The Kirkham cars started out as exact replicas of the Shelby American 427
Cobra. I spent nearly a week at Kirkam's plant in Poland and looked at the
entire operation so I have some idea about what I'm talking about.
They were very correct. Perhaps their quailty was too good. It was certainly
better than many original Cobras. (Some never crashed Shelby Cobras had the
fender that was welded on "after lunch" over an inch in front of the one
attached "before lunch". True (except for the lunch part). ;-)
My "quality" comments were not meant to include the quality of the painting
at the Poland facility which at that time was non-existent.
However as time passed, Dave has diverged from this originality. I'd guess
it was market driven. His 289's never had tranverse leafs. In fact when
George Boskoff toured Kirkham's facility near Provo during SUNY 4, one of
his first first questions was "Don't you have any leaf spring suspensions?".
(The answer was, "No.")
I'm sure Dave can still provide exact replica 427s to those who want them,
just as he provides modified versions for those who want to make sure that
some silly Tiger doesn't blow them away. ;-)
Buck Trippel
----- Original Message -----
From: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
To: "Arden Bedell" <sixtysixtiger@hotmail.com>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] One of a kind Cobra
> Very interesting car, for sure. And expensive, lol. But it begs a couple
> of questions for the list. Is it a clone? Is it a replica? What defines
> those terms? Does a clone mimic a car already in existence down to the
> last rivet? Does a replica mean something identical to a vehicle that
> rolled off the assembly line? Or is it just the outer skin, for looks?
> To me, a clone would be to pay homage to a praticlular car, not marque,
> but a particular vehicle, while a replica would be exactly like an
> assembly line of cars rolled off thefactory floor.
>
> Any discussion for a Saturday morning, just for fun?
> mayf
> Arden Bedell wrote:
>
>>http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/
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