Pro vs Con Re: CSX and Superformance/ERA

[Slither]

1ntCobra, it seems to me that the aluminum bodied cars from Kirkham all come on a chassis, although I know you can purchase an aluminum body with door, hood and trunk lid separately from Kirkham. All I'm say'in is that SAI, Kirkham and my dealer all told me it was the first powder coated chassis from Kirkham and it was delivered as a roller. Perhaps the term "roller" varies from business to business. Maybe I do have a special car. Good point! It is what it is! What is your beef anyway?

P.S. I took your advice and checked the registry. All the cars do seem to be on a chassis, don't they? I believe the photos you may have taken were possibly 1000 series cars which were produced after my car was built.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by Slither

1ntCobra, it seems to me that the aluminum bodied cars from Kirkham all come on a chassis, although I know you can purchase an aluminum body with door, hood and trunk lid separately from Kirkham. All I'm say'in is that SAI, Kirkham and my dealer all told me it was the first powder coated chassis from Kirkham and it was delivered as a roller. Perhaps the term "roller" varies from business to business. Maybe I do have a special car. Good point! It is what it is! What is your beef anyway?

P.S. I took your advice and checked the registry. All the cars do seem to be on a chassis, don't they? I believe the photos you may have taken were possibly 1000 series cars which were produced after my car was built.

Perhaps my beef is that an aluminum CSX car is simply not just a Kirkham that SAI stamped a CSX serial number on. It is pretty different animal and some might prefer it over the Kirkham for reasons other than just the Shelby serial number. The fact that it had major assembly work done on it at the Shelby facility might mean that it has more Shelby DNA to it to some people.

If you are not bored by the details of the thread I mentioned, it is easy to tell the Kirkham sourced bodies from the CSX1000 series bodies in the pictures (one clue is the shape of the oil cooler scoop). And so from the pictures you can see that there are Kirkham sourced body and frames that are not rollers.

By the term "roller", I usually think of the end product that you would typically buy from either Shelby or Kirkham. Something with a suspension, wheels, tires, headlights, an interior, gauges, wiring, a windshield, etc. Something that you need to drop an engine and transmission into. Of course Shelby and Kirkham have a slightly different definition of "roller" as one is painted.