to be, either original, restored or recreated. It is just a fantasy. That's worth a $1mm??? OK. It's a free country.

computerworks · #4 (**permalink**) 12-02-2011, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffy

"Doth protest too much"??? Wow, you really put me in my place... Are you a member of Mensa or something???
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Didn't mean it in any way but jest.

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Originally Posted by jeffy

As I understand it, that isn't even the original chassis in whatever that is: it's a "replacement". Are there any pieces from the original car in that thing? There certainly don't appear to be, either original, restored or recreated. It is just a fantasy. That's worth a $1mm??? OK. It's a free country.

The SAAC Registry details the reconstruction and indicates chassis components from the original wreck.

Hey...it's not the only broken-up race car that ever got resurrected. It's a nice clean car, well done...and with a correct title.

jeffy · #5 (**permalink**) 12-02-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by computerworks

Hey...it's not the only broken-up race car that ever got resurrected. It's a nice clean car, well done...and with a correct title.

I'm perfectly aware of that, and those are beautiful cars too. But they are just fantasies: they aren't "real" just because a piece of paper says so. It's all BS.

computerworks · #6 (**permalink**) 12-02-2011, 02:55 PM

OK...that's an opinion. Everyone's got one.

Still nice...still real...and probably out of both of our budgets.

Blue66 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-03-2011, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by computerworks

What you seem to miss is that one can restore a car to please oneself and not the spectators. The current owner never meant to restore in as-raced form... just to restore to have a driver that could vintage race. That's what pleased him.

X2 !!!! I have a car thats been hidden since 1975. Why ?? Because can't stand listening to guys like this !!