[misfit41]

Turk you do make a lot of sense,
This CSX vs everything debate has gotten so embarrasing I decided to take the high road and be a spectator until the dust settles,in my mind your pics settled it a bit.
I know the era is a wonderful car,honestly when I got serious about a car,I couldnt afford a good one,I probably couldnt afford the used SV I have now,But I paid for it in crisp hundreds I had pigeon holed ,and plan to do the same with the new csx,maybe selling off another toy ,or a few guns to help the deal.
I was tickled pink with the Shell and it's possibilities,I would get pout of bed,go to the gararge late at night just to fire up the 427 for a second,then this SA CSX came up,I start thinking,maybe I can pull this off.
All things considered ,if this car is what it is supposed to be,nothing has changed,just the same car built farther south,it's a no brainer in comparision to actual passenger cars,these things are cheap to build,so no reason it has to be junk to sell for 40k coming from south africa.
Carroll Shelby never does anything for very long ,so I doubt there will ever be mass numbers of this car made,I do think the spf and other high end market may adjust a bit,but after the clouds clear,SAI will bump the price up on the CAV cars,and all will be normal,when your shopping for a car ,10k is still 10k,so a good car like spf and era will be there,I expect some of the lessor companies could take hard hits though.
I intend to keep the car till I die,but I do consider the resale in any thing I do,I cant afford not to,and the CSX number means something to me,it has to mean something to anyone, no matter what everyone says,it is a real shelby,new production,continuation,whatever,but if Carrol Shelby says it is real,it is real,in 20 years that has to mean something,varying greatly on the numbers produced I am sure.
As great as they are,no one will ever start building copies of ERA,SPF,or any other ,CSX Cobra will have to mean something in resale.
I am sure some of the higher tech cars are as good or better than a csx,when it comes to racing and handling,but like you I dont care to play racer,if I did I would get a short track late model ,or open wheel and really race where it counts,I just want a good looking,good running,as close to authentic as I can afford car for my enjoyment,and saying YES when some guy ask "is it real" is worth the 10k to me,just like the guy said about guns,if you want to shoot,buy a springfield armory ,if you want pride of ownership,collectibility and resale,buy a colt,it will always be a colt.
I get tired of the constant bashing of Shelby,it is childish,I am not defending him,and never met him,but I respect the impact he made on our world,I dont blame him for the law suits,he should have done it 25 years ago,try building a car and putting chevy on it and see what happens,he is responsible for every replica,shirt,emblem,club and forum,at the least I think he deserves respect,and maybe a buck or two from every cobra item sold,thats how it should work,and out of the spirit of fairplay,I think those who bashed him here,should go out and pry the fake cobra emblems,and id tags of their cars,,Tk