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Dear RadMackeral,
(just kidding) I purchased a turnkey minus B&B summer of '00. I picked B&B because you get a lot of quality for the money, and because of the service from Bryan and Barry. I am very satisfied with the quality of the car (you can see my car in Kit Car Illustrated, October 2001, pages 33 and 56).
Some issues to make sure you have resolved before you order are: dash layout (with a tail for stereo mounting, etc.) or more original, will you be using pin-drive wheels?, make sure the car will accept the backspacing for the wheels (for example, if you want to use Trigo wheels, you must use a shortened rear end unit), do you want to upgrade some components. The good news is that Bryan and Barry will put together the package you want, not what someone else thinks it should be.
When I first got my car, I had a few small problems, such as a problem with the turn-signal switch. They were very quick to replace the problem parts and make it right.
I bought directly from B&B in MO, didn't know about distributors...
so I can't tell you about advantages/disadvantages.
As far as LA Exotics goes , my understanding is that LAE was sold to someone from overseas who never paid any of the vendors, didn't ship product, and didn't make payments to the previous owners (Bryan and Barry). After he disappeared, Bryan and Barry ended up with the old tooling and began B&B. They had moved to MO in the meantime, so that's why they moved from CA to MO. Also, they seem to be slowly improving the design. So the B&B cars have a few changes from the LAE cars, but remain essentially the same.
You may want to go to the B&B forum and e-mail them directly. And if anyone from B&B reads this, please feel free to correct me if I mistated the facts.
Cobra Curt
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