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Originally Posted by Marc Wulf

I do truly apologize.I didn't want to anger any owners.I should have been more specific .Im obviously a new member.I was looking for some kind of guidance to avoid a big mistake ,because I'm looking to buy my first one and obviously don't know much.I do know I've wanted one all my life.At 59 years old I'm finally doing it. Again I apologize,
Marc

I think you need to start with a budget before you dive in to what is the best. If money were no object, or I had a much higher budget, I would purchase a CSX for the simple fact of people asking...."Is that real?" I'm not joking either, but I'm also not saying that the Shelby is the best quality. The truth is, I think that all of the big manufactures of replica (not kits, as the quality varies too widely) cars are pretty close in quality, or kits if they are built by someone who knows what they are doing. These are simple cars with few items to go wrong, and some of the items that do have problems are shared among manufactures or are at least very similar (clutch cylinder comes to mind).

FOR THE MONEY that I was willing to spend, a new Backdraft was the "best" driver for my budget, and second was a used Superformance. A new superformance was more expensive than the backdraft by a decent amount, and there were trade-offs between the two (superformance is more authentic with slightly better paint from what I've seen, but doesn't handle on the track quite as well).

So pick a budget, sit on that budget for a little while, and decide if it's worth even having the budget. It might be worthwhile to wait a bit and up the budget to avoid any potential mistakes.