Scratch build in Australia?

[Tenrocca]

Looking at the prospect of doing another build sometime in the next few years. Made some initial contact with Mr Bruce regarding his fia kit which may be an option down the track, but also considering starting from scratch and getting one of his bodies. As most Australian kit manufacturers are now gone or going, and the Pace chassis isn't (for me at least) what a cobra should be, building a local kit isn't really an option. A kirkham\shelby is still the ultimate cobra kit, but not really in budget. I also love the "Exact" Carbon car - but I think only a few were built. (Check these out if you missed the thread New kid on the block new carbon fiber cobra).

I know the Clubbie boys build their chassis from scratch, so Im unsure why the same isn't done as much or at all in the cobra community. When I look at some of the morons in the past that have sold cobra kits it clearly isn't rocket science.

Apart from having to do your own torsion and beaming tests, I cant see anything that would be different in getting it engineered over what I needed to do for my Classic Revival. Ensuring you have a design that meets the tests is clearly an issue, but shouldn't be hard to overcome if you work with an excellent engineer like Treeve.

Any thoughts.

Cheers