[olddog]

40 yr ago was 1977. The original cars (aluminum body) stopped production in the late 60's. Shelby did not get interested in cashing in on the Replica car market until much later. I doubt seriously that Shelby had anything to do with whatever this guy is talking about.

Bottom line is that if it was built in 2008 it has nothing to do with an original Cobra or Shelby for that matter. Now Shelby did get into making replica's of the originals in that time period, but he sold turnkey minus cars for 6 figure prices.

I think the seller is misinformed at best, if he is claiming what you wrote. He may have an excellent replica of some type that may be worth looking at. However if he is telling tall tails, I would be very cautious.