Interesting "old" aluminum recreation

[PanameraPat]

Oh, I am well aware of Kirkham. Totally agree that in terms of modern replica's, they are the best of the best. But do you have any advise on comparing quality and "originalness" of these two cars to Kirkham (or to actual original's for that matter).

This is an owner who owned original SC, original 427 street and others at the time he had these built. He has raced original's and these replica's (which he had built specifically to race against original comp cars). How can I tell if they are as nice as Kirkham or a much cheaper knock off that just happens to have alloy body?

I'm not arguing that they are something they are not. But I am trying to learn enough so that when I do go see them, I have enough knowledge to know the quality of build and original likeness (and to either confirm or debunk his claims about their origin). And to get some idea of value once I do see them.

If they turn out to be Kirkham/original quality, built in England, but MUCH more rare than Kirkham as this was before Kirkham was building in Poland, wouldn't they be at least equal in value to Kirkham? And more if there were a mid 80's tie to Thames in some way? Again, not arguing the point, just trying to understand how the community views "old alloy recreations" that are supposedly done to a very exact standard to original.