Cobra: CSX2009

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX

That's the thing that got my goat was the trash talk against fake (replica) Cobras, as that's what this site primarily caters to. That took the steam out of anything constructive that was trying to be said, and by then it was out of control and time to choose up sides. Most of us who frequent this site spent more than ten times the money on our fakes than what original Cobras ever sold for, and they are, for the most part great cars. They are not original Cobras. Original Cobras have their own forum. What we do here is banter, tease and break balls, not attack those of us who have another opinion. If I wanted to hear about original Cobras, I wouldn't be here, I'd be over there.

My car sold for $9250 in 1965 which I thought was a lot of money in 1965 especially on the salary of a railroad brakeman. I could have bought a nice house for that sum but I bought my Cobra instead. I guess it would be about $65K in today's dollars about the same as a good replica but not 10x.

A very entertaining thread, I am kind of sensitive to these discussions because owners of restored original cars look down their noses at my highly modified original even though the majority of current original owners have no clue about the mechanical short comings of their cars.

I was considering selling my car this year with all the new stuff and all the original stuff too. I was told that the car was not worth much unless I put it all the way back to it's configuration at the time of sale in 1965. I decided to forget selling it at that point and continue driving it at least one more year even though I am getting pretty long in the tooth for driving a car with 3.0 to 1 pounds per HP.