Replica or a modern reproduction?

[lmmargheritis]

Not to get into a pissing match but from my understanding the "New Continuations cars are not completely built by Shelby American. I was at Hilbank Motorsports and witnessed first hand the completion of the 50 (50 Year Anniversary Cars " that were badged as Cobras. Hilbank is part of Superformance. It is also my understanding that the aluminum bodies and perhaps even the fiberglass bodies used on the new CSX cars are made by "Kit Car Manufacturers" for Shelby American. How are these not to be considered something other than true Cobras.

The only true Cobras in my opinion are those built in the 60's. The rest are nice but not "REAL" and while Carrol Shelby was able to sue the pants off several component car builders the end result is that they were not able to use the word "Cobra" in their description. I don't refer to mine as a Cobra but rather as a replica of a 1965 Shelby Cobra. Anyone that has hand built one of these will agree that they are far from being a Kit car. I sometimes wish it were "kit" car given the amount of research and time spent researching parts and manufacturing parts to get it built right. Heck, it is commonly known that the manual that comes with these cars are nothing more than door stops.

Originally Posted by REAL 1

It's actually simpler than that.

Per SAAC based on the official definitions you have amoug others:

Original series Cobras.
CSX series Cobras (aka Continuation Series Cobras)
Replica/kit cars (these cars are NOT Cobras)

Guys here can bang their rattle on the floor like the guy in post #29 with that worn out mantra or you can come up with your own definitions, explanations and/or position (which mean nothing to anyone but you) or you can accept the world leading authority's position as stated in the Bible of all things Cobra of which I am sure many of you even belong to the organization known as SAAC by paying a membership fee and or even purchased a Registry.

As a hobby we do informally refer to all these cars as Cobras for ease of reference and perhaps out of a sense of camaraderie. Yes, I get that and do it myself and have no problem with it at all but when you are getting "technical" it's all right there in the Registry.

When the OP is asked what his SPF is or if it's original the "right" answer is "it's a replica of a Cobra". What he chooses to actually say I couldn't care less.