Why are SSK replicas, moreso than other common replicas, so ungodly horrible? I don't think I've ever seen one that even comes CLOSE to the original car's proportions...
#1, Because they're almost all from Classic Motor Carriages back in the '80s?
I have some of their brochures from when my dad wanted to build one of CMC's fiberglass Cobra replicas.
They're the same people who did fiberglass MG TDs, '34 Ford 3-window coupes, 356 Speedsters and the infamous "359".