I think we have to say that the Cobra was an alignment of the stars in the 1960's of Carroll Shelby, AC of England(The Hurlocks), and Ford. Anything else is something else! AC is out of business , they have sold the logo. Shelby American went out of business in the early 70's (they were the manufacturer of record for the Cobra) then came back like a Pheonix but made really fast Dodge Omnis and Viper plus a lot of crap until hooking back up with Ford. But along the way tried to snake
oil chassis that were modern made as "left over from the 60's made by AC " we just leave them out and let them rust a bit". After that Shelby American is just making tribute cars. So where are we left ? Real 1 you have a tribute car , take a pill. The SAAC could not care less what they say, they have no factory affiliation just some guys making list's (very good list's). And now the rest of us, I have a KIT that I put together in 1980-81 like a HotRod that has a body shaped like a Cobra from the 60's that is it. REAL-1 you have a kit from one of the new incarnations of one the manufacturers from the 60's that's it. So call them what you will ! I have had to much to drink and need to go to bed.