[Turk]

Hal,
One of the major differences between the two cars, quality of Kirkhams maybe more dependent on the builder/finisher since they will sell you one of their cars in different stages of completion.

Whereas Shelby cars are built with more consistent quality controls in place. They do sell them as a 100% completed roller.

Take Pat Buckley's or Ron Richard's (Computerworks) cars for instance. They are bound to be of better and higher quality than anything that left the factory from either Shelby or Kirkham.

If Kirkhams or Shelby did finish the cars to those standards, most of us without those talents, patience, and funds would be driving nothing more than a SPF. Those cars would be unfordable to masses.

To sum it up, A Kirkham finished by Kirkhams to their exacting standards would be as good a car as one assembled by Shelby.
A Kirkham finished like Pat's would be better than anything coming out of Las Vegas.

However, if Shelby would have sent my car to me incomplete I could have easily turned it into something no better than other replicas out there.

TURK