A friend of mine is in the same boat. I sent an email off to SCCA proper a
while ago, and this is the response that I received:
----- Original Message -----
From: <DuncanSCCA@aol.com>
To: <greyhawke@home.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: Class of a Shelby Cobra reproduction?
> The SS and BSP listings are for original cars, not replicas. Replica
versions
> would have to run in AP, BP, or EM depending on the specifics of the
vehicle.
>
> Howard Duncan.
>
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark J. Andy <marka@telerama.com>
To: autox <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 8:48 AM
Subject: RE: Help needed in classing a Cobra Kit Car.
> Howdy,
>
> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 Andrew_Bettencourt@kingston.com wrote:
> > While Greg is correct to the letter of the rules, one would seemingly
have to
> > have a copy of the rulebook and the GCR in front of them while building
thier
> > kit car. The very notion that it is a "kit" tells me that the
construction
> > method and design has been mapped out. The odds that any kit in the US
fits the
> > stringent criteria for a respective Prepared class seems fairly
impossible.
> > Anything is possible I guess.
>
> Huh? That's why the rule about replicas got added to the Prepared section
> isn't it? You take a 10% weight penalty and run away. Don't forget to
> check the weight required for whatever motor displacement you have. With
> the recent changes to AP, worst case you should go there. Its certainly
> not hard to check track and wheelbase...
>
> Mark
>
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