[Dan]

Good question. Shell Valley is a fine car. I have a FFR. (The B and B is worth looking at as well). Ok, here is my $0.02 worth. The FFR car is light, 2000 lbs. The concept of using the existing items from a Mustang I think is a good idea. However, don't confuse the car with just a Jazzed up Stang, it's not. The car is a near 50/50 set up and huggs the road like a real raceing machine, and that it is.
The final for me was the way the car is made. An engineer friend of mine showed me the FFR cars first. His view was that FFR is the only one (that we know of) that uses a strong race proven frame, aluminum panels and the glass body just bolts on. The glass body only holds the light, paint and gauges. The glass is not a structural member of the car at all. All other cars that I know of use the "dune buggy" style where you bolt on a glass body, to the frame and thus also becomes a part of the structure. (correct me if I'm wrong here). However, this seems to work fine on a number of cars.. I'm not saying it's bad, just not what I want out of a Cobra. Also the FFR car is some 700 lbs lighter due to this fact.
The bad side of a FFR car? The doors don't fit as well as they should (I hear this has been refined on the new ones). The after market serice could be better. (it took me 3 weeks for a set of windwings!). But, they are on the phone and "Joe" in the back will answer all the "stupid" questions and not get amused when you call.

I'm sure that either car would give you miles of smiles. There is nothing like driving one with that V-8 rumble, turning heads etc. I even plastered a Viper's hump in the dump with mine from a dead take off stop light to stop light. Not bad for a kit car and a (near) stock 5.0 engine. Nope, the car cost far less that his 70,000 or more. But then I don't have a sterio, AC and a heater either..

Take care enjoy your car, and my all means have a great time with it. After all, that is the reason they are made!