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Is SAAC going to have a special section of the registry for fake Cobra raffle cars now?

I agree 1000%

Buy as many as you can and store them in a warehouse for 35 years.

Let us know how it works out.

Do you have a Registry ? I think you could figure this out.

I think fighting negativity is more your style. 😉

What am I starting?

You are ignoring the facts because you have mind made up already.

What about the different sized fonts and character shapes pointed out earlier? You choose not to see that

I read all your posts.  What I see is a lot of hostility, because no one that responded in this thread will support your agenda.

I agree not impossible. But, not likely...

You originally asked what other people thought. Now you're trying very hard to persuade them.

Find some other examples of a super tight window. I am sure you can find cars from the same DSO. They will have automatic transmissions and there is a high probability they will be originals.

Well PEES is the correct type of trans

I think the tag also has a date code? But, I am not sure.

The components are correct, but saying they are original to the car I dont know?

I did notice some ghost stampings on that transmission too, but I cant provide an explanation

Well I would say if there werent any, we can surmise the sequence does not directly relate to a specific car  ( either intentionally or unintentionally)

Then we still need to examine the trans tag and see if it is consistent with a 68 Shelby.

I think without some other similar examples, you will never get past "maybe". Its not really critical on a Shelby because the non matching number cars are not sufficiently devalued

Legend

Strike was in late 67, very unlikely to have effected a February built car

Really one call to Marti should resolve which Fords used 400000 series numbers

I think Cougar vins start with 500,000

The focus is likely on other Ford products

The first two characters are likely not a Cougar bodycode in my opinion

QuoteThis assertion is supported by the differing style of fonts between those on the subject block and that of VINs stamped at Metuchen Assembly, which produced the '68 Shelbys. Look at the two attached photos. One is the VIN which is the subject of this thread, the other a photo from my file of the block VIN stamp from a '68 GT350.

It was addressed above

I would think you could ask Kevin Marti if there was a 1968 automobile with that consecutive unit number "403908" and if so what engine it had.

Like Charles Turner said, this could be from a Mercury. It looks the responses agree this part is a consecutive unit number.

Please address why the ID tags for the engine and trans are missing?

If one chooses to ignore certain facts, its hard to take the assessment seriously.

You cant pick and choose which facts are relevant

I would say the burden is on the owner. Find other examples of this oddity or it will remain an anomaly