Interesting Article from Hemmings Buyer Guide regarding Current Production Cobras

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Tony, the Shelby and Kirkham alloy models are the premier replicas in the market, except for someone like Mr. McCluskey who might build one from scratch or something.

People will pay a premium for the CSX plaque. No doubt about it. That's obvious. We can debate the amount of the premium all day, at least in the secondary market, but that's not important.

What is important, to me, is that the words "genuine", "real", or "authentic" are NOT used in connection with the anything other than the 998. Simple as that for me. And the SAAC website statement has removed it and the Registry will be next.

Please diagram the following sentence:

I own a genuine Shelby Cobra

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Please diagram the following sentence:

I own a genuine Shelby Cobra

I own a genuine Shelby Cobra, if and only if, I own 1 of the 998.

How's that?

[REAL 1]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I own a genuine Shelby Cobra, if and only if, I own 1 of the 998.

How's that?

Thank God you cleared that up!!! So my Shelby Cobra is a fake of a Shelby Cobra.

Yes, it all makes perfect sense now.

Ok. Got it.

Oey vey.

Read the Registry boys.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

So my Shelby Cobra is a fake of a Shelby Cobra.

You own a genuine Shelby Cobra replica. A copy of one of the original 998. Congratulations. Great car. And I love black-painted replicas. Maybe my favorite paint color for a Cobra or Cobra replica.

And yes, read the Registry, especially the page(s) where the Shelby Cobra replica is called a "true replica" and "Cobra-like."

Oh, and read Ned The Curator's statements, which are consistent with those two terms.

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Please diagram the following sentence:

I owned a genuine 2008? Shelby Cobra

Hey there, fixed it for you

Ps. It was a very nice car indeed. Different with the yellow wheels and all, but very nice none the less.

Pps: Joe - Why do you feel the need to be so rude?

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by Dimis

Hey there, fixed it for you

Ps. It was a very nice car indeed. Different with the yellow wheels and all, but very nice none the less.

Pps: Joe - Why do you feel the need to be so rude?

A true statement also, but it doesn't change the outcome - it merely makes a general statement a specific one.

I've since seen several other British Racing Green Cobras. BRG was on the official Shelby paint list. [The paint list used to be on Gessford Machine's site but I was looking for it recently and couldn't find it.] The green color they called out was exactly Jaguar's paint code, and in fact, HST used Jag sourced paint. The yellow/gold stripe color is some Mercedes color.

The original owner paid a pretty penny to get the wheels painted.