Interesting. The new classification idea is a good one, where we/they could specify a 'type' within a range the features of the replica/s. Could mean of course that we would have to use an all Ford designation in Cobras - small block that is, if a single 'type' was established for traditional Cobras? (Those modern GM motors are the ones to blame for this slide to modernity and all its regulations????)
Seriously though, this seems the right path as you have described it above, and should be the take off point for any future moves. Perhaps at the coming Nationals the State Presidents could get together and discuss some strategies and how the issue could be progressed so that future builders have greater confidence that their vehicles are registerable and feasible from a construction perspective?
Merv