[Excaliber]

I think your smart to get another opinion AS WELL as the FFR forum group. Like you noted, there mostly cheer leaders over there so some bias has to be assumed.

But thats OK, because there also fair. If you dig and look enough you will find the good things as well as the bad things about FFR's over there.

One of the "pet peeves" you hear a lot about FFR's is their "perky butt". It comes from the gas tank hanging below the rear quarter fenders/lines of the body. Kind of like a woman with her skirt below her dress? On FFR I've seen some of the guys trying to address the "problem" by various body mounting methods, etc. It's not "that big of a deal", but it IS noticable and instantly "marks" the car as an FFR.

Being one of the best priced kits out there and a LOT of them have been sold kinda gives it an "under dog" feeling among some. For the price and the design it's dam hard to beat and MANY people prefer it as THE Cobra replica to "race" with. Light weight is a BIG advantage it is.

Because of the wide range of builders "quality" can vary LOTS from one FFR to another. Impossible to say "there all good or bad". Some are outstanding! Some are,,,, well,,,,,,not good.

Compare that to a high price car, Kirkham, SAI, SPF, ERA. Pretty safe to say ALL of those are "quality" cars. A guy spending THAT much to get in one is unlikely to cut corners once he starts the build! But there are always exceptions to the rule, some good, some bad.

Ernie