DOTS: Real Or Replica?

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 08/06/2020 at 22:21 • Filed to: Dots, shelby cobra

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If this is real, my #OppoHunt item is disqualified for not being an imitation of the real thing. You should follow the exploits of Ally the Altoids Tin on Instagram @teamaltoids addict. The Oppo Hunt is a huge success thus far.

I suspect this Shelby Cobra is a replica. Something about it seems a little off.

Or maybe it was the fact that it is street parked in a busy part of town. The beat up Camry more or less exactly failing to parallel park right next to this work of art pretty much sums up all the reasons I would never leave a real Shelby Cobra on the street. It somehow came within inches of hitting the bright blue race car parked way back in the corner of the spot.

Hmmm, Streetside Classics dealer plate. They weren’t kidding.

I love this giant gaping mouth, eagerly sucking in fresh air to rapidly cool its engine. A more purposeful looking race car you could not hope to see. I wonder what those strange looking hook things on the front are. A place where a bumper used to hang?

That is one small looking interior. And the shift lever seems peculiarly hard to reach from the driver’s position. Who needs ornate dashboards that take up room? Just slap some dials at random in a blank piece of sheet metal. That’ll do.

Still, seeing this car was a lovely respite from a hard few hours of Doordashing. What do you think? Real or replica?

MarquetteLa > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 22:26

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Rule of thumb: if  you see a Cobra on the street, it’s a replica. 

wafflesnfalafel > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 22:27

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gotta be a replica, but still gorgeous and I’ll bet it sounds pretty awesome too

DipodomysDeserti > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 22:30

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Those are quick jacks. Lets you jack the front up like you would a moto.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 22:32

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If you have to ask, replica.

Those hooks were made for the racing version and a bunch got sold for the street and people decided they were the business. They are made so a tow bar can grab onto them yet have minimum weight. The shifter is faithful as the tail of the transmission is so far back it has to have a forward bend.

CSX3301

phenotyp > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 22:35

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Couldn’t tell you if it’s a Superformance, Factory Five, or some no-name, but if it’s on the street, it’s not real. (One easy way to tell is gauge placement, choke knobs, and glove box)

But it does look damn nice. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 08/06/2020 at 22:35

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Interesting. And yes, no one drives their real Cobra on the street and parks it without an armed guard to shoo off careless drivers who can’t parallel park.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > DipodomysDeserti 08/06/2020 at 22:35

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289, I like

WilliamsSW > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 22:35

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Cobras are 100% replicas until proven otherwise.  Especially on the street.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > DipodomysDeserti 08/06/2020 at 22:35

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That is handy. Looks effective and effectively unsafe on an incline.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > MarquetteLa 08/06/2020 at 22:36

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 I can’t imagine a real Cobra being left somewhere where a careless driver can parallel parking fail right into it while it is still on paper plates.

thatsmr > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 22:46

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This is a nice cobra replica. The flared out sidepipe replicas are the beer belly harley davidson crowds version

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > thatsmr 08/06/2020 at 22:48

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Exactly my thoughts. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > phenotyp 08/06/2020 at 22:48

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It is a good replica that is very accurate. Probably a big bucks one. 

The Snowman > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 23:08

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Fake. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > The Snowman 08/06/2020 at 23:09

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Replica until proven real.

It's Shrodinger's Cobra

CRider > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 23:16

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It's a replica, but who cares? 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > CRider 08/06/2020 at 23:20

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Not I, but the owner probably does. 

For Sweden > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 23:22

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The original was basically a kit car

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/06/2020 at 23:56

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I got passed by a replicobra like that a few weeks ago... It was L O U D.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/06/2020 at 23:59

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You would expect those wide pipes to be. Beautiful so I don't mind. 

barnie > phenotyp 08/07/2020 at 00:01

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Yea, no glovebox for Shelby to sign. Dead giveaway that it’s a fake. /j

bison78 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 08/07/2020 at 00:07

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The answer to the question “is it a replica” when discussing Cobras is “ yes, it’s a replica”. Always.

arl > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/07/2020 at 07:45

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I’m a total goober and love the replica Cobras. 

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > phenotyp 08/07/2020 at 14:06

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Next time I see Marie, I will get a picture. She very nearly daily drives her late husband’s 289 Cobra, true CSX chassis. Everyone mistakes it for a kit because it is a narrow body car. It runs good, looks rough as hell. She is in her late 60's. Awesome woman. According to her, he never drove it , so she is making up for lost “fun”

Reminds me of the older guy that drives his Bugatti Type 29 regularly around the city and takes it to car shows, I’ve got a picture of it somewhere.

CRider > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/07/2020 at 16:47

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I’m sure the owner would rather have an original, but I bet a lot of people who own an original also own a good replica because nobody wants to drive a multi-million dollar car on the street.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > CRider 08/07/2020 at 19:40

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Good point. And it's not as though people who own real Cobras own less than 15 others. 

CRider > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/07/2020 at 21:35

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A Cobra, a Daytona Coupe, a GT40. The Holy Trinity of 1960s American performance and you gotta completet he collection .