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Originally Posted by REAL 1
Again, since you are not questioning the "continuity" of SAI (wisely) in the whole equation lets just say hypothetically SAI never closed down and they kept making Cobras over time or lets say they stopped production and made wheel chairs for 20 years and then went back to Cobras but suppliers and employees changed over time to what they are today. The cars coming from SAI in 1996 to present are not Shelby Cobras?
Come on. There is only one logical answer to that one.  |
There is one logical answer and that is the modern Shelby is a replica.
Your hypothetical doesn't work for two reasons. One, laws changed and cars changed. Today's Porsche and Corvette look nothing like their vintage brethren. And two, using your hypothetical, materials and processes changed. Kirkham can make an aluminum body in about 15 minutes or so, whereas in the 1960's, it probably took them a month to produce a Cobra's aluminum body (I have no clue, just making it up as I go along
). And the aluminum's metalurgy has changed over the last 30-50 years.
Even when I was interested in magnesium wheels for my Kirkham and checked with a company back East (I forget, maybe Rodney knows the name of Fran's manufacturer) that made magnesium wheels, they said the magnesium had changed over the last 50 years and it's different (allegedly better).
Face it. You own one of Earth's Best Genuine Shelby Cobra replicas.