I have no problem with it being an original, or a kit. It is exactly what it is. If you have an original, good investment. They are valued highly exactly because they are original. If it's a kit, I would say so. Shelby's were kits, too. Good company.
Just because it's an original does not make it intrinsically better, however. It's just a snapshot of automotive science at the time. The next generation of GT cars broke almost every record Shelby posted. That was the GT40, something Shelby headed up and did well with. He walked away from the roadsters because even he could see the writing on the wall. SA closed after selling the last 427 (oops, 428) Cobra.
The price bubble from the debt ridden Boomer generation will finally subside, history will take a long view, and the rough Roadsters that couldn't sell themselves off the lot with sidepipes and rollbars will have a place in history regardless of the chest thumping from their current owners.
Ok, fine, it's an original. And likely it's never left parked at the Mall with no comp or collision insurance, either. I can do that with a kit. I won't mind at all, knowing my "place." I can use it any way I want, without velvet ropes or golf course under the wheels, and look forward to seeing some door dings on it parked at work.
It's just a car, I'll count my blessings it's not "real." That's the answer: "Oh gosh, no, I park this one at work."
