[Karl Bebout]

Lewis, you are certainly in a buyer's market. If you're looking in the $45K range, you can pick up great deals by looking at Superformance, Backdraft,EM, ERA, Shell Valley, and several other excellent makes, maybe even a lower end Kirkham, if someone is a little "motivated". Funny how well cash can talk. The first two I mentioned, are actually factory built cars and their fit and finish is generally very good. Other's might be a little more true to the orginals, if that's what you are after. There are many people on this site that would most likely be very happy to go look over a car that is for sale, if you don't want to spend the time and money to do it yourself. Me, if I was going to spend that much cash, I'd be making a weekend trip, just to get a warm and fuzzy that the car was or wasn't what I wanted.