Posted for Sky2high@aol.com:

 Bill,
 
 Perhaps the broad brush I used was off the mark.  I liked your ending
 statement most of all, "You learn what you need and retain what you use."
  That
 statement is precisely the point of the builder doing the majority  of the
work
 and receiving his annual inspection authorization.  How  can any A&P know
that
 custom airplane better than the builder after he  has spent years learning
 those things necessary to build a certified  "experimental, amateur built"
 aircraft?
 
 Maybe it would be useful to hear from those LMLers that bought a pre-built
 Lancair (possibly pre-used, too) and how they found an A&P to sign off  the
 annual condition inspection or work on the craft.
 
 Scott Krueger
 AKA Grayhawk
 
 PS The electrics you mentioned were used in designs from the middle of  the
 last century.