[2] Aluminum body panels were produced by Superform USA in Riverside, CA,[3] resulting in bodywork both light and strong.

Ford Mustang running gear and engine were used, including the solid rear axle and independent front suspension, as well as the Borg-Warner T-5 (later updated to the T-45) manual five-speed unit.

[4] A seven-man crew built the first ten cars, and other workers were added later to the production team.

The Costin chassis was never put under a production car, instead the early Roadsters featured a TIG welded stainless steel tubing frame, and extensive use of CNC machined and stamped parts.

A small heater core delivered warmth to the windshield for defrosting, since the US DOT requirements mandated it.

Some Roadsters were fitted with a custom engraved plate atop the intake manifold with the owner’s name and the Panoz logo.

[6] Equally important, an entirely new drive train was used, the 1996 Mustang SVT Cobra all aluminum, V-8 DOHC 32 valve motor.