Why does every thread here devolve into a "Real" vs. "Replica" argument?

[LMH]

Originally Posted by ASO544

But isn't the process the same it was in the 1960s ?

AC LTD sends over body and chassis, SAI installed drivetrain, attached SA chassis plate and CSX # then sold car.

Now....

SPF sends over body and chassis, SAI installed drivetrain, attached SA chassis plate and CSX # then sold car.

Seems the same exact process other than those cars were titled by the year they were produced and the continuations are all titled as 65s I believe.

I do agree they are true "Shelby Cobras" ( especially the aluminum body ones) just as much as those built in the 60s but misleading to think or declare they are real 60 Shelby Cobras... They are really 90s, 2000s, etc....Shelby Cobras but we all know why they are registered as 65s

My $.02s

AC Cars Ltd built complete cars less engine and transmission, ( in general terms) not bodies/chassis. Shipping is by weight/distance. No reason to send drivetrain assemblies to England only to have them returned to the USA once installed. Unneeded cost. CSX numbers were assigned during production in England, not at SAI in California. ( "X" is export designation)

Bodies/chassis for late Shelby cars are supplied from KMS, not SPF as far as I know. SPF cars are officially recognized by current SAI as an official replica of a Cobra 427 or Cobra by contract agreement and are not suppliers to current SAI of anything, as far as I know. (Someone correct me on that if I'm mistaken.)
Larry