I was in L.A. for a doctor's appointment today, and decided to look for Vintage. As someone else posted recently, I found Kirk to be very friendly and extremely helpful, and he gave me the tour of the place, and he showed me several of the cars he's working on now.
Some interesting info: they build about 5 cars a week; last year they only built 4 flared fender 356s (he kind of agreed with me that that was 4 too many :)); he is in the process of filling an order for 16 bound for Switzerland- he said that since the dollar is so weak, he is making a lot for foriegn buyers; the new cars had a rubber gasket around the headlight trim, and he gave me some of the rubber to put on my headlights, no charge; also, he'll replace my rear wire harness for $150 out the door, which I think is a fantastic price. I think I'll take mine (94 VS) down to him in a week or so to have that done, and kind of go through it stem to stern to freshen it up a bit. I thought mine was in pretty good shape for being 10 years old, but the new ones are SWEEEEET! He made a pretty good pitch to sell mine and get a new one... hmm... :) It's my understanding that they get quite a few calls from people looking for used Speedsters.
If there's anything else anyone wants to know, ask and I'll try to remember...
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