Continuation CSX a "Kit car"?

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Originally Posted by mrmustang

Of course to follow this up a little further I'll take a section of the actual CSX purchase agreement and post it here as it needs no further clarification as to what SAI itself views these cars as:

"It is expressly understood and agreed that it shall be Purchaser’s or Purchaser’s retail customer’s responsibility to assemble the parts and components of The Shelby Cobra Series Component Vehicle and if any engine and drive-train is installed therein at Purchaser’s or Purchaser’s retail customer’s option, it is not at the request or under the direction of Shelby Automobiles. It is also understood and agreed that it shall be Purchaser or Purchaser’s retail customer’s sole responsibility to direct any independent assembler engaged by Purchaser or Purchaser’s retail customer to complete the final assembly of The Shelby Series Cobra Component Vehicle. It is understood and agreed that Shelby Automobiles is not responsible for any errors, omissions or construction defects of or by the Purchaser, Purchaser’s retail customer or independent assembler."


Bill S.

I don't think anyone ever disputed that it's a component vehicle (plus we've already covered this). Obviously, for Shelby to sell a Cobra that's the same design as the original cars, it would never meet modern standards as a finished vehicle.

Let us not forget, that original comp and S/Cs were component vehicles too. They rollers were made by AC, and shipped to Shelby, minus drivetrain (and paint). Shelby added the drivetrains, and then sold them as complete cars. But that was the 60s, and the Cobra could be sold back then as a completed car in it's design. Today, to sell the same car, it has to be sold to the public as a component car.