Ned: indeed, I have spent many an evening sitting in my old rocking chair on the porch, watching the sun set and wondering what will become of us all, once the ravages of time and metalurgial decay (if that's an acceptable term) has led every Thames Ditton Cobra to slip a fresh chassis under its nice new shiny bodywork. You can retire with honors and I'll carry on writing about replicas! So I win....
Dale - for the record, yes Lord Ned does know it all and has forgotten more about Cobras than mere mortals like me (and you) will ever know. We are not worthy!