SAI buys ONLY the aluminum body and frames from Kirkham (and the frame is apparently slightly different than the standard Kirkham frame in that the motor mounts are are not in the standard position). SAI does NOT buy complete rollers from Kirkham.
When you are buying an aluminum body CSX continuation car from SAI, you are buying a car with a lot of the work done in Vegas.
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Originally Posted by Slither
Well patrickt, I must have one of those rare top of the line type kirkham or era replicas. My aluminum car, CSX4266, was built by the Kirkhams at their shop in Provo, Utah and sold as a complete roller to SAI. So therefore by you, would make it a top of the line SHELBY COBRA. The quality in this car is Kirkham quality. That is the way it was back in the late 2001's. If it wasn't for ol' Carroll Shelby doing what he did back in the day, we wouldn't even have this forum today. Why do you hate the man but love his product by owning a replica of it?
I do agree with you that SAI is not what it used to be. Personally, I think they should have ceased construction of the Cobra at the time of his death. SAI doesn't seem to care about the Cobra owner any longer. They are so involved with converting Mustangs to huge HP powerhouses that the Cobra is pushed in to a corner now. Of course, this is only my opinion and everybody else has theirs. Sorry if we don't agree.
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