[decooney]

Hey Jim,
you bring up a very valid point about selection. And you're right, a Unique is fairly complete. Side by side, it requires less time, money and energy to complete. Placing value on ones time is an important factor to some... lots of cars go uncompleted for 2/3/5 up to 10 years or sometimes never get completed. Hence, the Deluxe Pallete kit was created by Unique. FFR will sell you a roller too, but then pricing changes quickly and comparisons start over again...

as for frames, that is a debate in itself about aesthetics vs. function. I would not trade my box frame for a round-tube, even if the car cost $10,000 less or more to build.

I guess I'm confused and did not understand your post... you say you wanted to build a car, so you went with the FFR, right?. Did you finish the FFR? Did it have anything to do with time to finish?

A collegue of mine, avid car builder, is currently building a FFR/MKII. He's very capable and been working on it soid for 6 months now. He's built and repared several Cobras over the last fifteen years. To my amazement, he or myself could have built two Uniques or one ERA in 1/2 the time it's taken on the FFR MKII so far, not counting the customization needed just to make good tires and brakes fit under the car... not even counting body work yet... that's another chapter.

All new Cobra people looking should be aware of the actual time it takes to build some of these cars, and time should be figured in the equation if you place a value on your time. If it takes 60 or 90 days longer to properly build an FFR compared to another car that only costs $2000 more to begin with, to me, this is a huge consideration to put on the table when considering what to buy, and (what you get for your money at delivery time) - IMHO.

Now if FFR offered a good packaged pallet kit like Unique does, at a great price, that would be a good apples to apples comparison to look into.