[Mrs 66 Snake]

RRC,
The quality of the car has a lot to do with the build itself. You can do a fabulous job on a lower priced car and you can really end up with a near undrivable higher priced car.

There's a wide variety of things to look at when considering the various manufacturers. The overall quality of the product, the support from the company, the look of the car, how true you want it to be to an "original," what kind of motor you want in it and how you are going to use it. I know you want to get this show on the road, but I strongly encourage you to take your time doing your research. That way when it's all said and done you've got a car you truly love.

Alan and I have a Lonestar and we love it. It's a great car. Alan had been looking for awhile and had zeroed in on LSC - doing the build himself in our garage {Yike!}. Then we found one for sale across town. An LSC almost exactly how Alan had in mind. The guy built it on site at the LSC shop. It had a small block (392) though and he thought he'd eventually pull it out and put in a big block. A little over a year later the new bigger (418) small block was installed. That was in 2003 and we've had a blast in the car. The motor rocks, the car serves us well going to meets, on cruises, on the track. We're not afraid to get in it and drive.

We have, on two separate occassions, considered buying a new one (because in DFW, that seems to happen a lot). We considered the Kirkham quite seriously but on a trip to Sonic during the hem-hawing stage, we realized we'd never be that comfortable kicking around in an aluminum car.

And the other time was at an event put on by Doug Reed. He had a car for sale at his Snake Rattle and Roll event that I thought Alan was coming home with. Superformance is a solid car and we've seen quite a few go thru the DFW club. But it is a few (couple?) inches shorter than the LSC and for now Alan is more comfortable in the LSC.

So go to the Austin meet, ask questions like what they love about their car, what they'd change about their car, why they chose the car, etc. You may have different priorities but finding out about why someone chose their car will give you some insight into the car itself. And if you can wait til fall, there are 3 different events that draw large Cobra crowds. That's a good chance to get out and do some comparision looking.

Or come to Dallas. Our meetings are the first Saturday of the month and we'll post when and where on this site. Actually the next meeting will be at a car show in Carrollton. It's an annual thing for us. And there's usually a good showing of Cobras (as well as about 150 other cars). And at the regular meetings we've been getting about 12 or so. Heck the last meeting 7 of us drove in the rain. Including some guy who snuck his SIL's car out of the garage while he was yachting!