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Now, everyone has a different
opinion and most of the decision is up to your eyes and in my
case, my wife's. We are building this car together, and we are
both sharing opinions on all aspects. You can take my opinion
with a grain of salt, as with any opinion and this entire web
site. There are several kit manufacture's out there. And I've
either e-mailed, spoke to them, seen their work, or have heard
about them all. The first decision I had to overcome was
whether to do a Countach or a Diablo. As you already know the
outcome of this decision, I will explain why I choose the
Diablo. It is because you can roll the windows down. I know it
sounds funny, but my wife didn't like the Countach for one
reason and one reason only, it is because you can't roll the
windows down more than about one or two inches. If I had bought
a Countach, it would have been from EuroWorks, in Dayton, OH.
The owner, Alan, and I are now friends. But, since I choose the
Diablo, I had to go with someone who built Diablo's. I took
this project very seriously and did a lot of research. I
narrowed my search down to two companies. D&R Replicars in
Pennsylvania and IFG in California. I choose D&R. For a
few different reasons but mainly because they were closest to me
and the fact that IFG's body was not copied exactly from the
original car. It was engineered by IFG through drawings. If I
was going to spend the money we are talking about, I wanted the
most authentic looking car possible. Also, the completeness of
the kit from D&R far outweighed that of IFG. As you can see by
the photos below...it took a full sized pickup truck and a flat
bed car trailer, just to pick everything up. Now I am not bad
mouthing IFG as they have a fantastic support group; however,
these were my deciding factors. Since my original search I
have found several other manufactures that have begun to carry
Diablo kits, so I can not comment on them since I have had no
experience with their product. A good source of
information is a forum devoted to Diablo builders at
www.kitcentral.com you
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The kit that we picked was
the 30th anniversary with the Jota upgrade, which has a
different rear deck lid with scoops. D&R now offers the 2000
packages, which has adifferent dash and different headlights, and in our own opinion it looks like a 300ZX. We wanted
something more original and different. Also the Jota is
rare, considering out of
the 150 Diablo SE's that exist only 12 have the Jota upgrade and
at least one of those was totaled in an accident. Even though
ours isn't authentic, we hope upon completion, you won't be able
to tell the difference. If you have any questions, feel free to
contact me. |
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