If it isn't a car built by Shelby then it is a copy.
Then or now and all the years in between. Period.
Evan is correct, the rest of you are just full of sour grapes because you can't afford a real one.
I have owned a kit (ERA535) and a copy (KMP185) and actually felt better about driving the kit, it felt a lot more honest than a car that was such an obvious copy.
Then again, I love golf, a sport for those of us who are coordinated and built more athletically and who prefer to get out there and participate rather than sit on the couch and watch or pontificate from the safety of a keyboard.