I had a friend who lost is cobra in a fire. Should'a seen the pile of
aluminum on the garage floor. Anyhow, Insurance paid the claim and he sold
the frame with the original serial number to someone. He told me that if
you had an original frame, it was still considered an original cobra. Go
figger.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense@ge.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: [Tigers] How Far Can A Restoration Go?
> While perusing the Russo and Steele auction site, I read the description
> of this Cobra. This car has a colorful racing resume, but was basically
> destroyed in an accident with only a few bits recovered. In 1985 the
> owner then took the CSX3012 MSO to Autocraft (not Shelby, not AC), who
> basically build him a new car around the recovered bits. The "new" car
> then went on to win numerous vintage races, shows and awards from the
> SAAC community, certainly with Shelby's blessing.
>
> Very interesting. By our standards, this car should be considered a
> fake, and whoever buys this car is really getting a Cobra version of an
> Alger. Following this logic, I could basically drop a V-8 into an
> Alpine, rivet in a Tiger VIN plate, have it titled and call it..well...a
> Tiger. But we all know that is not Kosher in our little community.
>
> We have had many discussions about restoration "authenticity" on this
> board. Since they are treating this car as real, what does that imply?
> Certainly, one could make a strong case that this Cobra is a fraud, just
> a very expensive kit car, so why hasn't anyone? My take on it is that
> it's all a matter of money. This Cobra is unique, one of only a few
> big-block S/C cars with a racing pedigree, so regardless of the content,
> the concept of the car and its history is retained, and therefore the
> value. I'm sure this car will go for Big Bucks at the auction, primarily
> because the Cobra community has accepted it as a real Cobra.
>
> Is this right? If our Tiger's values suddenly climb up into more lofty
> territory, will an Alpine-bodied Tiger suddenly become legitimate?
>
> This should be an interesting discussion....
>
> http://www.russoandsteele.com/collector_car/1966_shelby_cobra_427_csx301
> 2__roadster/39-1018.html
>
> Bugz
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