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Rickyd,

I am in the process of building my second Cobra replica. I have read of some who have built four or five.

Some of us do it because we enjoy the creativity of doing the job the way we want it to be done. Some things are very subtle, to say the least, but it is our heart and soul invensted in the final product.

I have the recources to go the route that you went, but I would have missed all the enjoyment of the build.

I can tell you from first hand experience that it is a "high" to say "Thank you for the complements on my car and yes I built it myself." My old car (an LAE) brought home thirty trophies including best of class and best of show at both rod and custom and handcrafted shows.

I am not immediately concerned about the resale value of my FFR. I am building it for pleasure and I will get lots of that.

I did sell my LAE, after driving it for seven years and 40k miles, and came very close to what I had spent building it. That amount will more than cover the costs I am experiencing to be able to get my new FFR up and running. I'll have enough, after I go through the debugging process, to put on several upgrades. I will have to drive it for a few miles to see what, if any, upgrades I want.

Any immediate gratification I need will come from our new Boxter which will be here around Feb. 11.