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The AC Mk IVs I have seen are well built cars - admittedly the interior is not original but then these cars are a separate model in their own right rather than an exact clone of the 60s cars. However if you buy an AC you're buying a real marque with a history: the pre-war 16/70 drophead coupe, the Ace Bristol, the AC Le Mans Coupe 'A98' racing up the M1 on its test run at 180mph, the class win by '39PH' at Le Mans in 1963, the Italian styled AC 428, the mid-engined 3000ME. Your MkIV could well have been built by the same men who built some of the aforementioned cars. I'd therefore rather have an AC than the perfect Kirkham clone.

Looks like the question in post #1 is answered.