[casaleenie]

Silversmoke,
Welcome to the "agony and the ectasy". You sound like you're in the same boat I'm in. Welcome aboard! I too am looking for a great used car but want to build a kit car for the satifaction of doing it. I can find great Cobras all day long for $35 to $40 thousand but it's not in my budget. I'm prepared to travel across the country for the right car and you should be in that mode also.
Massachusetts should be a hotbed for cars what with FFR located there. A completed car price is relative to the parts installed.
You get what you pay for. The FFR can be built for around $23K with the must have components I need but a used car that comes close can be bought for around $28K. What to do???? $5K seems like a small price to pay for having someone put the car together and paint it but lacks the satifaction of building one myself....
I'm rambling on and on but you can see how difficult it is to decide...
Good luck.
casalennie.
al schafer