I couldn't agree more. ANd in reality, wouldn't you rather have a "Shelby
Built" Fiberglass Cobra than a no-name kit that has no relationship to the
original manufacturer except the general shape?
Randall Young wrote:
>
> Joe :
>
> Your facts are basically as I recall them, except that the Cobras Carrol
> Shelby has been selling (I think they're nearly all gone, if not
> completely so) are technically not kit cars. In order to get past the
> safety requirements, they had to be sold as complete cars. ISTR there
> was also some dispute over the name 'Cobra', Ford claims to have
> trademarked it in the 70's. So, what he's selling today is not an "AC
> Cobra" but some similar name. Ironically, there was also a lot of
> friction between Shelby and the various other kit car makers, he felt
> they should pay him a licensing fee for copying his creation and using
> his name, and also felt that many of the replicas were not worth the
> name. I read somewhere that revenge was at least part of his motivation
> for building and selling those old original parts.
>
> Randall
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
> >
> > Actually there are bits of fact in both arguments. Recently, I saw a
>program on SpeedVision or TNN where Carol Shelby was interviewed. He stated
> > that he is now doing his own "Cobra" kit cars.
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