"Is it real?"

[REAL 1]

Bo Dutch: Sorry. I disagree. You are mixing apples and oranges.

Do the original series Cobras carry with them more prestiege than the new Series? Yeah. Sure, no argument there. But not because its more of a Cobra. Its because its the original series and has the respect of "time" and being of very limited number.

The original series were made of up of parts from different suppliers too. So??? What does this mean. Every car is a assemblage of parts.

The original series are "Cobras" because they legitmately were given the "Cobra" name and badge and were a product of SAI. That is a legally protected title and and mark. Even the new Autokraft cars can't legitmately sold or marketed as Cobras today. I'm sure they as does SAI use suppliers that are different than were used 40 years ago. So??? The cars nevertheless remain identical which is an amazing achievment.

Yes, the new Cobras are properly referred to as Continuation Cobras. Why are they "continuation" Cobras? Because they continue the lineage of Cobras from SAI. The people whose hands fabricated many of the parts, body and chasis are, as one would expect different from those hands that did the work 40 years ago but the specifications are identical. But the title and name the car legally carries remains the same and properly so. "Cobra"

You see, it is that simple.

While other cars manufactured by Shelby in forms other than the classic Cobra roadsters carried the name "Cobra" also such as the Daytona Coupes, your example of givng the name and title to a VW bug carries logic to absurdity. Such an example proves nothing.

While we can't forcast the future, it could very well be that years from now the original 4000 series Cobras, representing the return of Shelby's classic legendary cars will carry even more panache' then they do now.

I can tell you this. Nearly without exception when people learn the car is a Shelby Cobra from SAI they do not seem the slightest phased or disappointed that its not the original series. Nearly every person is in awe of the car when they learn its a REAL Shelby Cobra from SAI to their exact '65 specs. In certain ways its even more intriging than if it were a vintage series car. You are looking at a "new" 1965 Shelby Cobra brought back in a time warp. Pretty cool.