[Hal Copple]

admittedly, there are many more replicas out on the road than i have on my now 3.5 year old SPF, but mine, with about 65K miles or so, has been reliable as taxes. Nothing ever goes wrong, i do replace parts that wear out, three shifter boots, one set of new rear axle boots, three sets of seatbelts, and put on the full race Bilsteins from Dennis Olthoff. Mine is my daily driver here in SC, no leaks, no squeaks, the interior looks great, despite sitting in sun for thousands of hours. The seats are full broken in, and very comfortable. It is a very loud car. I get as much as 22-23 mpg on the highway, if i am careful. Running a 460 hp stroked windsor.

My car has over 70 trips down the quarter mile, and at least 800+ road course laps on it. I am still on the original brake rotors.

At a recent big car show, i waxed it up well, mine is red/white stripe, and drove up. As i pulled into the Olthoff display area, in a few minutes Bob mentioned to me that when i had pulled up, all gleaming under the sun, he had asked a chap standing next to him, "how old do you think that car is?" To which the reply was "pretty new, i'd say"

Anyway, SPF's are fine cars, well built, beautifully finished, and built to be rugged.

I have hopped in mine, and driven over a thousand miles away, and drove straight thru back, with nary a worrry about any sort of problem.

There are many fine replicas, with subtle differences. SPF's are built to take it.