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Originally Posted by REAL 1
You may certainly disagree with SAAC. Free country.
....So then if SAI had remained in existence without interruption and today still produced the same Cobra but the sources of parts, chassis and employees were different they would still be replicas/fakes? 
They would be what they are today, Shelby Cobras produced at a different time and place with new components. Same car just newer.
By your logic once a manufacturer stops making a car they can never make the car again.  Silly. |
Same car?
puh-leeze. Your 4000 series body has different aluminum for one thing. Different metallurgy. Different thickness. Differences galore. A '60's top loader and side oiler doesn't make your replica an original.
Your hypothetical is null and void. And my logic is correct. The Cobra and many other vehicles of the 1960's didn't survive because they couldn't meet modern standards of safety and emissions. Porsches and Corvettes evolved, but they're no where near the same car as built in the 1960's. And if Cobras were built today, they would have impact protection, air bags, catalytic converters, etc. they'd probably look a lot like a SRT Viper, in fact.
Nothing remains the same. The SAAC Board and membership will change someday. And so shall replica definitions.