Brent,
The question is it real or not is going to be asked regardless of what you put on the car. I made mine as far from original as I could and still have it resemble a Cobra and every person that sees it asks if it is real. Also another question that I get asked a lot ,"Is that the same kind of car that James Dean got killed in?" If they get nasty about the car when talking to me I just tell them that when they build theirs to build it to suite themselves, I never built mine to make them happy.
Ron