Shelby Cobra carjacked at gunpoint during test drive - Page 2

cycleguy55 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-08-2015, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimis

Hmmmm.... I wouldn't have thought so...

But feel free to educate me. Please explain to me, like I'm a 7 year old, how or why that ^ is racist?

In any case, if it offended you, then you have my apologies and sympathies.

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mdross1 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2015, 06:14 AM

If the car is back at the dealership curious as to why this guy needed to ride in such a high profile car. Maybe he just wanted to get behind the wheel to see if he might want to buy one and had no people skills.

Bernica · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2015, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mdross1

If the car is back at the dealership curious as to why this guy needed to ride in such a high profile car. Maybe he just wanted to get behind the wheel to see if he might want to buy one and had no people skills.

Or, once behind the wheel maybe realized what a handful they can be and asked himself "What the hell was I thinking!"

marcocsx3121 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-11-2015, 05:52 AM

This may be an urban legend, but in the early 1970s, an original 427 Cobra was said to have been jacked in the New York area in a similar manner.

Rickd · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2015, 10:09 AM

I spoke with the dealer yesterday asking "what make the True Replica was". The rep said the car was "a Roush Car". So I can only imagine it was a Superformance that Roush put a motor in and sold to the dealer as a Roush project car.

SunDude · #6 (**permalink**) 07-16-2015, 06:01 AM

In case anyone was wondering how this story turned out, the cops arrested the thief -- a serial carjacker named Kevin Jay Rellah -- back in mid June: Police: Shelby Cobra carjacker caught | News - Home

SunDude · #7 (**permalink**) 07-16-2015, 06:46 AM

Apparently there was a second man arrested in connection with the Cobra carjacking, James Francis Madden.

Second man arrested in June 6 theft of replica muscle car | jacksonville.com

And Rellah has quite a history of car thefts, dating back decades.

Exotic Car Thief Not the Usual Suspect - latimes and http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-012057-9606r/

Oh, and the Cobra is back in Bozard Ford's inventory, ready for the next test drive by a prospective buyer. ;-)

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