Let me throw my two cents in on Kirkham cars. First of all, I'm an owner of a CSX 7000 series car, 289 FIA. The FIA has always been my favorite roadster because it was the roadster that competed internationally in 1964 for the FIA championship. That said, I've always been interested in getting an FIA and looked at various FIA models from the time Unique brought their's out in early 1990's.
When Shelby announced he was going to bring out two versions of the FIA, one in glass and one in aluminum PRODUCED BY KIRKHAM (my emphasis), I was extremely interested in buying a Kirkham produced car. I'd heard all the good things about how supposedly exact and authentic Kirkham cars were. Imagine my astonishment when I went to Las Vegas to look at a Kirkham FIA and found:
1. The FIA "suitcase bumps" (the very item which makes an
FIA an FIA ) MISSING FROM THE TRUNK LID!!!
2. The hood scoop on the Kirkham FIA was incorrectly
shaped.
3. The
oil cooler opening below the D shaped grill opening
on the front of the car was missing.
Needless to say, there was no way I was going to pay an extra $20,000.00 for an aluminum car which was incorrect and then have to pay someone like Bruce Kimmins thousands more to fix these three defects.
So David, my message to you is: what's the explanation?
In fact, some months ago I sent you an email about this very issue which you never replied to. Since seem to be so concerned about the "quality" and "authenticity" of Kirkham products, please tell me and all others reading this thread why Kirkham produced a car with these major errors.
Tony Sousa
CSX 7035
(an AUTHENTIC FIA)