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

[ERANJ]

Originally Posted by Nedsel

I am honestly beginning to wonder if anyone here actually bothers to read the various posts that they comment about. Where did I say the CSX 4000-series cars were not replicas of the 60's Cobras? Nowhere. That has been my point all along: they are later replicas of a 1965 Cobra. They are NOT 1965 Cobras, no matter what your MSO or title may say. Hence they are different.

Are they Shelby Cobras? Of course. Once again, I have never said they were anything but. I have also clearly pointed out that the 60's Cobras were AC/Shelby Cobras. Which means, once again, there is a difference.

And to address some questions that have arisen in the process: I didn't buy my car for its appreciation potential, I bought it to enjoy driving it. But Evan seems to think that I must be upset at its value. Permit me to state that (A) it is not a COB, as you have called it (RHD), but a COX, with LHD. It was one of 7 built, and three of those have been converted to RHD and/or 427 specifications, which means it is one of 4 remaining, and one of three with its original alloy skin. (B) The last RHD COB car that I am aware of being for sale (6124) sold earlier this year in the $865,000 range. What does that make a LHD example worth? I don't know, but am I upset with the numbers? Hardly.

Evan has also suggested that his car will no doubt soon be worth as much as a 60's COB car. I'm not certain I agree. Given that they only made 19 of the COB cars, yet they are still cranking out Cobra replicas, I would suggest the standard supply and demand equation will come into play and limit the appreciation curve of the CSX 4000s. Time will tell.

As for the questions raised by the new Lightweight Jaguar E-types being built, Automobile magazine has this to say: "Like most philosophical questions, the issue of whether this car is 'real' or a replica tends towards abstraction, can spark tireless debate, and may be insoluble. As time capsule perfect as they may be, the cars are being built in 2015, not 1963. England's Goodwood Revival vintage-racing festival apparently sides with the replica camp, barring what it sees as masquerading Lighweights at the manor door."

Hmmm... barring the lightweights from the manor door... Nah. This is an open forum.

No one is saying they are 1965 Cobra nor making the claim they are the same.

What you have stated, is what I believe Evan and 2Shelbys are claiming. They are Shelby Cobras period. Are they Shelby Cobras? Of course. Once again, I have never said they were anything but. I have also clearly pointed out that the 60's Cobras were AC/Shelby Cobras. Which means, once again, there is a difference. However this viewpoint seems to not be accpeted by others and is being pulled in every directions just not to agree. So the MSO does demonstrate is a Shelby Cobra.