I just spoke with Marty at MSDS.
He said they have already ordered some additional materials to construct a batch of headers. Once the Group Buy is finished (31 Oct 04), construction of the headers will begin. He said to expect a 30-day turn-around (i.e. end of November) [due to SEMA (sp?) that MSDS will be attending]. Headers will be built/shipped in the order your name appears on whatever list Marty is maintaining -- he told me I'd get mine in the first batch, as I had spoken with him weeks ago.
He also mentioned that a small group of Mondeo owners was finalizing their Group Buy.

Why don't those Europeans add their list to ours so we can ALL get a better price? Marty didn't mention what group these Mondeo owners were a part of.
Marty also cautioned that all financial transactions would be done directly with MSDS, and not any third party. Duh...