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Old 02-18-2010, 12:06 AM
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Default It was a copy.

I have a copy of the film on video and I got it about 15 to 20 years ago.
Even the story was enjoyable but to have a Cobra tearing around the place
just made it special.

The information I got many years ago, was it was a fibreglass copy of a Cobra.
At the time of production Cobras were already demanding high prices
and the owner didn't want it damaged, so he allowed a mould to be made
to make two cars on a condition that at the end of filming the bodies were to
be stripped, destroyed and buried.

Even in those days Carroll Shelby was always ready to sue someone, hence the
reason for the destruction.

I believe the story about them is in a book, I don't know the name of it,
but I know someone who does.
I shall track him down and find out.(haven't seen him for many years)
Hope I can find him.

The photo of the three movie stars at the front of the Cobra and two of them sitting on it says........
"It is not aluminium."
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