Rick Kopec's "What's Your Beef?"

[REAL 1]

Whatsa: The folklore is the old $1.00 for the name bit. The reality I'm sure is more involved.

No, I don't get into values. Anything is worth what you can get. The cost of the actual parts on any of these cars doesn't put them that far apart in many cases except when you are talking aluminum body and original spec components.

What separates these cars in value is the intrinsic value we place in them based on where they came from, where they were manufactured, original spec or mustang components etc.. As far as the originals go, part for part many cars such as ERAs, Kirkhams, New Shelbys are built better and are better cars. As someone I know who has an original 427 street car and still does once remarked about the chasis tubing that he's seen better tubing on lawn furniture. But who wouldn't rather have an original?

This may all change one day. None of us know what tomorrow brings. For all we know, fiberglass becomes the in thing and people have to have Mustang suspension. FFRs now just passed originals in value. This is a hypothetical, repeat this is a hypothetical and a wild one at that. But point is values change based on many factors some out of of our control.

Hell, if our Messiah and all the libs get their way all these cars could be MANDATED into the clunkers for cash program. Don't laugh. They are already on the way to telling you how high and how low you can put your thermostat.

Continuations original? No. Real Cobras? Yes. Absolutely. Value? today X tomorrow maybe Y. That goes for originals too.