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This has been an entertaining thread. Sometime ago someone on this thread in England claimed the value of a COB is the same as a CSX. Well, I must be the most recent buyer of a COB since I ourchased COB 6132 last June. Although my chassis is a '68 AC long wheel base ordered by Paramount films, it was shortened by Brian Angliss and an aluminium body created from original AC bucks installed in the early eighties by him. I only paid half as much as a CSX. I refer to my Cobra as an AC Cobra, not a Shelby Cobra. Yet everything on it is quite the same as a Shelby Cobra, just like many replicas are quite similar. In fact I have seen Carroll's signature on replicas, so he must have thought it was okay. Mine has an AC vehicle identification plate, not a Shelby. In the beginning there were no replicas because they were cheap enough. Cobras are attractive cars and the sexy body appeals to both men and women. But as production stopped and availability got scarce, prices started to go up and affordability dictated the feasibility of a replica financially profitable for someone to build one. Let's face it, there are more replicas out there than the real thing. So who cares as long as we're all enjoying the same thing.