Pat, I don't know whether it's the photographic version of 'foreshortening' but in your second photo of 'originals', the car appears to be a left hooker, which basically means.....????
IMHO, Keith has summed it up pretty succinctly for me......if we're driving ANY version of this brilliant car in the USA (or other country's) and its LHD center shift then we're driving a fake, copy, duplicate, tribute, recreation, facsimile, clone, continuation, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
A crease here, a funky rear there, an odd wheel opening here, less the original interior there, huge motor here, upgraded brakes there..........The fact is all but a few of us have the $$ to buy an original so we have to "settle" for a copy and yes maybe some copies are better then others but they are still copies and frankly I love my copy as much as the next guy loves his. If you want a "tool room" copy of the original you'll have to pay $500K+ for what is indisputably (IMHO) the best "copy" on the market.
As Rick Muck pointed out whatever you have if its what you like then its the best there is.
But I agree with many others...this has been a very entertaining thread!