Continuation CSX a "Kit car"?

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by RedCSX1

Incorrect: Remember that the Cobra roller which is a car without motor trans and drive shaft is only a small part of their business currently. They are also building GT500 and GT-350 with Ford just like they did in the 60's. I think currently the only other manufacturer that builds a more complete roller might be SPF.

Well, yes, and no, in the 60's you could title (MSO, whatever) a Shelby right out of their shop, they sold (93% of the time) complete cars and as each year progressed they changed the year on their titles (or MSO's as the case may be).

Fast forward to 2008 where they cannot sell a turn key car directly from Shelby and as such cannot be considered a complete automobile, but instead can and usually is considered a "component vehicle" finished off by the end user or his agent. As for titles (MSO's), since they are now being reproduced in the present, shouldn't the titles (MSO's) read the year they are actually manufactured as to not misrepresent them for something they are not? If Shelby was just building a continuation of his original series (which he is), then don't you think they should be marketed as 2000-2008 Shelby Cobras instead of 1965 Shelby Cobras (as listed on their MSO's and literature)? Again it's more a marketing ploy than anything else, if you buy in to it, great, but do not expect everyone else to blindly follow along.

Bill S.