[Excaliber]

SSS,,,,makes a strong point about the build quality issues.

"Home built" can be about as good as it gets, exceeding in some cases a "professional" build.

WHO the builder IS is everything! I have no doubt about the quality of some of them, don't know about others and there is no way in hell I'd let some of them build MY car.

Take Shelby for instance, I believe the quality of workmanship and warranty etc. is excellent, a good choice of builders. DV and Don Scott come to mind as "excellent". Kirkham? NO question about quality there! There are many others great builders out there.

I guess you could buy enough parts to build your own car. If I was going to do that I would PREFER to buy a real "kit" where all the pieces actually FIT if you follow the "instructions".

Anything else is not really a "kit" in my book, it's just an assembly of "parts" you figured out how to put together. Hmmmm,,,,kinda like C.S. did when he started building the first Cobras, they sure as hell weren't "kits"!

Ernie