CSX7024 for sale

[Kit Coyle]

In the world of fine art assets sculptures are often made in multiples and a sculpture
made during an artists lifetime is far more valuable than one made after his death.
A lifetime cast of "The Thinker" by Rodin would be much more desirable than one cast
after his death because he would have supervised the casting and patination on the
former while the latter castings would never have seen his hand and would never have
been signed or approved by him. I won't get into what Shelby was willing to sign...!

[Detroit Bill]

Originally Posted by Kit Coyle

I won't get into what Shelby was willing to sign...!

Was there something he was not willing to sign?

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by Detroit Bill

Was there something he was not willing to sign?

Actually yes. Up in Monterey at the track a few years ago, my friend and I got a chance to visit with him and talk about good stuff. A kid came up and asked him to sign a hat. He looked down at the kid and said "Young man, if you can tell me who I am, I will sign that thing for you. Do you know who I am?" and the kid said "not really". He said "get out of here kid and give that hat back to your Dad and tell him nice try!"

[CompClassics]

Actually the reason for the "LA" and "SA" suffixes after the serial numbers was because SAI had used up all the 4XXX numbers and had not yet started using the 6XXX numbers.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by CompClassics

Actually the reason for the "LA" and "SA" suffixes after the serial numbers was because SAI had used up all the 4XXX numbers and had not yet started using the 6XXX numbers.

Not for LA. They were pushed out in a hurry so got their own number set. 6000 cars occurred much later and 4000 cars were still being assigned.

[CompClassics]

"Not for LA. They were pushed out in a hurry so got their own number set. 6000 cars occurred much later and 4000 cars were still being assigned."

So what is the series number for the "LA" cars then, if not CSX4XXXLA?? I would expect anywhere from CSX4000LA to CSX4999LA if SAI had achieved that production figure. Again the "LA" and "SA" suffixes were being used so they could differentiate those cars from the Las Vegas built cars while still retaining the basic model series number which started with CSX4......

The reason for the "LA" and "SA" manufacturing was because SAI was having trouble supplying cars to people that had placed orders/ deposits and needed to outsource manufacturing to fill orders ASAP.

[NewYorkGuy]

Lol. All these great shelby stories. No wonder cobra guys pay extra, these stories are worth it

[twobjshelbys]

The LA series cars as mentioned earlier were 6 initially and I think through 8 maybe 9 cars produced for Latin America ie mexico exclusively built by HST.

[CompClassics]

I would seriously find it hard to believe that SAI would commission a manufacturer in Tijuana to manufacture a run of Cobras for distribution to clients in Mexico exclusively, I'm sorry but there is just not enough demand nor dinero for SAI to consider such an idea.

**Sorry for hijacking this thread, I will terminate any further responses other than what the OPs post was about**

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by CompClassics

I would seriously find it hard to believe that SAI would commission a manufacturer in Tijuana to manufacture a run of Cobras for distribution to clients in Mexico exclusively, I'm sorry but there is just not enough demand nor dinero for SAI to consider such an idea.

If the client(s) have the Dinero, I think SAI would be fine with fulfilling their request! Supply and Demand, and of course profit....Econ 101

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by CompClassics

I would seriously find it hard to believe that SAI would commission a manufacturer in Tijuana to manufacture a run of Cobras for distribution to clients in Mexico exclusively, I'm sorry but there is just not enough demand nor dinero for SAI to consider such an idea.

**Sorry for hijacking this thread, I will terminate any further responses other than what the OPs post was about**

They even have their own little section in the last published registry.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by CompClassics

I would seriously find it hard to believe that SAI would commission a manufacturer in Tijuana to manufacture a run of Cobras for distribution to clients in Mexico exclusively, I'm sorry but there is just not enough demand nor dinero for SAI to consider such an idea.

**Sorry for hijacking this thread, I will terminate any further responses other than what the OPs post was about**

Oh yes there was. This club of gentlemen had a lot of cars. I was told my owner couldn't drive the manual transmission and bought a paddle shift ferrari. They supposedly were weekly visitors to some big well known (to all but me) race track in Mexico City.

[CompClassics]

There were a few leftover HST built 4000 Series Cobras that were sold off after HST closed its doors.