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Originally Posted by Mando
Mr Damage, I spoke with Craig late last year and he assured me that it wouldn't be an issue getting registration in South Australia. The only reason I'm considering a Kirkham is because Bernie Knight had his car built and registered through Craig without any trouble so I assumed it wouldn't be a problem for me. Would this not be correct?
In reading all these threads and posts regarding the fiberglass Pace cars I still find it astounding that so many people have bought the Pace kit without one being registered or at the very least completed.
I'm still waiting to see if it's a case of blind faith or dumb luck. 
Regards. |
Bernie's Cobra is on Club Rego...not Full rego.
I know that Craig could have built a complete car a couple of years ago...and got it registered, before selling kits...
But they have already made so many improvements to the original concept , that if it was built back then, it wouldn't represent the current vehicles being built.
This was all about building a Cobra unlike anything that had been on offer before.
Lighter/stronger/easier to build/ full instructions on the build/better bodies/better designed interiors with massive leg room.
But also...in doing this...Craig has to be always trying to get to a position where he can produce these cars at an affordable price, and reproduce each vehicle to the EXACT same specifications each time...i.e. so they can be built in large numbers, like a mini production line.
e.g. Rather than just machine a part or component to do the best job...he then has to produce maybe 50 or 100 of these parts all exactly the same, and ready to be used on future Cobras.
This is not some guy building one or two Cobras in a shed somewhere, and when the next order comes in, goes over to the jig, and starts making another little bit by little bit, and making bits to fit as he goes.
As they develop these AP cars...each part/component is computer designed to do the best job, drawings with all specs created on computers to then ascertain what these components could cost to be made in bulk and best quality....priced to be made by suppliers most likely off site/overseas , and then used in the improvement of the design.
There's a hell of a lot that's gone into these AP Cobras, and I'm hoping like hell that with a little patience, and faith in them, they will be world class producers of unbelievable quality Cobra replicas.
Kirkhams might not be the only "Flash" Cobras on the market soon...
Wouldn't that be interesting?
Cheers,
Warren