I excitedly joined the national SAAC back in about 1995. I quickly realized as a replica owner that I was considered a "wanna be" by a lot of SAAC original car owners.
During that first year of membership, I received one of their monthly publications. In it was a picture of a truck hitched to an open trailer, and a Cobra situated precariously over the front edge of the trailer. The owner had forgotten to properly strap down the Cobra. When the rig came to a stop, the Cobra rolled forward.
Captioned below the picture were words similar to this: "At least it was just a replica." At that point I humbly realized where I stood within their organization.
David