I did not mean to infer that a Shelby cannot be faked; there are
innumerable such cars and as I noted I bought a fake one many years ago.
Anything can be faked.
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>From: HW200@aol.com[SMTP:HW200@aol.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 1997 9:17 AM
>To: Bo Cheadle; tigers@autox.team.net; nicholsj@oakwood.org
>Subject: Re: Authentic or not?
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>It is easier to fake a Shelby than a Tiger. The stamped "code" is the
>original VIN number on the frame. I have seen chicanery with the K code
>stamps, and I guarantee
>you it exists with the Shelby racers that have been hit hard. A lot of them
>have Taiwanese stamped replacement panels!!! Again...take the stamped VIN
>number weld it in to another car and do it right, and you have a Shelby
>Mustang.
>Just as long as you tell the next owner, if you sell it, it was wrecked and
>we had to do a lot of work to save it.
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