Gents,
I have posted the following post over in All Cobra Talk. More comments below.
Gents,
Kirkham has decided to shelve the fiberglass project. We will not be making or selling any fiberglass cars for now--or as far as we can see into the future. We did not answer questions on the subject until we could contact all of those who put deposits down on the fiberglass cars. I hope you can all understand why we didn't answer earlier. I apologize for any problems I may have created.
Why did we cancel the project?
We took one of our fiberglass cars out into the sun one day and left it outside because we were cleaning out the shop and needed some space. When we went to bring the car back in we noticed the body had shifted in the sun.
I guess we know how to make aluminum bodies and haven't figured out how to make fiberglass ones.
I would like to give a special thanks to all of those customers who sent us a deposit on the belief we could make them a fiberglass car. As the cars were not up to our standards, we offered all of the customers who put a deposit down on one of the fiberglass cars a complete refund on their deposit--or--a car in aluminum as a replacement. All of the fiberglass customers decided to take an aluminum car.
Again, many thanks to all who participated in our experiment. Back to the drawing board.
David
Keith,
Please accept my sincere apology as to not answering this thread eariler. I hope you can understand why we did not answer it earler.
Ron,
So sorry for the delay in getting you your parts. We simply sold so many cars at the first of the year that you were extrememly difficult to work back into the schedule when you called back as soon as you did. We did not expect you to call as soon as you did and we were experiencing a severe shortage of parts at the time. Sadly, you were not the only one who waited a long time for parts. I truly do appreciate your patience and that of many other customers.
Again,
A sincere thanks to those customers who showed faith in us and gave us a deposit on an unproven product. I hope they are all happy with their "427 F" cars which are all now made out of aluminum.
David
