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

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

Yes, Ok. It's just me.

Ned is not the "curator" of the AC/Shelby legacy. Who anointed him with that title? You are really grasping at straws now. Ned can say whatever he choses to. He is not SAAC, nor does he speak for SAAC, nor does he say he speaks for SAAC and he certainly doesn't speak for SAAC on the issue being discussed. I would say he is just "slightly" biased" Its been 7 years since the last Registry came out and the litigation ended and 3 years since ol' Carroll's passed on. Nothing has changed in SAAC's position as to the current production Cobras.

Your misuse of terms at play and lack understanding of them is highlighted by the latest shining example which is the misuse of "curator". Ned is the Registar of the original series Cobras. He is very knowledgeable on that subject. Not debated here.

"Logic" is flawed when there is a failure to understand the underlying facts. Your logic is flawed based on your misunderstanding or misuse or twisting of facts and term definitions to suit your purpose. All I will keep saying is read the Registry. Its all there. Clear and concise. If you can't understand the Registry I am sorry, I just can't help you.

As to my license plate. It is 100% accurate and correct. Again, facts, law and Registry son, Registry. Its all explained in that book.

Keep spinning.

Yep, and that book also calls your CSX4206 "Cobra like" and a "true replica." Shelby just didn't like the term replica, so he called something else. It's a replica produced 30-50 years after the 998. Everything else is replica. And a replica is not genuine. And you admit you own a replica. That's LOGIC.

Yes, as you like to do with Rolex watches or Ferraris or the Mona Lisa, my analogy is that Ned, the SAAC Cobra Registrar is indeed the Curator of the 998. That's my position and you believe otherwise. I don't really care.

When the Registry changes, which I'm sure it will, all that ambigious language will be removed. Because, logically, you own a replica. Not real. Not authentic. Not genuine. If Carroll Shelby came back from the dead and told me that your car is a genuine Shelby Cobra, I'd say, with all the respect in the world, "B.S."

Here are the FACTS:

Originally Posted by Nedsel

The facts remain as follows: The cars that created the Cobra mystique - the 998 Cobras referred to as genuine, original, and legitimate - were built in the 1960's by the mutual partnership of AC Cars and Shelby American. Everything that followed was a copy in one form or another. Go down the list and name your brand, from Arntz to Butler to Contemporary, etc - they are all facsimiles of the original, and were marketed as such. Some are pretty good copies while some are less so. Regardless, if your Cobra-like automobile wasn't built in the 60's, it is not one of the 998 original cars, hence it must be something else. Such as a replica of one of the original Cobras. It simply can not be anything else, no matter how many different ways you attempt to spin it.

Originally Posted by Nedsel

That's pretty much what everyone has acknowledged. The 60's Cobras are the original, authentic Cobras that define the term "real" in most peoples' minds when they ask the question, "Is that a real Cobra?" They are not asking how exact a copy of the 60's cars your car might be; they are asking, "Was it made in the 60's? Hence, is it a real Cobra?"

Facts, fraud, logic, Registry (ambigious with terms like Cobra-like and true replica).