[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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