01-31-2008, 09:46 AM | #1 |
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What are your thoughts on kit cars / replicas?
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01-31-2008, 10:00 AM | #2 |
i never had one but probably will in the future. I think its a good hobby and you will learn by doing.
do they come with instructions?
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01-31-2008, 11:47 AM | #3 |
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I think its pretty cool that you can order up everything for a 69 Camaro from Year One. I have no idea how much it will cost, but it will be reasonably inexpensive to get a 69 with 0 miles on it
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01-31-2008, 12:09 PM | #4 |
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they do get relatively expensive, a quick google search gave me this site http://www.ss396.com/camaro_67-69.htm
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01-31-2008, 10:00 PM | #5 |
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If I was going to do a kit car it would be a Sterling/Sebring. They are fiberglass bodies that sit on VW frames (or custom tubular) and have one piece cockpits that open upward. Check it out:
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01-31-2008, 10:34 PM | #6 |
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No offense to anyone who owns one.. But I would never own a kit car in my life... Mise well buy the real car. If you want to learn about cars, find a old 67 Camaro that needs to be fully restored and go from there.. I would feel like a "wanna be" driving a Kit car Lamborghini.. Reminds me of the time I saw some idiot in a Honda with a Ferrari horse logo on his car. :|
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02-01-2008, 08:29 AM | #7 |
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The reason I ask is I saw an awesome kit car at the D.C. Auto Show and started researching them. If you know what you're doing and have the time they really are cheap ways to have a cool car. Yeah, it's not a REAL Lambo or Porsche or Ferrari or Camaro or whatever; but, you can create a fun "one of a kind". I've never driven a kit car and never known anyone to own one, so I don't know about any of the possible issues that go along with them.
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02-01-2008, 10:08 AM | #8 |
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I'll be buying a GT40 kit car in the next couple of years... i've always loved the shape,and there's no way i could afford the price tag of a real one (that's if i could even find one).
Frankly there are good and bad kits... classics are usually the best way to go as most now look very close to the originals i.e. GT40's, HMC 3000's, Cobra's, Lotus 7's etc.... i don't like these "make a normal car kind of look like a supercar.... ish, if you squint and turn your head to the side" kits.. If you wanted some thing really exotic, and if your like me i.e you'd probably never have the money to be able to buy one (let alone run one) then there is a company called Parallel Designs that make a very good Lambo Diablo kit that is so close to the original it's scary (in fact they sell body parts to Diablo owners, they're that close) and they're currently working on a Miura too..... that looks Schweeeeeet I think it's each to there own, but the thrill of building your own car, now that'd feel great. Last edited by Power Junkie; 02-01-2008 at 05:00 PM. |
02-01-2008, 10:26 AM | #9 |
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Kits cars...
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02-02-2008, 01:35 PM | #11 |
If I had the time, money, tools, and space, I would definitely get some kind of a kit car. Like Mega Man said, it'd be a great hobby that would also be very educational. There's just something about being involved in the creation process that would make that car so much more special. Plus, if anything goes wrong, you know every inch of that car and should be able to fix it pretty easily.
I also don't know if I would go for a replica kit, though it would be cool to own a '69 Camaro without paying '69 prices. There are some really nice original kits out there that you can get for relatively nothing. |
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Quote:
http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/f...ain2.asp?cat=8
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02-02-2008, 04:20 PM | #13 |
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yeah, kit cars can be cheap, but that's only if you want them to feel and work cheap. to get good parts for a kit car, you have to shell out alot more than you'd expect...
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02-02-2008, 04:46 PM | #14 |
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I'd get that. If only for the fact that it opens upward, which would be really nice for me who keeps tearing up pants getting into the car.
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