[wilf]

Paul - somewhere above someone said "you aren't buying a car, you are buying a hobby". And they are very right.

Taking on one of these (hand built) cars will mean the odd bit of spannering is needed to keep them going. They will never be as reliable as a mass production car. I have seen the best built cars exhibit a total lack of "robustness" on occasion.

I know that there are people with cobra replicas who have no auto-mechanical aptitude or skills, but it isn't an ideal pairing.

So long as you go into this with your eyes open, fine. But if you ask any seller "is it reliable", then guess what answer you will get?

My own car has never let me down actually out on the road in 20,000 miles, but I have spent many hours in the garage making sure of that, even after it was completed. So if anyone asked if it was reliable, I could say "yes". Whether it would continue to be reliable without a very sympathetic and knowledgable mechanic keeping an eye on it is another question altogether.

Don't want to dampen your enthusiasm, just want you to understand what you are getting into............