Henry;
Since I'm a BDR owner, not a Kirkham owner, I don't know if me piling on will help but here goes. Back when I was just looking around trying to figure out what I wanted, I knew what MY limitations were (and are
) and knew that I wanted any paint and body work done before I got the car. That was #1 for me. Then I had to look around at what would fit me. Like Jamo, my size was a serious consideration and I knew how disappointed I would be if the car were uncomfortable (relatively speaking) to operate. To get a better idea of what I wanted I lurked here for quite a while asking sometimes inane questions and talked to any Cobra owner I could find. In the end I loaded up the family for a trip to London OH for the LCS. At a gathering this size you will have multiple examples of nearly Cobra make and a large cross-section of current and past owners to pester about their cars. At LCS I met Roushac and Jay from Vintage Motor sport and Roushac let me check his car out, sit in it fiddle with it and generally answered the remaining questions that I had. That trip to LCS was the last piece that I needed to lay down the cash for the car. The point that I'm trying to make, in a round about way, is that there is no substitute for; what was it? The butt in the seat test? The Kirkham's vehicles are recognized as the industry standard and you will probably love the car anyway, but the act of actually sitting in one before you commit has not been overstated in this thread. If you can't get to Provo, get to a Cobra gathering where you can check them out and talk to owners first hand. I think you’ll find it usefull.
Steve