Those seats are models unto themselves, outstanding work. I love that you're staying with this Cato, most folks (me especially) would have wandered off to something else by now.
I've obtained a lot of the Monogram classics, as well as a bunch of OOP Heller kits on eBay. Great place to shop, as long as you keep your wits about you.
I'm with you. Like the new street cars, just something else electronic to go wrong . If you lose the battery, do you lose all instrumentation as well as track bar adjustments?