I bought my kit from Chris Melia. It was his demo car before he decided to focus on the ZFQ and give up beeing the RCR distributor.
I bought it with almost all parts ( except driveshafts and some minor small parts).
THis opportunity just came up to me incidentily. I had booked a flight to Detroit 2 weeks before i got the news about Chris´s kit is for sale. So i took a quick desicion cancelled the flight and purchased CHris´s kit instead of ordering a new one from Fran. All this time Fran was informed by me about what was going on.
Although i didn´t purchased a new kit with which Fran would make his profit,to further finance his growth and giving food on the table of his family and his employees, he moreover lost money with me purchasing the car from Chris in which he also had his part of investment done.
After my purchase i decided to change the configuration of the car considerably.
- going from a Audi Trans to a Porsche Trans
*transmission adaptor plate
*driveshafts
*flywheel
*cableshifter
- going from narrow to wide body including the +2" suspension
- from v belt to serpentine belt
- from double to single nostril panel
- plus ordering some options which where not included in the car originaly like
*sway bars
*gulf flares ( which arrived and i sent back because they don´t fit my personal taste in combination with my low profile tires)
*Brake ducting
All of this Fran has done without asking any payment for it, he payed the shipment to germany more than one time, because of german customs issues FEDEX sent parts of the shipments back.
Now as he has changed to another shipping provider most of the parts arrived.
Taking account the rapid development of his company and the great products he is turning out to a difficult ( say very individualised market, who of you is taking the cars like he delivers it, everyone thinks he knows better how to do some things on this cars ,including me ) market, RCR is providing a great service to us.
People makes the difference and Fran has great ones on board. Just look at his latest addition to his team, Denny.
I have visited a lot of different Kit car companies over the last 10 -15 years ( i was a cobra guy ; Everett Morrison; Unique motorcars; Contemporary; FFR; Midstates ; Sabre

but the operation i was most impressed by is Frans.
My desicion is clear.
MY NEXT CAR ( After selling the GT40 i´m finishing right now) IS A RCR !!!!
TOM