Jerry, Hersch mentioned the Lotus 7 as a possible player back in the day, with the Buick nail head. When was that little 215 Buick alloy block available? Now THAT would have been a great combo! It might have come out to late though, by 1960 or so Shelby's new project was taking shape and under way. It seems to me the 215 V8 wasn't around until '62 or so?
"Buzz kill" works for me, to many replicas on the scene all ready as far as I'm concerned. They have lost some of their exclusivity. In Hawaii, when they were only a handful, the owners group was tight, it was special, unique. Now there are so many replicas there it's almost an "also ran". One guy actually sold his replica Cobra for that reason, just to many on the street. He bought a Coupe (without the GM E-Rod motor).
