Hershal -- great story. That guy's reaction is classic. Sometimes I find myself getting mad at people like that, but then I relax a find it pretty funny. "Glass body and a frame from Fatman." So that's different from a Cobra or a GT40 because...... because...... because...... Uh, I can't think of a reason either.
How many of them try their cars on the track, too? Very few I'd bet. I think that's where a lot of you Cobra/GT40 guys would really embarrass those guys.
Even Boyd Coddington has figured it out that it's not so different building a street rod vs. a Cobra. He was already good at one. Why not expand to the other? Other than body shape he probably doesn't feel like it's too much different.
Oh well. Life is too short to let those kind of people bother you. (Don't worry, I know you've already figured that out. )
Ben