[DeTomaso] ebay replica Cobra

MikeLDrew at aol.com MikeLDrew at aol.com
Fri Jun 17 13:48:31 EDT 2011


In a message dated 6/17/11 5 37 6, adin at frontier.net writes:


> A fiberglass car might probably be a Superformance car to which is added 
> a CSX VIN number. 
> 

Not even close to true.

What confuses the issue is that Lance (Standar?   Sp?) who is the CEO of 
Superformance, is also a Shelby dealer, and he sells the two cars side-by-side 
in his Irvine, CA headquarters.   But it's interesting to go visit (as I 
have) to witness the differences between them.

Simply put, there is virtually no interchange between the two cars.   
Instruments, taillights etc. will swap over, but otherwise they are very 
different--even the windshields are completely different.

The "Shelby" cars have true, proper, correct bodies, patterned after a 
genuine car, and the chassis is completely original save for upgraded components 
like Baer brakes (original brakes are available for a hefty sum).   The 
Superformance cars, while very nice in their own right, take numerous 
deviations from the original design, both in terms of the chassis/suspension 
(completely different from the original, and perhaps 'better'), and the body (which 
has a more pointed nose, shorter windshield, and a few other things).

The Kirkham cars are basically PERFECT Shelby cars, while the Shelby cars 
are perhaps ever-so-slightly-less-than-perfect.   And the Superformance cars 
are great cars that look much like an original, unless you compare them to 
an original side-by-side at which point the differences start to stand out.

Different strokes for different folks....

Mike (rolling with an old-school 427-powered Contemporary Cobra)



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