How to deal with questions/comments where the answer is....well....you know...

[RodgerH]

Most of my gearhead buddies are in local car clubs and sponsor/attend the local outdoor shows and cruise-ins. Cars include the vintage daily drivers, 60's and 70's muscle cars, and street rods. Street rods include both the original steel body cars that have been customized (chopped, channeled, fendered, fenderless, whatever), and also the "custom-built" cars with box or tube chassis and fiberglass bodies.

What is interesting with the street rod crowd is they don't seem to care if the car is original steel or a fiberglass reproduction. You don't hear "Oh, that's not a real '32 Ford coupe." The reproduction owners are quick (and enjoy) talking about the details of their build.

This great attitude the street rod guys have is the reason I struggle with this "real" or "replica" or "kit-car" battle.

I knew when I bought my Superformance that it was not, and never would be, a real mid '60s car. I do not have any Cobra or 427 S/C badges to try and mislead anyone into thinking otherwise. My floormats say "Superformance". I tell people it is a replica.

I have the space, tools and talent, and I would have enjoyed building a kit-car; but at 60, I wanted to enjoy driving it too. So I compromised...I bought a roller and did my own install.

I have loved the look of the Cobra since I first saw a "real one" back in 1967, purchased by a local business owner. I enjoy my SPF, for what it is and what I have done (and continue doing) to it. I feel no desire to try and convince the world that it is anything else. It is an amazing replica of an amazing car.

Rodger