Cobra's at an "Import" show?

[BT SNAKE]

Ernie,
I have been a hot rodder(street rodder to some) since 1962. I have had seven different rods. I had the same biased opinion as many of the rodders have today. I didn't care about kits because I didn't understand. A friend built a EM cobra and gave me a ride in it. That did it! I was hooked .
I told this story before but it's worth tellin' again. Last November I took my GT40 to the Goodguys Southwest Nationals. The car was swamped with people on both days. A fellow and his wife walked up to me and said the car was nice. The guy then asks if it was a kit car. I told him it was a self assembly automobile. well, he laughed and said it's a kit! I asked him if he had a car at the show and he anxiously pointed over a couple rows and said he owned a 37 ford three window coupe. He went on telling me about all the componants he had like a Downs body and a fatman frame and loads of others stuff. When he finished I told him that Ford never made a three window coupe. He agreed and said his car was known as a phantom and they graft a 36 three window top onto the 37. I smiled at him and told him that it sounds like a kit car to me. It was pretty obvious that his wife didn't like it cause she immediatly walked away pulling at his arm.
Sorry if the truth hurts but in todays street rod market they are mostly componant built. Not too much different than a kit. At least a kit has one manufacturer but street rodders buy the componants from a thousand different places.
I luv street rods and kit cars of all kinds. I'm just a car nut.

Hersh