Opinions please

[Dr_Rick]

My Dad (mechanical enginneer, previous experience of keeping a Mini on the road) is due to retire and is looking for a car to work on. So far, he's quite hooked on a Jaguar SS100. Now the 'original' prices I've seen are a bit steep, but we've come across Suffolk Sports Cars who do an SS100 replica.

Anyone had any experience/ contact with this firm or it's products? Comments good and bad welcome.

Merry Christmas.

Dr Rick

[singlecoil]

I don't have any specific info, but they do have a good reputation. Quite posh stuff really, and I have a feeling they do welll in the States too.

[Dr_Rick]

Not quite as posh I suppose as the original - £300,000 for a real example!

Anyone else got any thoughts?

Dr Rick

[Steve_D]

Same as others really, no direct experience. They've been around a long time and very well regarded. Still not cheap but your father will be impressed by the engineering.

Steve

[rdodger]

There is a piece in the current issue of CKC on the Suffolk. They attend the shows and seem like really nice people.

They have a great reputation and they even supply parts to owners of originals. In terms of cost to build properly it would be similar to a top spec Cobra ie 35k+.

There is loads of info on their website.

http://www.ss100.com/

[Monkeylegend]

I have a client who owns one. Speaks very highly of both the car and Roger the owner.HTH

[Nick Brough]

My opinion,

Superb engineering quality kit, been around for a long time, makes me wonder if building a GT40 replica was the right decision. Not cheap but they appear to have very good resale values.

Regards

Nick

[Roy C]

Excellent very high quality cars. I've been looking at them for a while and now Roger is building me one.