Originally Posted by Mach1man

I'd be more interested in knowing what your criteria for "fake" is.

What makes a Cobra Jet emblem attached to a shaker hood scoop on a Ford Mach 1 Mustang a fake?

If you say it's fake because the engine in the engine bay isn't a pushrod 428 FE motor, that's pretty lame. After all, Ford applies the Cobra Jet moniker to whatever suits them. There have been 428 Cobra Jets, 429 Super Cobra Jets, 351 Cobra Jets, and now Ford has released an entire Mustang car called a Cobra Jet.

So what makes one "real", and one "fake?"

If you go back to my original explanation above, in 1969 and 1970, only Mach 1's with the 428 motor AND the ram air shaker scoop had an "R" code engine designation, the same as our 2003-2004 Mach 1's, and only the "R" code cars carried the Cobra Jet emblem on the sides of the shaker scoop.