Kirkham

Steve Kirkham · #18 (**permalink**) 03-20-2003, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by jhl1963

Steve, have you guys worked out any detail on the cheaper packages? aka using the jag rear e.t.c.?

Thanks,
Jordan

The prices above are the cheaper packages. As we come up with more economical options (always in keeping with the 'bolts to original' and 'equal to or better than original' rules) we incorporate them and adjust the price accordingly. Wilwood brakes and the Jaguar diff are now standard on our basic roller.
Specifically:

Jaguar Differential: It makes no noticable difference to the ride, uses exactly the same gears, and cuts significant dollars off the base price. It's actually pretty much what the AC Mk IV used. For the purists who still want our reproduction aluminum diff, it will set them back $3,500 extra. It used to be $2,500, but it's gone up.

Wilwood Brakes: They're lighter, work better, are widely available and cost less. We still offer the Girlings for the pure of heart.

So we've lowered the price of the basic roller a bit, while, as always, raising quality. Consequently we're selling at capacity now. We would dearly love to increase production, but we can't crank it up very much without compromising quality. So we're actually seeing some supply/demand issues cause a small premium in pricing.

On this same note, we like eBay because all the price dickering is taken care of by the bidders, and we KNOW when we list a car that it will sell on a certain date and time. Right now, clicking through our banner ads on Club Cobra doesn't take you to our main website, it takes you to the list of current Kirkham Motorsports' eBay auctions.

This is probably a good time to address another question: If we're selling at capacity, what are we doing with cars on eBay? It occasionally happens that a customer's personal cash flow projections get adjusted. When this happens, generally the customer asks to be bumped to the end of the waiting list. This causes cars, in varying degrees of assembly, to come available for immediate sale (eBay) while cars that haven't yet arrived in country have deposits.