It has been SO much fun to read this thread!
Now, as a former Englishman (accent and all) who became an American citizen a decade or more ago, I am JUST finishing my Cobra build. I have taken so many PERSONAL liberties just because I could (shaved trunk, AC badges, radio (!), door poppers not flimsy little twisty handles, and it's GREEN etc...go see my pics) that I am sure some a$$hole purist will start to pick on me about 'authenticity'...
I have the PERFECT response...imagine THIS in a plummy English accent (although it's actually NOT an accent at all, just how English sounds when it's pronounced correctly
)
"ah well you see, this is NOT a Cobra at all, it's an AC Ace that was the ORIGINAL car on which the Cobra was based, so your 'authentic' replica isn't all that authentic anyway" ... argue THAT one with someone with an English accent...rofl!
Lighten up some of you guys, as someone said earlier, "it's just a car, and if chicks dig it, who cares". According to string theory,
everything is all random chance anyhow!