I fairness to Mike, the reality is that the paint and body work on my car are not perfect either. There is a little bit of orange peel here and there (mostly on the lower sides and rear), and a couple of flaws in the underlying body work that stick out. The transition from body color to black under the clamshells, front and rear, as well as the inner doors is poorly done, in some areas it looks almost free-handed.
But the reality of the situation is that these cars are built by hand, to a price. Their level of fit and finish are certainly much better than the originals, but perhaps not to modern standards. I'm not sure that that is all bad. Having seen a number of original cars up close, including P1075, the finish of my car is still much better.
Frankly, if it were perfect, it would be a dead giveaway as a replica, and I might be afraid to get a scratch on it. As it is, it is a "rough and tumble" race car that I can drive on the street, and take to the track...after a bit of hard use, it should gain some well-earned "patina" that will only add to the mirage.
If I all I wanted out of a $100K sportscar was perfection, I'd have bought a Porsche.
I will say it is the cab that seems to not been prepped very well. Most other surfaces do not show flaws like this. The vent/scoop opening prep is just well... like a kit car. Could have certainly been done better. How many of you buy these cars and never tweak or improve them. That is the beauty. If you don't like something you can correct almost anything. It is annoying having to do so on items like panel alignment that could have easily been done at build time if the builder would have shown some pride and attention to detail in what he was doing.
