[jrussell]

Hal,
You pose a good question! I have also had my SPF for about three years and four months now (but only 12,000 miles). My son John jr.(10 years old at the time)and I picked it up from Doug Reed in Chalmette, Louisiana on October 20,1999 and drove it home to Dallas (575 miles) as the start of our adventure. We have shared track time together at Motorsport Ranch south of Ft. Worth, Texas and Hallett just west of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and he has probably shared six round trips to Austin, Texas with me. All in all, he and I have probably logged 8,000 miles together, and we have formed a bond that I doubt we could duplicate any other way. When he turns 15 in May of 2004, I will use the Cobra to teach him how to drive a manual transmission. I will also do the same thing with my daughter Lyndsie this summer (she will be 16 in June ) when she gets her drivers license....she now has a driving permit.
Now, to actually adress your question about replacing my replica I will give you my honest answer, which is " I truly don't know", and furthermore I really don't want to think about it because I would very likely be forced to be "practical" which these cars are truly not for the very large majority of us (excluding you, my friend). I do not intend to EVER get rid of my car, and like you I expect my son to take the car in the event anything ever occurred that forced me to give the car up.
Hal, I guess this is a long-winded way of saying I don't know and I really don't even want to think about it because I really can't replace this car with anything that can come close to what my replica has given me.
Truthfully,
John Russell
SPF#586