[Johan]

[quote=Kzof]Spoke to RK of SAAC this should stir the pot.

ME
Dear Sir, please allow me a moment of your time. Recently I have heard
>>> that
>>> Kirkham Cobras will be allowed in the registry. I would like to voice my
>>> opinion against this. I do not approve. They do not belong any more than
>>> an
>>> ERA or a FF. Thank you for allowing me

Greg:
>>
>>
>>
>> We take the long view that in the coming years (5, 10, 20 or so) when most
>> of the people who now own Cobras are dead and buried there will be a lot
>> of
>> opportunities for unscrupulous people to fake original cars. By gathering
>> data on Cobra-type cars that are very similar to the originals (unlike the
>> ERA/.Contemporary/Superformance/FF. , etc) we are insuring that the purity
>> of the originals is maintained. To simply ignore these cars will not make
>> them go away. This is why we include the AC MK IVs, CSX4000s, CSX7000,
>> Ford
>> GT MK Vs, Holman MK IIs, etc. It is not because we are so excited about
>> these other cars per se, but because we take the responsibility for
>> keeping
>> the originals unsullied so seriously. Believe me, it would be much less
>> work
>> to ignore them. But the result would be that some day nobody would be sure
>> which cars were genuine and which were not or how to tell the difference.
>>
>> Rick (Kopec)