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Originally Posted by Joe's Garage
An interesting read regarding recent history of the replica wars. I missed this earlier, seems AC Cars did speak up regarding cobra rights. The question I have is did this happen or is ongoing?
Meanwhile John Tojeiro has attached his name to a Cobra replica produced by the British Dax company and Carroll Shelby first started completing "leftover" 1966 Cobra 427 S/C models in 1989 and then introduced his own replica Cobra in 1995 (known as CSX 4000, named after the continuation of the original chassis numbers). Then some bickering started about who owned the rights to what regarding the Cobra, but ultimately the dust settled down and history repeats itself: starting from 2004 Shelby Automobiles will offer the Shelby AC Cobra CSX 1000 (meaning the new chassis numbers will precede the original CSX 2000 (Mk I & II) and CSX 3000 (Mk III) numbers), with chassis and body produced by AC in Britain using the original tools and then shipped over to be completed by Shelby in the US. A car conceived more than 50 years ago and still touching the hearts of car enthusiasts; the characteristics of a true classic.
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The CSX1000 cars have also been discussed in a separate dedicated topic, but having seen three of them in person, they are without a doubt the most perfect looking Cobras you will ever see. The craftsmanship in the alloy body is simply flawless. I've never seen a fiberglass (or carbon fiber, mine) that didn't have some little flaw that would shouw up in just the right light, but those 1000 alloy cars. Wow. An owner pipes in here occasionally.