[Clois Harlan]

Sorry for posting this and not checking back but my mother had some health issues over the holidays that required all my attention.

To answer some of the questions:

I just thought that as much as we love our cars there are some issues that have been over looked or side stepped. I have built or helped build several kits (B&B, Backdraft (three times), Hurricane, RCR, JBL, FFR (twice), and one Kirkham. IMO each has their strong points and weaknesses. Perhaps the some of the MOST loyal owners are those with Superformance Cars. IMO, Some of the best build instructions come from Factory Five as do some of the best revisions (Dave Smiths group seems to listen to their customers). I know that Mike and Steve at Hurricane used a lot of input to make their Cobra as good as it could possibly be and stay with in a certain price point. Hurricane and Backdraft are two of the best mid-priced Kits available. I know Tony Martin and Reg Dodd has put a lot of development into thier cars as well. Kirkham, Shelby, Superformance and ERA are excellent cars and I would love to own any of them. I would include JBL to the later list because I have seen the build from start to finish and the workmanship is as good as any I have seen yet.

My original kit was well built at the time but lacked many of the safety and performance upgrades I wanted. Unfortunately, I didn't know I needed or wanted those upgrades at the time of my build. For me ownereship was a learning curve. The first time I took my Cobra to the track one of the other drivers noticed my 9" brake rotors and told me I really needed to upgrade my brakes before doing anymore spirited driving on the track. He was Correct! As it turned out I made a lot of upgrades.

Clois