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You need to go to Retromobile - last time I was there a number of coach builders were showing Delahayes and Talbot Lagos with new replica Fakey and Flashy bodies. Not rally kit cars as the running gear was all authentic and the bodies were coach built in traditional materials just like the original ones.
One of the guys who works with me on my Delage is doing a tear drop coupe on a Talbot Lago and an airline coupe is being built on another Delage 3 litre chassis.
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@Dammit can you even get in that without putting dents in that rear wing?
If you're going to make replicas then a bit of imagination would be nice. It's always a GTO, a Countach, an e-type, a Diablo, a 355 or 458.
If I found a well-built example of the original DinoGT with an Alfa V6 then I'd be tempted, cos I like Dinos, but the current MR2-based kit is all wrong.
I'd love to see replicas of things like the original Stratos show-car or Pininfarina's XJ-S concept.
Or maybe some pre-war stuff other than Bugatti's - A Delahaye 135 with Figoni and Falaschi bodywork, an Invicta S-Type or the Daimler Double-Six Corsica.
I'd also like a perfect copy of Jaguar's XJ40 estate. With the v12. If you're doing Ferraris then a 275 GTB would be my choice, but I'd rather they made a replica Iso Grifo or Gordon Keeble that used a Corvette as its base car.
Talking of base cars I reckon there's a market for something which breathes new life into the mechanical bits of terminally rusty Merc W202s and W210s. There's some seriously decent engineering under that piss-poor quality control. How about an more modern Isadora Imperator?