Cheetah Facility

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Originally Posted by map

What are they there not originals?

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This sounds like when old man shelby found some old chassis old in the desert he forgot about. With Vin# Shazam!

Maybe the 50K is his cut?

When the original designer produces an identical car that is an exact copy of the original ,it is not a replica. If Shelby were to produce original Cobras having AC make the bodywork and using the identical specs, that would not be a replica either. That would be the same car just as if General Motors made exact copies of a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette race car. It would be a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette period. The fact that it is made today would make no difference, it would be what it is. If you only planned to use it on a race track, it would be the identical car to the original, tech spec car and would therefore be legal and welcome at all Vintage events including FIA events if it was type approved at the time(1957). The same is true of Shelby's aluminum continuation Cobra's , Jim Hall's 2E cars and the Cheetah's which we are speaking of here. If anyone else makes a copy of the car and it is not authorized or built in the same way it is not welcome at a vintage event like VARA or General Racing, LeMans vintage events, etc. That is why Shelby CSX cars can run in Vintage events and Superformance, factory five etc are not welcome. I think that there is a general misunderstanding on the topic, so there is a clarification. Now , can we go back to our tour? Thanks