OK. Decision decided. We're going with the Hawk (sorry Paul). We actually have found a bloke in Auckland with a 7/8 finished Hawk in his garage (in fact he's built 3 over the years). We think the quality of the fabrication and body work looks fine, and while agree that the technical specs of the LB kit are great, are just not prepared to wait what could be over a year to get a kit delivered from LB. Gerry is still guaranteeing 12 weeks, and including shipping, we will be building by Christmas.

We have bought a low km Alfa 2.5 V6 donor ex Japan, and it is on the boat as we speak.