[LMH]

That's a pretty big subject to squeeze into a series of opinions. Maybe you could cut it down to a few questions to get the ball rolling.

There's a wide variety of owners who own for different reasons. Some are Hot Rodders and some are true Cobra enthusiasts who own because they can't swing the million dollars plus for an original. For me, I've spent my entire life around sports cars and fell in love with Cobras. The leaf spring models are my passion and Cobra 427's (and their replications) are neat but don't interest me that much. I'm an originalist when it comes to replicas ...and original cars for that matter. I can also tell you that most current original cars are not very original now. But that are originals, no matter how much they've been altered over time.
I'm not the "average" replica owner, rather I'm kind of a freak for originality. A true oddball! So my opinions may vary from the mainstream replica owner.
But that's why you're here, right?
Larry