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I guess Shelby realized that possibly from a legal standpoint he had to let go so, the 4000 series appeared to be his way of getting his payback. He certainly added confusion to the high end kit car business. Hell, I was going to buy a High Tech or possibly an ERA before the 4000 series came to be. The bottom line is that if I put the amount of time money and effort into one of those other cars in order to make it look authentic, I would have never seen my money back or as in my case, a profit. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken soup. They are both good and either one could certainly be considered a healthy meal but, they will never be the same.
The Shel man has succeeded in taking away the high end market, creating a new market that has a register in the light of his original cars.
I remember when Shelby used to go around signing all other makes of Cobra's and taking photo's with their cars. I guess if the manufacturers had got together when he asked for compensation in order to structure a deal that all could have lived with, the whole Cobra Club would be somewhat more harmonious that it is now.
In my opinion, the CAV thing is just another move on the chess board in order to get more of the marketplace and potentially take sales away for the builders that are within a financial stones throw of a Shelby.
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This is only my opinion. I didn't post this for a war. We have enough wars on the plate and I don't even own a Cobra at this point and have no financial relationship with SAI.