As a future potential customer, here is my "dream" scenario, for any who are interested:
Kirkham 427 S/C replica, fully assembled (including rear differential & half-shafts, engine
oil cooler, and side-exhaust pipes). If a fiber-glass body is ever offered, I would select this option and I would like the car painted since my intent would be to drive it as often as possible; however, since I know fiber-glass may never be offered, I would choose a brushed aluminum body. In my scenario, all I would need to provide is an engine, transmission, and fluids.
I know that there are manufacturers out there offering packages like this (I have researched many), but I keep coming back to and lusting after a Kirkham because of how true the cars are to the originals. Details such as body shape, frames rails, and role bar positioning and slope are extremely important to me, and I have not found any other replica manufacturer with the same attention to detail as the Kirkhams.
The point, for me, when I finally do this (in about 5 - 10 years), is that I will most likely choose a Kirkham because, in my mind, their car is the "real thing". I would pursue the closest thing to a real one since the first Cobra to grab my attention was a real one 8 years ago; I wish I had had the presence of mind to note the CSX number, but at that time I was just finding out what a Cobra really was.
(I say my time horizon is 5-10 years because I am a graduate student in my late 20s and do not have the means--otherwise I might be interested in that one currently for sale. It's pretty close to what I'd want!)
Sorry for rambling;
Thank you for the opportunity to share!
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