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Originally Posted by REAL 1
Your view conflicts with SAACs and the SAAC World Registry of Cobras >40s which is the authoritative position that I and many agree with.
Aside from Whether it's a Cobra or a replica of one...
When you want to recreate something "as it was" physically the closer you stay to original specification the "purer" it is to being pure from a duplication standpoint and will behave and have the charter of what it is supposed to be duplicating.
There are some ingredients you can improve like materials without affecting aesthetics or dimensions. Some do improve performance. Some take you farther away from being exact to original spec than others. How far away from center do you want to be?
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My position doesn't conflict with SAAC. Whether they're called component, recreation, continuation, true replica, etc., that's fine with me. And we members all know that the Shelby continuations and Kirkhams were included to sell more memberships and books and also so they wouldn't morph into an original 1960's Cobra.
As for purity of original spec, that makes sense for a restoration of an original 1960's Cobra. Cobras built in the 2000's are replicas and "original spec" is superfluous. An exercise somewhat like a puzzle or Sudoko, to keep one's mind engaged and brain cells from dying off. Using the correct hose clamp, dual versus single batteries, Girling versus Wilwood brakes, etc. doesn't add or subtract from a replica's character or center, because the difference(s) are really just inside one's mind.