Re: For Auction: Original Edition Akalabeth for Apple II

[Declan Macleoid <declan_macleoid@hotmail.com>]

> From: bo snyder <bobo_snyder@hotmail.com>
> Organization: WebUseNet Corp. - "ReInventing The UseNet"
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> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:54:05 -0800
> Subject: Re: For Auction: Original Edition Akalabeth for Apple II
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>> From: Fortran <fortrandragon@hotmail.com>
>> Organization: Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - http://www.altopia.com
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>> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 06:38:07 -0600
>> Subject: Re: For Auction: Original Edition Akalabeth for Apple II
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>>> 
>>> Reminds me of the Carroll Shelby 427 Cobra S/C project which continued
>>> production of "leftover" S/C models from 1966.  However, although these were
>>> valuable, certainly there were no pretense that they were the Real Deal, but
>>> new cars made with some old and mostly new parts.  Same here.
>> 
>> No, _only_ the disk is new.  Everything else is vintage and it is
>> the everything else that most collectors want.  :)
> 
> well acutally as far as i know, the a/c cobra project was using chassis's
> that were built in the late 60's and were ready to have the motors and bodys
> installed onto, but were never finished.  those chassis's were registered or
> whatever and i think carroll shelby was able to legally register the vin
> numbers as 1966 models or something when he finished them which then
> bypassed all the new emissions laws and bypassed all the safety laws also.
> i maybe wrong about this but thats what i remember hearing a few years ago.
> 
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At the risk of straying too far off topic, I think I remember hearing that
Carroll Shelby got in a bit of trouble when it was discovered that the
original registered chassis didn't actually exist, only the paperwork for
them....