FIA on E-bay, (Hi-Tech)

[southernfriedcj]

Mr. Bruce, the Ebay HiTech car from a month ago did not close. The buyer did to complete the transaction(according to the seller). I was the #2 bidder and the seller contacted me about the car, but the car had been bid up by a buyer who didn't close, so I would not pay the high bid price(the seller and I never talked price so I don't know if he was willing to drop back to my former high bid, before the "buyer" bid the car up another 3k).
Before I returned the sellers call, I called the Kirkhams and got the info on their cars. As I was suffering from a bad case of "arruminum" envy, I had to have an alloy car. I decided to wait until I was ready to buy a car and buy a Kirkham before I bought the HiTech frame and body and got in over my head on a build.
In the meantime the Kirkhams started Ebaying a few cars(there is a 427 on Ebay now at about 23.1k) and I could not resist the 289FIA's that they put up for auction. I was planning on buying the 289 FIA until they put up the 289 FIA body on the 427 frame, I could not resist that car and I feel I got a great deal at 19.1k for the frame/body/accessories. Now the waiting begins.......

Jim

Edit: I think the price of a Kirham roller is 59k, Kirkham has posted on this site and Steve Kirkham has told me on the phone that KMS will complete the Ebay car to a roller for 20k in parts and 5k in labor. This will not get you a car at the 59k price point, as some things are different from the original Cobra parts. Two of these are the brakes, which are Wilwoods, and the rear end, which Steve will have to explain(I think it's a jag type rearend without inboard brakes as opposed to the unit they put in their original specification roller.