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Originally Posted by REAL 1
First, my add back in 2004 as "originally' written was a mistake as back then I myself was not sure how to classify my Shelby.
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Evan Thank you for reasoning the admission of error.
There's NO shame in making that error, UNLESS you did it purposefully. I for one don't believe you did.
But YOU ARE a clever, well educated man, a lawyer no-less - How then would you envisage John Average to receive it, or cope with it, reason it??
Pause and think about THAT please
That's part of the problem... if one is explaining it to John Average, 99% of the world, then the continuation series can ONLY be a REAL SHELBY COBRA if its qualified, and Its debatable whether John Average would understand "Continuation series". Yes, its ignorance on their part... but even you yourself admitted to having trouble defining it earlier on. So give them a break, and qualify it in laymens
Else its just misleading them with a half truth, IMHO.
My feeling is SOME CSX guys call it "REAL" in their circles of friends, who are other car guys or COBRA guys, and they get it, knowing that it AINT a REAL 1960s Shelby, but a real 2004 Shelby!
The OTHER CSX guys, call it REAL to baffle the novice with their BS... Cos having people take photos and an interest in their car fulfils them
Those guys have issues... I pity them, because they really are insecure with what they DO have. What a shame
At the same time SOME non-Continuation Cobra Kit owners pigeon hole CSX owners into one of the two types of owners above. Sometimes unjustly, sometimes deservedly so.
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Originally Posted by REAL 1
The MSO clearly identifies the vehicle as a Shelby Cobra 427.
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Qualifier required? 2004 Shelby Cobra 427
Else John Average may get the false impression he's looking at a REAL 1965 COBRA. Agreed?
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Originally Posted by REAL 1
They don't pretend to be original series cars, no one is passing them off as original series cars.
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Well?? Maybe??
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Originally Posted by REAL 1
Refer to my car as a "replica" don't expect much respect in return from me. Refer to my car as a Shelby Cobra I'll return the respect and refer to your car as we commonly refer to them as a "Cobra". We'll get along just fine.
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Why do you feel Replica and KIT are dirty words?
My car (irrelevant what it actually is) is both a kit sorts and a replica... and I would feel this IF I owned a Continuation Series Shelby Cobra. So What?
Owning something, or NOT owning something, doesn't warrant respect.
Ones actions DO imho.
Kindest regards