[Bumpster]

Excaliber -
Since you are "embarrased (sp) to be associated in the same hobby with an abomination such as this," let me be the first to invite you to take up another hobby where your fellow hobbyists maintain standards of which you can accept.
Now that you have "moved up" to an AC replica, apparently those of who have a Cobra replica that is of lesser value, authenticity, or whatever your perception of quality is, should immediately destroy them and bury the pieces in our back yards so as not to detract from the value of yours.

Bumpster