[Hal Copple]

if a guy wants something bad enough, car, relationship, career, he will do whatever it takes to acquire it. But he has to want it enough to make it happen. Males are motivated by love, hate, power, and greed.

For us generally older guys, replica owners, we did it. The "cobra" was an icon for many of us, but it won't be for the youth of the future. I suspect the handsome, visceral appearl of a cobra will always be admired, but not enough to fire the zeal in the future car guys. My son, a Boxster driver loves my Cobra, but has no interest in the great muscle cars of the '60's, nor any "hotrod". His ideal is to someday have a GT3, or Ferrari. Not something that was out of production before he was even born.

The obstacles to acquisition and registration/insurance are clear. But not impossible. But Tomorrow's car guys will lust after hi-tech performance cars, not old relics like our primative replicas. It won't mean much to have a REAL One, nor any other variety.
I see the replica business beginning to contract in the next decade, to a much smaller, very specialized "nitch" industry.

So let us enjoy the drive into the sunset.