Mystery solved. Shelby Trust to sell Real Cobras

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

I don't know the state of restoration or completion for every original cobra out there. I doubt anyone does. A lot of these original parts were obtainable individually on a limited basis. So if the owner needed an original park here in there there were sources to go to.. Very few of them were unattainable.

It's just that no one knew or thought it was a stash – the size of which would allow 47 cars to be built. I just find it very hard to believe that such a large stash was kept secret for over 50 years and all of a sudden now is shown to the world. How do we know the parts in the stash are all original and many are not repros?

I am not saying that a wealthy owner of an original car could not buy one of these cars to use as a parts car. This just seems to me a very expensive way to obtain some original parts. And this would obviously destroy or damage whatever value the completion car had to begin with. Such a trend would also in my opinion completely undermine the value and desirability of this new completion car in addition to the issues they already have trying to carry off CSX 3000 vins.

First, the Resurrection Cobra is a replica to me. Canabilizing it is a means to an end. I mean really, it's another special limited edition replica to me. Second, David K. is on record stating that some of these OEM parts are/were unobtainable.

And any one buying one of these Resurrection Cobras for $500,000, with of course $50,000 being potentially tax deductible, has more money than brains, unless they strip it to finish the restoration of their genuine 1960's Cobra.