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Old 03-20-2016, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by CompClassics View Post
Funny comparison but VW quits building the beetle years ago and then decides to bring it back into production, it bares very little to no resemblance of the original air cooled beetle that preceded it but it is still considered a VW Beetle. The same can be said for the Chevrolet Camaro as well as many other manufacturers and models. There is ONLY one manufacturer that has a VIN that carries "CSX...." and that is a Shelby built Cobra be it a 289,427 or Daytona it's still a Shelby Cobra and it's a hell of a lot closer in resemblance than the new Beetle is.
I believe that Evan believed that his Cobra was as original as the 1960s Cobras, it is. You can not label a Superformance MkIII a Shelby Cobra and justly you can not label a Shelby Cobra a Superformance MkIII.
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