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Might this invoice from Shelby American for CSX 3011 help?

You are likely referring to CSX 3239.

No, no VIN on the transmission.

One can hope that no one looking for a genuine Cobra might be fooled by a CFX chassis number...

Demand for genuine small block Cobras outstrips the supply these days, which is why no one could suggest one to purchase. It's not that no one wanted to help.

Generally, "slabside" refers to a replica rather than a genuine Cobra.

To clarify, CSX 3063 sold for a hammer price of $600k plus an extra $60k in the form of the "buyer's premium" (read that as Mecum commission, which they collect from both the buyer and the seller). And most certainly, building a "1965 427 Competition Cobra" from a chassis that was 6" longer than a Cobra chassis and was built as a prototype as a different car altogether, then modifying it 25-30 years after the fact into a "Cobra" has a definite effect upon the sales price. I would submit that Marilyn Monroe in a blue dress may indeed by the same a Marilyn Monroe in a red dress, but a cousin in a satin dress some 25 years later is something else altogether.

History Buff: I am under the belief that the CSX 3063 Cobra clone sold for a bid of $600k at Mecum in Kissimmee. Can you advise where you got the $1.3 million figure?

No Cobra roadster came with a C9 transmission, if that helps.

I, for one, can't understand why anyone would prefer an Eleanor over a stock '67 Shelby. There is simply no comparison in terms of design and/or appeal.

Please make that CSX 3009, not 2009.

Back when its original owner agreed to sell off the body and supporting tubing, the value of a 289 Cobra was at its low ebb. He was no longer driving the car and to him the offer made sense. Today, not so much.

A recent photo of the car.

Craig obviously had a true friend in the guy who agreed to sell it back to him if he wanted it, and actually did so 35 years later. Wow.

The white 289 (CSX 2171) sold for a hammer bid of $900k.