[G.R.]

Knock off wheels ie. usually a 3 ear spinner(knockoff) or, rarely, some times a large nut---driven by pins on the wheel hub--no lugnuts as on a typical wheel---thus "pin drive wheels"

In the Cobra replica market you can go from the "Kia to the Rolls" in quality of build---so many factors are involved , cost, quality, authenticity to the original cars, and on and on.

And in the end it really means nothing if what you get is the one you want. Is there a "best"? I don't know. They all replicate the original in one way or another and will turn heads on the street. Cobraphiles will be the only ones that will nitpick one mfg from another.

Depending upon your budget--Kirkham or Shelby for a "tin" or glass car,Superformance, ERA, Unique, Backdraft, Lonestar, Shell Valley, Midstates, Classic roadster, FFR---and others. And other than the first two there is no particular order in my recommendation. The best will be the one "you" build or buy--because it is yours.

Probably the hardest question here to answer is "which kit is best or better" lots of loyalty here to a particular make.

Research, research, research--Unless you are dead set upon building your own look at the "For Sale" market here and on Cobra Country---some real values out there at a fraction of the cost of trying to build/buy a similar one---IMO