[John Poling]

As usual, late to the party but I'll check in. I bought mine second hand in the very early stages of the build. My original kit was purchased back in early 1998 and sat around as a rolling chassis with a drivetrain until I bought it in late 2001. Mine required a lot of modifications as it seems to have been an early rendition of their Cobra. Some of the pictures of A&C's on this forum are very different from mine in terms of the frame assembly. A lot of the modifications I have had to make to mine appear to be corrected on the current production units from A&C. I think that the A&C Cobra of today is a very good kit as it seems Joe T. and his crew have taken time to update some of the early problems.

I do have to say that every time I called and talked to Joe he was very receptive of the problems I was having and went above and beyond what he probably really needed to do considering I was not the person that purchased the original kit from him.

I spent about 1000 hours in my build but did a lot of modifications from the base kit, some neccessary and some because ....... well, I'm a perfectionist. I did all of the labor on mine exept the engine which was built by John York, the paint which was done by a local specialty shop and the interior was done by another local specialty shop. I had a complete interior from A&C but chose to go to a black interior because of the color scheme I chose completely clashed with the red vinyl that was supplied with the kit.

All-n-all I am quite pleased with my experience with this company and my build, and would recomend A&C for you too if you want a well mannered street and occasional strip car that you can have some fun with. I think that the body is second to none, when I took it to the paint shop they commented that it was the straightest 'glas body they had ever seen, they seemed very impressed. After they were finished, you can hardly tell it's 'glas it's so straight. I would recomend this shop to anyone that wants a supperior finished product. They are located here in Fort Wayne, Indiana and have clients as far west as St. Louis and as far east as the coast. If anyone is interested let me know. My body and paint job was billed at just under $10,000 and was worth every penny.

Please look at my photo gallery and ask any question you have, if I can't answer, I'm sure some of te other A&C owners/builders can like Roscoe or TonyMadrid or PNJSNAK (and others) all great people to talk to.

Anyhow, this is great, our own room. This makes me very happy that we have a place to go to ask questions specifically about our A&C builds. I've already got it saved as a hot button on my 'puter.

Have a great day guys and gals.
John