[snakeeyes]

First of all, Coupes are Cobras. They are essentially the same under the skin and all carry CSX2000-series chassis numbers. Secondly, I would venture to guess that quite a few Cobra fans would consider them more "beautiful" than a Cobra roadster. I personally would describe the roadster's shape as "brutal", or "aggressive", more quickly than I would use the word "beautiful". Whatever, that's a matter of semantics, but the point is there is a reason why these cars, when they (rarely) come to market, sell well into the millions. I think CSX2300 brought around $4M or $4.5M at Monterey a couple of years back. Part of that is rarity and history, as pointed out already, but part is their design. As for them looking like a Datsun, I've never seen that in one of the original Coupes. I've seen it in some of the replica bodies out there and I know what you're talking about in that respect, Vegan, but I do think Brock has done a pretty nice job of capturing the original shape in a design that shares no dimension with the original. He ought to have--he designed both the original cars and the SPF Coupe.