Rogers' Sweet Backdraft!

[C4 Cross Fire]

Well, the wife and I visited Rogers in Fulton, MO, and took a look at his Backdraft roadster. That's one sweet ride! He said Backdraft prices went up $3000 since he purchased it. That's too bad--for the rest of us. I must admit that I've only seen one other replica roadster--and I don't even know what kit it was made from, but I DO know a little bit, and this is what impressed me about Rogers' new ride:

1. WOW--what a paint job--straight from the factory!
2. Proper Cobra-shaped doors, rather than the more squarish ones some kits have
3. The rear fenders had the lip/extention, rather than no lip at all like some kits (B&B, for example)
4. Interior body door jam/lip had a nice metal trim piece instead of just a fiberglass lip
5. The stainless steel side pipes had the protective anti-snake bite plate over top of the hot pipe
6. The hood had a piston installed at the front center, rather than a manual rod to hold it open
7. And lots of stuff that looked really good to me that I don't really have experience to compare from, such as the VERY NICELY APOLSTERED LEATHER SEATS and the rest of the interior, the nicely-carpeted trunk, the stainless reflective panels in the engine compartment, the authentic-looking fuel door w/locking insert, nice guages w/reverse speedo (I think the guage package wasn't authentic, but they REALLY looked nice!), forward-bent shifter, BMW rear end/suspension, etc. Check out the Backdraft site. Overall, this appeared to be a QUALITY vehicle.

I've got some experience in restoration, but not in actual building/assembling like this, so take this for what its worth, HOWEVER, after seeing this vehicle, if I had my Vette sold right now, the wife and I would be at it again--me in my corner arguing for; and she, in hers, against! Thank God for bills--our home is quiet!

I think Rogers told me that he had most of this vehicle assembled by Backdraft, and even had the throaty 302/tranny installed in TX before the vehicle actually got here to MO for him to license.

Rogers, that's one sweet ride!! Who was the guy who sold you and installed the engine/tranny? The price you told me--that was withOUT the engine/tranny, right?