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Originally Posted by Llarry
The Cobra has spawned several replicas over the years, which I believe remain in production. (I believe we have a replica Cobra owner on the board, so he can feel free to chime in.)
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Yes, indeed! There are several replica options of Shelby's Cobra on the road and still in production. In fact, Shelby American still produces the Cobra today as a "continuation" of the original cars. Another manufacturer, Superformance, is also licensed to sell continuation cars. These all carry CSX-#### serial numbers, which the original cars also carried.
CSX2000 series - all 260, 289 and Coupe cars. Both "slab side" and "FIA" roadsters.
CSX3000 series - all 427 cars, street and race
Continuation series: CSX4000 (427), CSX1000 (special run aluminum body 427), CSX 6000 (4000 ran out of numbers), CSX7000/CSX8000 - 289 slab side and FIA
All other replica cars use their own serial number system, but will not have a number starting with CSX unless someone is trying to pull a fast one.
Common replica manufacturers:
- Unique Motorcars
- E.R.A. Replicas
- Everett-Morrison Motorcars
- Shell Valley Classic Wheels, Inc.
- Lone Star Classics
- B&B Manufacturing
- Hurricane Motorsports
- Backdraft Racing
- Kirkham Motorsports
- Factory Five Racing
Kirkham, Superformance, and Shelby American still offer hand-formed aluminum bodied cars, but be prepared to pay well north of $200k for one of those. Superformance and Backdraft make complete turn-key cars starting at around $90k. Factory Five Racing makes the number one selling replica kit that you build yourself starting at just a little over $20k for a kit (no running gear). Based on what I know from building a Factory Five kit and following the builds of many others, the typical range to complete a Factory Five kit is somewhere between $45k and $75k.