06-06-2008, 04:50 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Prince Frederick,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 S/C 427 FE S.O. 484 cu in
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Originally Posted by CSX 4039
Yes, but, the government also classifies a '63 String Ray and a '63 Corvair in the same broad category. Since when have bureaucrats ever gotten the true essence and provenance of anything right? If it were not for their intrusion into the seat belt/emissions/ 5 mph bumper arena, a 2008 Shelby Cobra could be sold with a drive train.
Ford Thunderbird production also suffered an interuption, but came back to life with modern equipment. Had FoMoCo come back out with a reissued '57 T-Bird, they too would have to have sold it sans engine and tranny, to be finished elsewhere. That wouldn't have made it any less of an authentic (but not original) Ford T-Bird.
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An authentic Ford Kit Car. 
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