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Dan,
A few months ago I went to Vegas and visited Shelby and Finishline Motorsports. I was very impressed with their operation. They are a Shelby dealer, but they build very specialized cobras that are very competitive racers. They start with a Shelby chasis and they add extra tubing, gussets, different suspension, fire systems, heavy-duty drivelines, and many other parts that they fabricate on-site. Someone who has them build their Shelby is getting a one-off car that has the best parts that can be purchased or made to make the car go as fast as it can go. When I was there, Roy Hunt himself took us around his shop for a tour that lasted about one hour. We still didn't see everything. He has an original Daytona Coupe that he takes care of for someone and is the reace team for it. He was rebuilding an F1 car when I was there along with about 10 cobras.
This would be like buying a stock corvette and then taking it the Lingenfelter and saying "Give me everything you've got".

This, by no means excuses ANY fraud or deception that has been committed, it is only to explain the high cost of the car.