http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_309192500.html

 

WOW. I guess when you lose your affiliation with Shelby, everything goes down the toilet.

 

huh.....thats sucks i wonder if they'll auction off the rest of those, it would be a nice project to bring those back from the grips of being a fake shelby.

 

Man those people are stupid. Of course they are fake. U can buy a body to put on them. I even knew that. Plus that 200,000 u pay would actually be a nice deal. Supposedly there is some company (dont think it was this one) that will take any mustang not matter what shape and fix it into a Eleanor. For around 200,000.

 

i think there is a thread already, sorry : http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=73291

 

for 200k i would make your honda civic look like an Eleanor!

 

I cant imagine what that would look like.

 

well it would look close to this ( the worst part is there is a rebel flag in the second one!)
http://es.motorfull.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/csp_smart_eleanor_2.jpg
http://news-images.caradisiac.com/IMG/jpg/2/0/0/6/0/200x_20Smart_20Eleanor_20GT-50_25_5.jpg

 

More info on these crooks :

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...&rssfeed=rss01

Can't believe people were dumb enough to pay $200K for a replica of a replica!

 

I don't understand this. Help me out. I must be missing something.

Shelby and Foose licensed Unique to build specialty cars from plain jane vintage cars. There was never a GT500E or GT350SR for anyone to restore. These are new creations licensed by Shelby. Sounds like Foose was doing similar things with old Camaros and such.

All vintage Shelbys started out as plain jane Mustangs. What's the problem here?

I would say ANYONE willing to pay $200k for a 40 year old car that has no historical significance is an idiot. I don't care who signed the dash.

 

They were altering the original VINs - a federal offense. Original Shelbys did not alter the original VINs - they were either added to ('65-68) or had their own assigned VINs ('69-70).

 

After reading the original story and watching the videos, it looks like they removed the original Ford VIN. Not sure why or what their motivation was. I don't think it was to make people believe that these were geniune vintage Shelbys. Anyone believing they were buying a vintage Eleanor deserves to lose their $200k.

I think their only motivation would be to wash titles of salvage cars. If they rescue a car from the bottom of Gullatt's yard, strip it to the bone, completely rebuild the car to "new" specs, is it still a wreck? Does it deserve a salvage title? At what point does it become a new car built by a new manufacturer? There are several severe restrictions on what you can do with a rebuilt-salvaged car. You know you can't get comprehensive car insurance on a salvaged car, no matter how it was rebuilt. Who would buy a $200k car they couldn't insure? Ever been to a Mustang junkyard? Lots of good bodies with minor damage that were declared salvaged back in the 70s when they were just "used cars".

They should have pursued manufacturer status for the cars and issued new titles, like they do for their kit Cobras and fiberglass streetrods.