CSX vs. Superformance Body Mold

[Tjd]

CSX 3178 was not used to make the tooling for the 4000/6000
Tom

[twobjshelbys]

This "Is it real or is it Emulex" discussion crops up at least once a year. As in the past, nothing new will ever be added. So instead of hijacking this one, can't we just go read the old ones and leave this one alone?

[FredG]

After reading and occasionally commenting on these originality threads I have come to the conclusion that they are just a gigantic waste of time. You are never going to find a car that is a 100% accurate replica and even if you did, it's still a replica. Going back to something I posted previously, what do you like better....real tits or fake tits.

Fred

[olddog]

Originally Posted by FredG

What do you like better....real tits or fake tits.
Fred

Well, I never touched fake tits.

Actually, other than TV and pictures, I never laid eyes on fake tits.

No doubt I have to have been in a room at some time, where some fully dress lady had fake tits, but I was unaware.

Oh, there was this strip club once, but none of them said one way or the other if they had fake tits.

Then there was my neighbor's funeral, where her brother who had surgically become her sister, was there. I assume those were fake tits.

On the other hand, I have stood next to several original Cobras and hundreds of replicas.

That all said, I prefer a Cobra over tits. Fake or real. Tits are too easy to come by, and you only want to play with em for so long. I can ride in my Cobra all day long and never loose interest.

[FredG]

If you haven't touched them, you should give it a try unless you are gay but I always thought gay meant happy. As far as the real, fake, original, replica banter..... who really cares except the people who's ego's get in their way about it. Seems to be a lot of that around here. The only thing I know for certain is that the original cars weren't very good and they weren't very well made and the first ones were flat out ugly. Except for value, which is meaningless to most people, the modern replicas are better than the originals in every way.

Fred

Originally Posted by olddog

Well, I never touched fake tits.

Actually, other than TV and pictures, I never laid eyes on fake tits.

No doubt I have to have been in a room at some time, where some fully dress lady had fake tits, but I was unaware.

Oh, there was this strip club once, but none of them said one way or the other if they had fake tits.

Then there was my neighbor's funeral, where her brother who had surgically become her sister, was there. I assume those were fake tits.

On the other hand, I have stood next to several original Cobras and hundreds of replicas.

That all said, I prefer a Cobra over tits. Fake or real. Tits are too easy to come by, and you only want to play with em for so long. I can ride in my Cobra all day long and never loose interest.

[snakeeyes]

I picked up my Hi-Tech last year right in the price range you’re looking in. It’s a very, very nice car that needed nothing at all. Prior to that I was looking at a very nice early ERA with a side-oiler that needed nothing except a fresh set of tires and maybe a little detailing. That one was for sale in the low 40s and could probably have been picked up for around 42. It just takes a little looking and maybe visiting sites like Auto Trader and for sale forums on sites like this, rather than relying exclusively on Cobra Country. Patience is obviously key.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

I picked up my Hi-Tech last year right in the price range you’re looking in. It’s a very, very nice car that needed nothing at all. Prior to that I was looking at a very nice early ERA with a side-oiler that needed nothing except a fresh set of tires and maybe a little detailing. That one was for sale in the low 40s and could probably have been picked up for around 42. It just takes a little looking and maybe visiting sites like Auto Trader and for sale forums on sites like this, rather than relying exclusively on Cobra Country. Patience is obviously key.

If any of the older pre-Kirkham brands deserved the title of "most accurate Cobra replica" it probably should've been Hi-Tech (The Tom D'Antonio cars - not the SPF parent company). Absolutely beautifully executed - especially with the aluminum hood, door and trunk lid options.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Buzz

If any of the older pre-Kirkham brands deserved the title of "most accurate Cobra replica" it probably should've been Hi-Tech (The Tom D'Antonio cars - not the SPF parent company). especially with the aluminum hood, door and trunk lid options.

Yep Flew out to phoenix , and almost put a deposit on one, but had cold feet. they went ? bankrupt shortly there after. I think the guy who owned the company also owned autotrader at some time. I still have the brochure somewhere.

[snakeeyes]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Yep Flew out to phoenix , and almost put a deposit on one, but had cold feet. they went ? bankrupt shortly there after. I think the guy who owned the company also owned autotrader at some time. I still have the brochure somewhere.

As a long-time ERA fan I remember being “jealous” of the High-Tech cars when they came out, because to my eye they looked as good as an ERA plus the frames allowed interchangeability with original CSX parts. Took me years to get behind the wheel of one but I’ve been very impressed.

[sfm6s]

Just to be pedantic; the original definition of the word 'replica' was a copy of an original item made by the manufacturer/creator of that original. Hence a Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica was an FN copy of their Le Mans team cars. Made by another company and it's a copy.

[DanEC]

Boy, this one really fired up the base. So much activity I'm surprised the site hasn't crashed again.

[Buzz]

I don't think I've ever seen a flat out ugly original Cobra ( got any pics?); and for lightweight, limited production, hand-built 1960's sports cars they weren't that badly made.
I have seen plenty of butt-ugly abominations from the replica industry though . I can agree however, that some modern replicas are pretty high quality cars. They're definitely not all created equal.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Buzz

I don't think I've ever seen a flat out ugly original Cobra ( got any pics?)

No, but there are aspects of originality that a lot of us just don't like. For instance, the missing little hub cab on the rear. I just think it looks funny. Yes, I know they aren't needed on the originals, and they're not needed on my ERA outboard braked rear, but I have them there nonetheless. I can think of a couple of other things as well.

[patrickt]

... and I don't like a dash, any dash, that doesn't have a glove box.

[Buzz]

And that godawful single roll bar?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Buzz

And that godawful single roll bar?

Safety aside, a single roll bar, when viewed from behind, always reminds me of Col. Klink and his monocle.

[FredG]

IMHO CSX2000 Style and similar are not attractive cars. So what if it cost 14 million dollars.

Fred

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by FredG

IMHO CSX2000 Style and similar are not attractive cars. So what if it cost 14 million dollars.

Fred

OK, that car and Werner Klemperer are virtual clones of one another.

[snakeeyes]

Originally Posted by FredG

IMHO CSX2000 Style and similar are not attractive cars. So what if it cost 14 million dollars.

Fred

Really? What’s not to like?

[ERA 626]

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

Really? What’s not to like?

That car is very nice...