[KobraKarl]

Balloonist,

Contemporary was started "79" I think, and went out of biz in the late 90's after being sold .
contemporary's are in my opinion (and many others) in the top two or three replica manufacturers ( before Kirkham came along) . The body molds were splashed off an original 427 cobra, so the looks and fit are very accurate. they also use the 4" tube frame and jag suspension. most of the Contemporary's I have looked at were built in the 80's or very early 90'S when FE parts were not so rare and $$$ consequently most are fitted with top loaders, 427's and 428's.

Most Contemporary's are composed of top shelf components, but beware of the build up , as many were home constructed ,and I have seen some pretty poor work on a couple.

There was a wide variety of brake parts and lower rear controll arms used as well, I would not buy any thing with cut and rewelded lower control arms and axles. Either get the e-type axles and control arms (very typical of the earliar cars) or get the billet / tube set up from Accurate machine or Concourse west.

There are pages of great thing to say about them , i'll leave that and any criticism to someone else .

good luck

KK