[jimbo]

Absolutely right. The good guys outnumber the rogues, but it is like worms in an apple- it only takes one to spoil it completely. My car has taken four years and counting to finish because it was started by temperamental artist types who think a deadline is something you hang up the phone on. Finally, after all these years, the tub will get painted in the next month or so and then maybe we can actually build the car.

One of the reasons for the long delay is how much of the first structure the Safir guys had to do over to get it to match everything else. Finally everything seems to fit...but it has not been easy for them. I have come to believe that the only way to buy a GT40 is to stay in-country, and hand over cash for the car at the time you see it.

The meltdown of RF made me quite disillusioned, even though it did not directly affect my project. More so because I heard Robert aggressively knock everyone else etc etc. I did get information on the progress, or non-progress, of my NZ project from Robert that I couldn't have gotten from anyone else. I may be the only one on this forum who has anything good to say about Robert.

I think that the new relationship between Superformance and Safir is going to benefit everyone and raise the standard of the field. I hope so. There are a fair number of us who have labored in the wilderness for quite a while.