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Originally Posted by Nedsel
And no matter how hard you may try to connect the original Cobras with your later replica, it can't be done. The originals were sold as complete cars through Ford dealers, not as component or kit cars. Imagining what might have happened if Shelby had continued production past 1968 is a meaningless exercise, but one that lawyers have become quite adept at.
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He just writes these grand dissertations and hopes people believe his line of BS. I hope others don't fall for his make-believe world.
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Originally Posted by REAL 1
-SAAC issues statement sometime near and prior to 2004 stating their position. LONG before litigation SAAC has with Shelby in 2008. Statement makes clear that second series are genuine Cobras but not part of original series. Only difference between original Shelby and current production is years of manufacture. They are not considered "replicas" by SAAC as that term has now been misused and now commonly understood.
-SAAC 4th Edition of World Registry carries that statement position forward in 2008/9 and further explains common misuse of term "replica" as defined by Websters. SAAC acknowledges the widespread misuse and incorrect meaning now commonly used but says can't put the "toothpaste back in the tube". Point being non Shelbys are not "replicas" but merely cars that look like Cobras but really not. A "bootleg" to use a euphemism. SAAC notes that technically only the continuation Cobras are "replicas" i.e. true replicas as defined by Websters, i.e. an item or work reissued by the original artist or maker.
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There are no facts, other than your car is not 1 of the 998. You're just dazzling everyone with BS. Pure supposition about the events of a decade ago. You weren't there and Ned was. And Ned said "certain liberties were taken" with the Registry. He contributed to writing it and you didn't.
The point is not what happened a decade ago, even though you're making S up, but what's happening today. And today, the SAAC website has been revised to eliminate any words like genuine, real, or authentic as it relates to the Shelby replica. You can live in the past, but SAAC will revise/delete the Shelby replicas from the 5th Edition of the World Registry. I can't wait.
And the current Registry also calls the Shelby replica "Cobra like" and a "true replica." It's all there in black and white.
You have a genuine Shelby REPLICA.
BTW, I love the line where you say, and I'm paraphrasing, "if the genuine 998 weren't built today, then they would be kits cars." Hey, instead, why not say "if the AMC Gremlin were built today, then it would be a kit car." Wow, that's got to be one of the funniest BS you've ever spewed out here on the forum.
