I guess I am a "Kirkham Owner" of sorts as well...so I can comment too.
As the years go by, our car is evolving more and more to what most customers want. For example, 4 piston brakes, billet suspension parts, etc. Of course we still offer all of the original reproduction parts, but we find very few customers who want that now.
Also, our cars have changed in how they are delivered as well. Now, our cars are all sanded with very few exceptions. When they are sanded, you don't have to worry about the interior carpet and leather as we almost always install the interiors on sanded cars.
Also, you don't have to worry about the final riveting of the interior panels. The cars that Ron and Bud bought years ago did not have all of that work already completed from the factory.
It makes sence they had to take their cars apart (as we did here in the US as well) when they were shipped to us. It just goes more along the theme of what today's customer's want. Most want a sanded body. When the body is sanded, the rest of the car can be easily finished by the factory. (Don't want to finish the wool carpet and then sand the car and put all that alumium dust on it!)
Like I said, all cars from Poland are now sanded and all panels are now riveted down. Most of the work hard work is now finished. If you want to put yours together by yourself, you will have a great time, but it will undoubtedly cost you more money (time, etc) to do by yourself. Finally, we have assembled a great number of cars over the years and have gained an incredible amount of experience from the likes of Dave Dralle and Mike McCluskey. That assembly experience translates directly to you if we put the car together. We know what to look for and what NOT to do to paint yourself into a corner. We have learned from Bud's and Ron's comments. (Really, very few people put these cars together for themselves, so we really appreciated their feed back to help us make our cars better.)
Then again...when I am driving a car I have built myself, it does bring a certain smile on your face nothing else can.
We are happy to do whatever you want.
David
