I suppose this has been posted before?

[lippy]

It's so true that the guys with the replicas (like me) keep them clean and nice, and the real ones are often ratted up and raced. Every year I go to Laguna Seca for the historics, where my brother-in-law is a mechanic in the pits, and we see a ton of real ones up close. I think every one has the paint blasted off ahead of the rear wheel, and most have dents and rivets in odd spots to hold things together. Really cool.

[Bernica]

As I have said on this site many times before...
You could line up 30 Cobras in a row and no two will look the same. Even originals! Lynn is right when he says many owners want to keep them "shiny", because that's the only one they (I) have.

[Blacklemming]

I like the part About the ferrari's.

It is what it is