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Old 01-22-2016, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Buzz View Post
Trying to give the benefit of the doubt - since the car was allegedly bought in '69 with a thousand miles on it, could it be possible that it was a pre-owned street car trade-in with original owner added pipes and scoop? That may explain some of the discrepancies. Then again, the claim that it only came with a tonneau (as opposed to a top and curtains) would seem to imply that it was an SC. Did any 427 roadsters come with the big gas tank?
Buzz, yes, anything is possible. It seems odd that someone would add side pipes and a hood scoop, enjoy the car for just 1,000 miles, and trade it, but many Cobras were traded in early with few miles on them. My thinking is that we would have heard of a dealer sales rep fatality and the white car, whichever one it might have been, would be missing from the data base or would be known as a rebuild from a total wreck.
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