[Jim Colman]

Domenic,
I don't want to burst your bubble, but as a general rule, usually the only person who loses money when they sell a kit car is the person who built it. You can just about always sell a kit car for receipts, i.e. what you have in the project as far as out of pocket costs are concerned, assuming that you built the car correctly. Most often you can sell the car for a bit more, but you will almost never get back your labor costs, at least at anything approaching a decent hourly wage.

People who build cars for a living will tell you that they only build cars on commission, never as a speculative project, and that the only reason they can make a little money at it is because they know how to do the job quickly and efficently.

I've run into a few guys who thought they could strike out on their own and build cars for other people, while working out of their garage in their spare time. Usually after they finish the first build they say; "never again".

If you're still interested in building a kit, you might want to check out Factory Five Racing as well. Perhaps not the fastest or easiest build, but a very popular kit that comes with a pretty good build manual.

Also, you might want to post your question on the "all Cobra talk" area of ClubCobra rather than this site. This area is for people to report problems (or heap praise) on the different replica vendors.

Cheers
Jim