Doug you do make another good perspective point.
From a gathering at Livermore and Baji's, everyone know's their Cobra's pretty well but nobody get's put down.
From the casual person on the street, it goes from:
"is it real"
"is that a Miata"
"is that a old Vette"
"what IS that"
"it's cute"
"floor it!"
and thumbs up and waves.
for all intents, non-enthusiasts agree it's a unique and good looking body style unlike the bars of soap w/4 wheels these days (yeah, I got one of them too!). It never really bothered me the butt was "perky". But I guess when a bunch of them are lines up "cheek-to-cheek", the FFR's do stand out as an odd duck I guess.
And finally, to the "purists" well, I would argue that based on everything I've read in all of the Cobra related literatures and pictures to date, not many of the racing Cobra's were exactly alike. What is correct on one, doesn't exist on another (i.e. extra tall side louvers, existence of hood lovers, the hacked up front scooped Cobra called "the turd" by ken miles, windscreens vs. windshield, etc.) Just too many differences in each racers car to say something was included in the original or not. I get tired of the arguements after awhile and just drive and enjoy what I built.
