A Clarification - The Shelby's Actual Name...
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Originally posted by 169stang@March 28, 2005, 7:43 PM
If it isn't called Cobra anywhere in the freakin name, why did they put those snake thingys on the car?
If it isn't called Cobra anywhere in the freakin name, why did they put those snake thingys on the car?
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You guys are 100% wrong. I don't care what a press-kit says. The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500. Just because it has a snake on it means nothing. Nowhere on the badging of this car does it say Cobra. It has the words Shelby GT 500.
Being a 1967 Shelby GT 500 owner, I have the official Shelby Register with all name combinations. There is no such thing as a Shelby Cobra GT 500. There's a Shelby Cobra and a Shelby GT 500. You can't combine the two. They are two completely different cars. The Shelby Cobra is a ROADSTER, the Shelby GT 500 is a fastback (coupe).
Plese read the first two paragraphs in this Motor Trend article I have attached to this post. It backs up EXACTLY what I am talking about and I can't believe any of you aren't mentioning this since I know almost everyone here has read it. Selective reading, I guess.
Quote: "The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500."
Quote: "Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby-American built in the 1960s. ANYTHING else is SOMETHING else."
Sheesh, I don't know what's so tough to understand about this. Personally, I'm happy to see Ford isn't throwing around the Cobra badge like it's a frisbee this time and actually calling the car what it is.
As for those tearing the badges off their car as soon as they get it - go right ahead! You'll never be able to truly prove your car was a Shelby and the value of your Shelby will drop like a rock while mine will soar. In ten/twenty years, these cars will be as sought after as my '67 Shelby GT 500, as this will probably be Carroll's last hurrah. There will be many people trying to pass of regular Mustangs as Shelbys just like right now. Badging and paperwork will be critical to prove your Shelby is genuine. Think before you act, guys.
Being a 1967 Shelby GT 500 owner, I have the official Shelby Register with all name combinations. There is no such thing as a Shelby Cobra GT 500. There's a Shelby Cobra and a Shelby GT 500. You can't combine the two. They are two completely different cars. The Shelby Cobra is a ROADSTER, the Shelby GT 500 is a fastback (coupe).
Plese read the first two paragraphs in this Motor Trend article I have attached to this post. It backs up EXACTLY what I am talking about and I can't believe any of you aren't mentioning this since I know almost everyone here has read it. Selective reading, I guess.
Quote: "The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500."
Quote: "Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby-American built in the 1960s. ANYTHING else is SOMETHING else."
Sheesh, I don't know what's so tough to understand about this. Personally, I'm happy to see Ford isn't throwing around the Cobra badge like it's a frisbee this time and actually calling the car what it is.
As for those tearing the badges off their car as soon as they get it - go right ahead! You'll never be able to truly prove your car was a Shelby and the value of your Shelby will drop like a rock while mine will soar. In ten/twenty years, these cars will be as sought after as my '67 Shelby GT 500, as this will probably be Carroll's last hurrah. There will be many people trying to pass of regular Mustangs as Shelbys just like right now. Badging and paperwork will be critical to prove your Shelby is genuine. Think before you act, guys.
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Originally posted by OBleedingMe@March 28, 2005, 8:52 PM
You guys are 100% wrong. I don't care what a press-kit says. The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500. Just because it has a snake on it means nothing. Nowhere on the badging of this car does it say Cobra. It has the words Shelby GT 500.
Being a 1967 Shelby GT 500 owner, I have the official Shelby Register with all name combinations. There is no such thing as a Shelby Cobra GT 500. There's a Shelby Cobra and a Shelby GT 500. You can't combine the two. They are two completely different cars. The Shelby Cobra is a ROADSTER, the Shelby GT 500 is a fastback (coupe).
Plese read the first two paragraphs in this Motor Trend article I have attached to this post. It backs up EXACTLY what I am talking about and I can't believe any of you aren't mentioning this since I know almost everyone here has read it. Selective reading, I guess.
Quote: "The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500."
Quote: "Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby-American built in the 1960s. ANYTHING else is SOMETHING else."
Sheesh, I don't know what's so tough to understand about this. Personally, I'm happy to see Ford isn't throwing around the Cobra badge like it's a frisbee this time and actually calling the car what it is.
As for those tearing the badges off their car as soon as they get it - go right ahead! You'll never be able to truly prove your car was a Shelby and the value of your Shelby will drop like a rock while mine will soar. In ten/twenty years, these cars will be as sought after as my '67 Shelby GT 500, as this will probably be Carroll's last hurrah. There will be many people trying to pass of regular Mustangs as Shelbys just like right now. Badging and paperwork will be critical to prove your Shelby is genuine. Think before you act, guys.
You guys are 100% wrong. I don't care what a press-kit says. The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500. Just because it has a snake on it means nothing. Nowhere on the badging of this car does it say Cobra. It has the words Shelby GT 500.
Being a 1967 Shelby GT 500 owner, I have the official Shelby Register with all name combinations. There is no such thing as a Shelby Cobra GT 500. There's a Shelby Cobra and a Shelby GT 500. You can't combine the two. They are two completely different cars. The Shelby Cobra is a ROADSTER, the Shelby GT 500 is a fastback (coupe).
Plese read the first two paragraphs in this Motor Trend article I have attached to this post. It backs up EXACTLY what I am talking about and I can't believe any of you aren't mentioning this since I know almost everyone here has read it. Selective reading, I guess.
Quote: "The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500."
Quote: "Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby-American built in the 1960s. ANYTHING else is SOMETHING else."
Sheesh, I don't know what's so tough to understand about this. Personally, I'm happy to see Ford isn't throwing around the Cobra badge like it's a frisbee this time and actually calling the car what it is.
As for those tearing the badges off their car as soon as they get it - go right ahead! You'll never be able to truly prove your car was a Shelby and the value of your Shelby will drop like a rock while mine will soar. In ten/twenty years, these cars will be as sought after as my '67 Shelby GT 500, as this will probably be Carroll's last hurrah. There will be many people trying to pass of regular Mustangs as Shelbys just like right now. Badging and paperwork will be critical to prove your Shelby is genuine. Think before you act, guys.
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Originally posted by OBleedingMe@March 28, 2005, 9:52 PM
You guys are 100% wrong. I don't care what a press-kit says. The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500. Just because it has a snake on it means nothing. Nowhere on the badging of this car does it say Cobra. It has the words Shelby GT 500.
Being a 1967 Shelby GT 500 owner, I have the official Shelby Register with all name combinations. There is no such thing as a Shelby Cobra GT 500. There's a Shelby Cobra and a Shelby GT 500. You can't combine the two. They are two completely different cars. The Shelby Cobra is a ROADSTER, the Shelby GT 500 is a fastback (coupe).
Plese read the first two paragraphs in this Motor Trend article I have attached to this post. It backs up EXACTLY what I am talking about and I can't believe any of you aren't mentioning this since I know almost everyone here has read it. Selective reading, I guess.
Quote: "The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500."
Quote: "Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby-American built in the 1960s. ANYTHING else is SOMETHING else."
Sheesh, I don't know what's so tough to understand about this. Personally, I'm happy to see Ford isn't throwing around the Cobra badge like it's a frisbee this time and actually calling the car what it is.
As for those tearing the badges off their car as soon as they get it - go right ahead! You'll never be able to truly prove your car was a Shelby and the value of your Shelby will drop like a rock while mine will soar. In ten/twenty years, these cars will be as sought after as my '67 Shelby GT 500, as this will probably be Carroll's last hurrah. There will be many people trying to pass of regular Mustangs as Shelbys just like right now. Badging and paperwork will be critical to prove your Shelby is genuine. Think before you act, guys.
You guys are 100% wrong. I don't care what a press-kit says. The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500. Just because it has a snake on it means nothing. Nowhere on the badging of this car does it say Cobra. It has the words Shelby GT 500.
Being a 1967 Shelby GT 500 owner, I have the official Shelby Register with all name combinations. There is no such thing as a Shelby Cobra GT 500. There's a Shelby Cobra and a Shelby GT 500. You can't combine the two. They are two completely different cars. The Shelby Cobra is a ROADSTER, the Shelby GT 500 is a fastback (coupe).
Plese read the first two paragraphs in this Motor Trend article I have attached to this post. It backs up EXACTLY what I am talking about and I can't believe any of you aren't mentioning this since I know almost everyone here has read it. Selective reading, I guess.
Quote: "The official name of this car is the Ford Shelby GT 500."
Quote: "Cobras are two-seat roadsters built by Shelby-American built in the 1960s. ANYTHING else is SOMETHING else."
Sheesh, I don't know what's so tough to understand about this. Personally, I'm happy to see Ford isn't throwing around the Cobra badge like it's a frisbee this time and actually calling the car what it is.
As for those tearing the badges off their car as soon as they get it - go right ahead! You'll never be able to truly prove your car was a Shelby and the value of your Shelby will drop like a rock while mine will soar. In ten/twenty years, these cars will be as sought after as my '67 Shelby GT 500, as this will probably be Carroll's last hurrah. There will be many people trying to pass of regular Mustangs as Shelbys just like right now. Badging and paperwork will be critical to prove your Shelby is genuine. Think before you act, guys.
Yup, Ford messed up the Press Kits and the website again. Get Bill Ford on the phone for me. Man, I can't believe they couldn't get this right. 
George, I'm gonna take a grinder to get my Cobra badges off....what about you?
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Originally posted by SixtySix@March 28, 2005, 9:09 PM
I guess they got it wrong then too
I guess they got it wrong then too
Well thats because you don't own a 67' Shelby GT500, what would you or the rest of us Know.
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Perhaps it was a compromise between SVT and Shelby? SVT may have required that the name Cobra be associated with to keep the Cobra alive. Remember, this is an SVT made car, Carroll Shelby provided a name and probably some insight on the car, but bottom line it was SVT engineers that designed this car.
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Seems like we are having a small degree of difficulty coming to a consensus. Imagine what the dealers' personnel will be put through.
Have you ever seen a chinese stuttering?
"... FO... FO... FO... FORD...
... SHE... SHE... SHE... SHELBY...
... CO... CO... CO... CO... CO... COBRA...
... G... G... G... G... T... T... T...T...
... FI... FI... FI... FIVE...
... HU... HU... HUN... HUN... HUN... HUNDRED...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever seen a chinese stuttering?
"... FO... FO... FO... FORD...
... SHE... SHE... SHE... SHELBY...
... CO... CO... CO... CO... CO... COBRA...
... G... G... G... G... T... T... T...T...
... FI... FI... FI... FIVE...
... HU... HU... HUN... HUN... HUN... HUNDRED...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by holderca1@March 28, 2005, 9:31 PM
Perhaps it was a compromise between SVT and Shelby? SVT may have required that the name Cobra be associated with to keep the Cobra alive. Remember, this is an SVT made car, Carroll Shelby provided a name and probably some insight on the car, but bottom line it was SVT engineers that designed this car.
Perhaps it was a compromise between SVT and Shelby? SVT may have required that the name Cobra be associated with to keep the Cobra alive. Remember, this is an SVT made car, Carroll Shelby provided a name and probably some insight on the car, but bottom line it was SVT engineers that designed this car.
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Originally posted by 1 BULLITT@March 28, 2005, 9:34 PM
Seems like we are having a small degree of difficulty coming to a consensus. Imagine what the dealers' personnel will be put through.
Have you ever seen a chinese stuttering?
"... FO... FO... FO... FORD...
... SHE... SHE... SHE... SHELBY...
... CO... CO... CO... CO... CO... COBRA...
... G... G... G... G... T... T... T...T...
... FI... FI... FI... FIVE...
... HU... HU... HUN... HUN... HUN... HUNDRED...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seems like we are having a small degree of difficulty coming to a consensus. Imagine what the dealers' personnel will be put through.
Have you ever seen a chinese stuttering?
"... FO... FO... FO... FORD...
... SHE... SHE... SHE... SHELBY...
... CO... CO... CO... CO... CO... COBRA...
... G... G... G... G... T... T... T...T...
... FI... FI... FI... FIVE...
... HU... HU... HUN... HUN... HUN... HUNDRED...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!