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

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

I don't care what you call it. I like continuation which is what Shelby calls it. Technically it is a replica because it's not original. But replicas are made by others. An original manufacturer doesn't replicate his own work. Don't argue with me or try to change my mind on the definition and parsing of the English language. The imprecision of English is mostly why lawyers exist. I won't change your mind and you won't change mine. Stop.

Mostly though what all of these threads continue to reinforce in my mind is that this place is anything but "the world's most unbiased Cobra Forum". This is no parsing of the English language, but observation of behaviours. Is there anyone here (except Evan and me) that has a single positive thing to say about Shelby?

Overall this place does better when someone asks why their car won't start.

/s/ Evan's minion.

Tony, I don't care what you and Evan call it. As you said, my mind won't be changed and everyone even admits it's a replica. And it's a successor company making a car in a kit form. It's not a Dodge Challenger, Chevrolet Corvette or a Porsche 911. Those cars evolved over 50 years and can driven off a car dealer's lot all registered and legal. The Shelby Cobra replica cannot. If Shelby were manufacturing a brand new legal Shelby Cobra, not a replica, my guess is that it would look alot like the Dodge/SRT Viper.

I've never said a bad word about the Shelby replica's quality or the Carroll Shelby himself. NEVER! When folks bash Mr. Shelby for various misdeeds, I've never said a bad word about him, the company or the quality of the replica. Obviously, in the case of the 50th Anniversary cars, Kirkham produces the entire car and they even made at least one of the Competition 3000 series Cobra replica. And I know first-hand the quality of the Kirkham Cobra replicas.

But when someone wants to call the CSX4000/6000/7000/8000 authentic, genuine or a real Shelby Cobra, then I say, they only made those in 1962-1967.