[Clois Harlan]

The difference in performance is minimal to those of us that are not "REAL" race car drivers. Mat's Coupe is on the cutting edge of performance and begs to be driven in all out competition.

My build will be the street version and aside from a few proprietary inovations should out perform most standard Coupes in production. Pricing for the street version may be similar to the Factory Five Coupe but the quality and performance is right there with the Kirkhams and Superformance models.

An advantage that is obvious with Mat's video is that he is 6'4" tall and fits nicely in the JBL Coupe. Now you can see that this Coupe is accomodating to virtually all passengers (you may have to order a wider seat from Kirkey if you consider yourself a little wide in the business part of your body). The engineering is spectacular in either version and the fit and finish is second to none.

Larry started my build in April but has focused all the shops efforts on Mats car so they could have it ready for the Shelby meet this past weekend in Tulsa. Now, my it's my turn and the build should go very quickly since Larry has most of my fiberglass work done as well as most of my chassis. It's time to start the clock and start hanging parts on the next JBL Coupe. My thread will resume next week with real time daily updates.

Clois