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Originally Posted by migge
Original: single racing screen, different gauges, different fonts on fenders, different fenders at the rear, no jacks, bigger meat balls and bigger numbers, old style black bonnet latches, additional passenger mirror, black grille, 15" wheels (seems that on this car are 16" wheels?), additional bonnet center safety clamp, bonnet pop rivets, drivers cut out door, 7 switches on additional alloy dash panel, brake scoops not that far to the center, additional gas cap alloy framing etc.
No doubt it is a fantastic car.
Mine will have many many faults too, it begins with the wrong engine :-).
It's just a budget limited version.
Cheers
Migge
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Racing screen: OK, we wanted whoever won it to be able to drive it on the street, so it's got a windshield
Gauges: I've never seen a picture of the original's dash that was close up enough to see the gauges, so I don't know. The layout is same as the original.
Fenders: Original had slabside front fenders, raffle car has slabside front fenders...what's different? Rear fenders are the same as the original when it was it belonged to Coventry Motors. Shelby apparently flared them out some more later.
No jacks: Original did not have front quickjacks when raced by Allen Grant. They were added after the car went to Shelby.
Meatballs & Numbers: From all the pics I've seen, they're the same.
Mirrors, latches, and pop rivets: Yeah, those are different.
Black grille: ??? Neither the original or the replica have a grille
Wheels: Nobody makes real knock-off kidney bean wheels in 15". I don't know why...
Doors: Both the original and the replica DO NOT have cut-back doors, despite the text on the Shelby museum page.
Switches: Original had additional panel with 7 switches, replica has additional panel with 7 switches. They're even labeled with an old-school Dymo labels.
Brakes scoops: Looking at the pictures above, you're right.
Gas cap: Splash guard was added after going back to Shelby.
Raffle car doesn't have the flat-head Cobra badges like the original - anyone know where we can get some???
Pete
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