Reviving a dead old thread here ... already posted this in another thread, but I just bought my first kimber, also my first 1911, today, and it's a straight stainless model, apparently.
HOWEVER
It is stamped "Stainless Classic LE." It has black finish on mag release, safeties, slide release, and barrel bushing. The numbers match between slide, box, and frame. (Are the serial numbers hand-scribed on the slides for all Kimbers?) It has the standard fixed sights.
I'm wondering if I got an even better deal than I thought I was getting, now ... is this a special model? I've only found one reference anywhere else on the web to a gun that looks like this ...