Carroll Shelby and the "left over frames" saga?

[RodKnock]

Personally, the OP should just perform a search or buy a Registry. The story has been told countless times over and over again. And I'll probably get it wrong, since I'm not a historian.

The Shelby Cobra's in question are considered "completion" cars with CSX3000 (not CSX4000's) numbers, issued with unused Comp s/n's from the 60's. Shelby began re-making 427S/Cs in the early 90's and assigning those numbers and selling each car for $500K. Around the same time when original values were climbing rapidly. There's a tangled story with CA DMV and thus only a handful were built. These cars cannot be legally registered in CA since they were NOT delivered as "component" or "kit car" like they are today by SAI. Theses cars were finished by the manufacturer and delivered to customers completed which is a "no no" in CA, since they do not meet Federal safety and emission standards.

Their value is somewhere between the current CSX 4000/6000 replicas and the real genuine original 1960's Cobra's. They are considered an outstanding hand-made aluminum replica built by Mike McCluskey.