01-09-2015, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New Jersey,
N.J
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Cobra CSX4206 aluminum body, original 1965 NASCAR 427 SO, Dual quads.
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Originally Posted by Buzz
Shelby initiated the Cobra project, but once that was done, AC did very much make a Cobra; and that is what I refer to as opposed to the Ace. There were AC Cobras (COB and COX series) produced and sold that had no Shelby branding and they continued producing them long after Shelby shut down their Cobra operation. Prime example is the AC 289 sports that used a small block in the "old" 427 body style.
My point is that the original Shelby CSX cars enjoy a significant premium price advantage over the basically identical COB cars of the same era because of that Shelby mystique, marketing and overall cachet. Same situation with Shelby and Kirkham today.
One question though, for those in the know (the more -ahem- elderly fellas that is  ) - was there a significant retail price premium for the CSX Cobras vs. the COB Cobras back in the day? |
Give that man a cigar. Correcto.
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