[NefCanuck]

mo_focus,Sep 12 2009, 06:58 AM Wrote:I think Ford just wanted to keep the Shelby 500GT KR as real as possible and didn’t want any poser going to dealership and buying Shelby parts for their V6 mustangs.

Also it should be taken into consideration that Shelby 500GT KR is a super car, how much is a hood for McLaren F1? Or Ferrari California? Why is it always Ford that gets the blame for everything?
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Look, that can easily be handed by refusing to sell parts without a VIN and photos of the crash damage.

The Shelby 500GT KR is a fast car (by design), it is a rare car (also by design), is it a supercar? I'm not sure that I agree that it is.

The car after all is based on the same chassis as a garden variety V6 Mustang coupe, which means that potentially anyone who could get access to the parts could "re create" one themselves. Hence why I have no issue with the VIN & proof of damage requirements, hell if they want the damaged parts returned (on their dime) to make sure the parts don't get repaired & reused, I'm okay with that too.

As to who is getting blame here, ultimately it has to be Shelby, not Ford. Ford can no easier force Shelby to sell any parts to anyone else than you or I could twist Shelby's arm. Shelby Automotive Inc. are the one with the control here and the ones who are behaving badly IMO.

NefCanuck