[jhv48]

While I do side with the dealers on this one if, in fact, SAI is selling completed cars against their dealer contract, I could give a rats ass how much anyone charges or makes from the sale of one of these cars.

Who cares how much they are marked up or how much profit the seller makes?
If you don't like the price, don't buy the product. If everyone feels that way, the price will come down.

This is a niche market. Very small volume. The buyers of these and any other Shelby CSX's will either be heralded as geniuses twenty years from now or will be the butt of jokes on how they overspent for these cars. Only time will tell.

My feeling is that as long as these cars are still in production, their value will be stunted. If they ever cease production, as they did in the 60's, then we will truly see if their prices hold, decrease or go through the roof. Only when they are discontinued will the answer be revealed. And I don't see that happening in the near future. SAI is striking while their iron is hot.

I think these cars are being snapped up by speculators and SAI is capitalizing on the death of C.S. and his legend status. Whether that status will continue with the next generation remains to be seen.

I, personally, think his celebrity will decrease with time and the current crop of Shelby cobras will be worth about the same as the rest of the kit cars over time.

The originals will retain their revered status as they defined an era in automotive history. Those produced today are merely copies and will be valued as any other copy of an original.