What options that are very useful and worth the cash

[ng8264723]

I personally don't think I'm trying to save pennies. I'm just not trying to waste money on not needed things. If you simply check off every option it quickly adds thousands possibly $10,000 or twice that much. If It's not needed I don't want them. Also they charge $5,000 to assemble the car. I don't want them to assemble the car. I can do that myself. I have built many different cars. I just never built a kit car. Currently I have a 1970 SCJ stang and 1967 Cougar witha 2 X 3 frame 12 point cage Jaguar front k-member and a vette rear. I fabricated the whole car. I also have a 2003 Cobra and a 1990 stang twinturbo (in the build phase). It is to replace my last twin turbo stang that got stolen and never recovered. So as i said the build for me is easy I have a 30 X 40 shop with a lift and pretty much everything to restore a car including a rotisserie.

[richsd]

Well to determine if it is needed or not you need to define the purpose of your car. To me, the purpose is to build a car that is as close to the original as possible. If this is your purpose then I would recommend comparing the oringal car to the Kirkham roller and then selecting the options that align with the original and not selecting the options that do not align with the original. You would then also need to deselect many of the standard Kirkham items since they are not as original such as gauges. Of course if your purpose is something other than a quest for originality then you will have a different answer to the question. Bottom line, what is the purpose? Originality, function, budget, speed, some combination? You are the only one who knows this and without understanding the thinking behind your plan we really can't guide you to the right options. I think the understanding was that you were looking for recommendations since you could not afford all of them. Whether I could afford all of them or not I chose to go without many of them. No reason to get a polished body if my purpose was originality.

Best of luck with the build. It sounds like you are more than prepared to build the car. Since you are equiped to do the build yourself maybe you can do the sidepipe cutouts yourself and get it done properly.