New to the forum, I owned CSX3198 before it wrecked in '81

Best to check with the Shelby American Auto Club registrar at www.saac.com/

 

John,

I agree 100%. You should contact the Shelby Amercian Automobile Club (SAAC).

Tell them what you know about the car. Look at it from another perspective...

If you were buying that car today for (fill your outrageous price here). Would you want to know the history of the car? Would you want to know if you had the real car? Would you want to know if there was some question to what parts are original and what parts are not?

I think you would. You are doing someone a favor by providing this information and possibly helping to resolve the issue.

Just keep in mind the club just records the information provided to them , they do not make a determination who is telling the truth or who is not.

 

John,
If you haven't already, you can contact the Cobra Registrar, Ned Scudder, at
cobraregistrar at saac dot com (substitute @ and .)

 

You are reading into my post. I agree you should contact SAAC.

I did not make a judgement as to what the truth is.

I also pointed out SAAC will not (at least based on my experience with them). The point is ...if there is more than one version of events, it should be included with the history of the car.

I would guess you feel the same way or you wouldn't have taken the time to make multiple postings to that effect.

Besides, not very many people are going to care what I think about the history of a 427 Cobra. I don't have to worry about buying one, unless that British Lottery email I got was real.

 

Hi John,
Your old Cobra very well could have been rebuilt. Back in the late 70's early 80's the Cobras were not worth what they are today so it most likely could have been totaled with very little damage done to it from the Pine Tree. It was probaly sold at the insurance Auction with either a clear Title or a rebuilt Title and who ever bought it rebuilt it.

 

John:
I too am new to this site, however, I also know the current owner of CSX3198 very well and wittnessed Carroll Shelby crawl all over the car in 2005 at the huge Unique Performance auto show in Farmers Branch, TX. Shelby did not find any fault with the body, interior, structure or anything regarding 3198, rather, could not believe his eyes that he was viewing something he hadn't seen in decades. You may want to got to packautomotivemuseum.com and take a look for yourself or just Google CSX3198 and go to it from there. The current owner, Mr. Sam Pack, does his research well when it comes to investing his money into what may have said is one of the largest private collections in the U.S. It just seems strange that with all the auction houses in agreement as to the condition, history, origanility and value of this car, you still take the position you do. I am not making any statements one way or the other, however, what proof do you have (pictures, police reports etc.) that the vehicle you indicate you crashed was indeed this car? Knowing the buy/sale history of this vehicle and spending $57k for a car in the 80's, I know if I had just crashed a one-of-a-kind vehicle I'd have a lot of evidence, photos etc. Please share with us what you hold privately to yourself and clear up this confusion one of us has. Thank You.

 

It seems that somebody said "on paper" that there are two shelbys with the same number. Need to verify that those two cars actually exist. I saw the town of Farmers Branch in Texas mentioned which is next to Dallas. Now ,,John,,, Let me tell you what NOT TO DO. DO NOT get the Dallas police department involved in this in any way. My 1969 gt500 was stolen in 1982. I found my own car a year later at a mechanic"s shop, called the dallas police,they towed it off saying need to verify numbers. Two weeks later the car vanished. The dallas police gave it back to the mechanic for liens. Went there and got told "what shelby". The stolen car report also vanished. the dallas police are crooked.

 

John,

Let the truth set you free!!! More power to you for bringing out the "real truth!"