[Kenco]

Well well we do have some bitter and twisted individuals out there!!!
I am generally only prepared to answer questions on whether someone has actually got a Viper or a copy. I cannot spend endless time answering technical questions especially as the person may not have a Viper at all.
This time I will answer some of the 'comments' made in order to clear the decks on some points brought up.
Firstly I must say I am not prepared to engage in conversation with individuals who haven' even got Vipers, and here I refer to three AK owners who feel obliged to put their pennyworths in. I learnt very early in the 20 years in the kitcar industry that many owners of other Cobra makes, were insanely scathing about other makes of Cobra. Slagging them off in all directions. They were all instant 'experts' in other marques which they did not even own. These individuals should stick to commenting on AK's only, as they lay themselves open to being accused of being 'biased'. The only retort I will make is that as far as V12's go, I have personally built 15, 12 of which went to a Japanese Jag dealer.and they were good enough for him and Japs are extremely fussy buyers. I will not have it that the V12 chassis will not take a V12!!!
To Digger...."Good on ya Mate" nice to hear some nice remaks for a change!!
To the self confessed EXPERT Iain I say this. Firstly your name and location does not bring to my memory any recognition that you bought the kit (what model of kit you do not say) off me. Nor do you say when you bought your kit.
You strike me as being exceeding bitter and twisted and the way you comment would not really elicit responses from a lot of people. Reading between the lines of your comments it is clear to me that you are out of your depth in trying to build a Cobra, as you seem to have found fault in absolutely everything. I know from experience that people who make many such complaints, really don't know what they are doing and lack the real experience needed to build what is one of the harder kitcar models to build. All Cobras I mean. All your comments about chassis, body fitment and bonnet/boot and door fitments, fiberglass, shoks and springs, mould, etc etc all show that you had difficulties due to lack of experience, to put the car together and I know that in all the areas you mention, you are wrong.
As i said in my story,I personally have made probably more fully built Cobra replicas than anyone in the UK. So my kits that I sold had been made into cars by me or people employed by me. So I know that everything fitted. Be it onto the chassis or fiberglass panels and bonnet/boots and doors. Similarly all the hinges and brackets etc were more than upto the job and your comments about the steel are just laughable. Steel is steel,and never before has anyone said that the steel used in the making of the chassis and other components was 'monkey steel' whatever that is.
If you had a Viper you would have had a build manual, and if you followed that implicitly, you would not have had any problems. However judging by your comments and the way you made them I would say that if you had a manual you probably didn't read it as you already knew in advance how to do everything, as your an expert and you'd do it your way and without referring to a manual.
Re your reference to maybe talking to me ? if you did and I told you you were mistaken as the problem you were complaining about was not a legitimate complaint as I in my builds did not have this problem, I guess that would send you into a rage. being as your never wrong. Over the years I had only a handful of customers who made such complaints as your making, and I sold many kits to professionals and engineers. Most were quite satisfied and went onto building good cars. I wonder just how many Cobras you have built (or any other kits) I retired in Feb 2001 and we are now in late 2006 and it seems you are still building. I think that says it all really. I will say this though I will not make any further comments on whatever you may now say,as these are the only comments I will make on build matters. All future comments as I said will strictly be only on identifications.