[Pander]

Madmaxx, I bet the guys who sold the cars broke even but I dont think they made any money. The Cobra market is not strong anywhere right now because of the economy because people dont have disposable income to buy toys and I agree with Bill S. Wayne's FFR was nice but I say; THESE CARS ARE NOT INVESTMENTS!!!!!!!!!!! They are toys to enjoy and show off. I also agree that B-J is no place to determine the "market value". FFR gets a bad rap from the home built ones that sell for 20-30's and need work after bought to make them what the buyer wants. I would stack up a professionaly built FFR against any SPF or Back Draft anyday. SPF's are getting to be the "Chevys" of the replica car market (don't mean to offend any SPF owners, I happen to like them). Carrol Shelby attached his name to them because he knew he could not beat everyone that was building his "car", ooops I mean an A/C Bristol that Carrol bought, stole or barrowed (pick your own adjective). The only car that matches the "original" is the FFR with it "body over chassis" design. Not even the 4000 continuation series has that, they are "fiberglass" tub cars just like SPF's and Back Drafts, but I will admit from the exterior they do closely resemble the "originals". I think the bottom line, pay over $40,000 for any of these cars and you will loose money for a long time to come, it just depends how bad of a beating you want to take, me I am willing (reluctently) to take a $18,000 or more beating. Of course you can't build one for that price or my asking price of $39,000, LOL.....