Classic Roadsters Opinion Needed

[Double Venom]

Fella
To be up front I am a builder of ALL Cobras, I have built more CR's than any other brand. Not by my choice but by my customer choices. The two Cobras you picked to compare to a CR's is really quite unfair. They're like the old apples and orange debate, ya they're both about the same shape and basically size, but in all honesty that is where the comparison ends.

Look in the trunks see how many are truly a one piece trunk-weather tight, or how many kits have simply a hole in them they drop a gas tank into. I have seen cobras with nothing but "air" and a tank in the back.

How many cobras have DOT approved double locking door mechanisms-maybe EM OR WestCoast Cobras?

How many Cobras have a 4" steel channel running through the interior of their doors?
'How many Cobra have ALL structural components bolting into STEEL?
How many Cobras have a fuel tank that is totally enclosed in the frame and not hanging down below the frame by 4 or 5 inches!?

At least go into the same family and compare, my personnel and professional opinion is to find a Mid STATES, ( Although they have been out of business for years.) Unique, ERA, EM, Superpreformance, West Coast.

Pick a kit, any kit, open the doors and see how much play is built in? Some are so far out you have to manually hold up the door to get it to close without hitting the body. Gentlemen, please don't tell me it's the builders fault! That is BS. I have spent hours and sometime days rebuilding some company's hinges so the door would at least work with one hand.

Look at the hinges! Tube-ultra thin just bent to make a hinge? Or in some cases even worse?

Yes, I build and used to sell them all (Now retired), as far as I know off I am/was the only commercial builder that refused to stick to one company.

Between your choices with nothing else to go on but price you can see where my choice would lay. In fact you are more than welcome to call me at 231-869-4608. I will be Glad to try and give you an honest open opinion.

DV