[What'saCobra?]

Nobody at the FIA ever had much truck with CS, not to worry. He most frequently bespoke himself out of their good graces. But money talks most gentle, doesn't it?

i have no doubt the K's can make a perfect copy of a real Cob and do it correctly enough to make Brian happy, even.

The point is that the organizers will get grief from the hairdressers (driving their 356 Carerras) that have got real cars and object to some imposters posing and making their real cars look poorly. Remember also that while the race fans loved the Cobras, other racers seriously disliked the cars, the drivers and everything about Cobras. And the Kirkhams will be exact, but spanking new, which will torque the other regulars whose cars may not be the perfect restorations we see here.

i can see this new FIA reg causing more XK-E's to race and since many of them are already old data plates lifted up and a new chassis slid under it, that class might not object. But, you know how people are...

Now, if someone important were to buy a K and ask to enter it, say some well known FIA entrant, that might get the ball rolling.

i would dearly wish that running the K's in historic FIA would happen. Particularly 427's in FIA Group 4. Perhaps initially in Monza or Brno where they need entrants to fill the grid? Certainly not Le Mans or Silverstone or the Ring. Can you imagine the nowl at the Oldtimer if someone brought a new K and it was accepted for entry! That is a very posh and hystorical hysterical crowd and IMHO, no way. Wish it were so, though.

i could see Mallory Park or Snetterton working, though. But, in the end, the number or real race cars sold will be few, since it costs a lot more money to race the car than buy it. Careful buyiing usually results in no lost capital, while race expenses are all gone, baby.

Let's face it, most Cobras are poseurs and not racers (particularly real cars). Nothing wrong with that though because that is what moves units. In the end, image/investment ratio sells, but performance/cost ratio enjoys.

Re-read the last sentence and think about it a bit. It contains a lot of experience and wisdom from mucho analysis of expensive high performance/image products...more than cars...here, let me write it again,

Image/investment ratio sells, but performance/cost ratio enjoys.