My observations on the Shelby Cobra replica market.
Original Cobras have SAAC. Shelby Mustangs have Marti. Replicas have no registry and no census anyone can check — so I am writing down what I learn: the companies that build these cars, the cars they build, and which claims hold up.
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How Many Shelby Cobra Replica, Kit, Tribute, and Continuation Cars Change Hands Every Year?
About 1,300 of these cars sell in North America each year. Here is the population estimate behind that figure, and the auction data I used to check it.
Read →A Replica Has No Provenance to Inherit. Its Caretaker Has to Curate and Write One.
Provenance is five things, and a replica car fails most of them. What came with ERA 651, and why the record exists in pieces nobody keeps together.
Read →How Many Companies Have Ever Manufactured Shelby Cobra Kits, Replicas, Tribute and Continuation Cars?
More than 120 companies have built Shelby Cobra replicas since the 1970s, across more than fifteen countries. What the record shows, what it does not, and why so much of it survives only in community memory.
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