Replica cars

[wspohn]

I'm not generally a fan of kit car wannabes - looking in the window of a Countach and seeing a Fiero interior is a bit of a disconnect.

The Factory Five kits are one exception - they do among the best job I've seen. A Daytona coupe would be welcome at my place.

Closest I've come to kits was an early TVR Grantura I raced in vintage (they actually were available as complete kits in the erly 60s, just add drive train) and a 56 MGA I bought that had previously been fitted with a Fiberfab Jamaican body (I later installed a GM V6 and T5 trans). It's been a lot of fun and doesn't look like a kit car IMHO.

 

[buzyg]

Thing is, a whole chunk of the Cobra can still be built pretty much as a Cobra was, same dimensions, suspension set up, even the engine if your in the mood and have the dosh and you are allowed to stick the Cobra name on it. So you are building a Cobra that's a replica of an old Cobra.

When you turn an old MR2 into a wana be Fezza it's just not the same at all.

v good point BUT.. what about lambos that are made from the ground up? Repica or custom chassis, body parts remade from originals, original interior parts etc? Have seen some extremely convincing ones for comparatively good money. This one isn't the best, the door lines don't look right but only one on sale atm. not a bad effort but have seen an extremely convincing murci/diablos in the metal. Still doesn't feel right :lol:



For the record

I want.

That's a Pretty little thing. Probably drives better than a real one too :wink:

 

[Jaw]

there are some very skilled folk out there.

a good friend of mine builds aluminium cobra replicas for a living. DB replicas in Stoke - crap at websites, but you get the idea.....

https://www.facebook.com/183387568406503/videos/1080442648700986/

holy hell

If I had stumbled across that before I would have been VERY tempted by the rep, that hard top looks absolutely stunning on the car

 

[Sae]

There are some replica kits which have been around a long time since 80s, so fit/finish and build is so much better along with better donor cars.
There are a coupke of kits which would still be fantastic but would require a decent engine to really convince the doubters.
A couple of kits which I would definitely consider include ford gt40, lancia stratos, and the ultima gtr which im not sure is still considered a kit.
Would like to have retired and have a nice big garage to play though
Oh, not sure if anyone is doing a porsche 917kit but would love to run a road legal version.

 

[stevespg]

there are some very skilled folk out there.

a good friend of mine builds aluminium cobra replicas for a living. DB replicas in Stoke - crap at websites, but you get the idea.....

https://www.facebook.com/183387568406503/videos/1080442648700986/

holy hell

If I had stumbled across that before I would have been VERY tempted by the rep, that hard top looks absolutely stunning on the car

if you ever visit dave. be prepared for tea...lots of tea.....

he's been building cobs for 20 years, knows more about the market than most.

 

[wspohn]

I think one of these would be rather nice (hard to find a pic of one that isn't done up as a fake race car with numbers and all)

 

[PeterZed]

I was actually looking into them last night :bag: there's someone who makes a cobra kit for the z3 and it's only about £2.5k. They reckon fully built you can do it for £5500 but that would be in a 1.9 so for a decent sized engine low miles z3 and good finish level I reckon you'd be looking nearer 10k which in my book is still cheap for a BMW cobra

Yes I was interested in this kit and seems fairly easy to do

 

[Mike6]

There was a lambo contach replica for sale at the London Classic Car show in February. Blurb said it was registered as a Lambo and had the 5 litre engine. Dealer wanted £40k for it and I have been dreaming about it ever since.

 

[stevespg]

Registration, iva etc is a minefield

Lots of stuff illegally in the road. Not registered properly or tested.

Gotta be very careful!!!

 

[Mr Tidy]

I don't really have a problem with replicas, so long as they aren't made out to be original!

A guy up my road has a replica GT40 that looks fantastic, and sounds amazing too. He was taking it to Le Mans that year and was just fettling it for the trip.

At the end of the day not many people will ever be able to afford an original Cobra or GT40, so if you really want one but don't have the budget I can't see any harm in having a replica, especially when it has the right mechanical bits fitted.

Not a fan of the MR2 Ferrari look-a-likes though.

 

[wspohn]

I'd take an S54 engine in a replica Alfa Tubolare (although the original engine looks nicer).

 

[Jaw]

there are some very skilled folk out there.

a good friend of mine builds aluminium cobra replicas for a living. DB replicas in Stoke - crap at websites, but you get the idea.....

https://www.facebook.com/183387568406503/videos/1080442648700986/

holy hell

If I had stumbled across that before I would have been VERY tempted by the rep, that hard top looks absolutely stunning on the car

if you ever visit dave. be prepared for tea...lots of tea.....

he's been building cobs for 20 years, knows more about the market than most.

May have to look into it in July, Sounds like I'll have to stock up on biccies

 

[buzyg]

Interesting use of an old Z3. What do recon to this.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/plymouthcarsales/permalink/1661068407241059/?sale_post_id=1661068407241059

 

[wspohn]

Interesting use of an old Z3. What do recon to this.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/plymouthcarsales/permalink/1661068407241059/?sale_post_id=1661068407241059

Frankly I like the looks of the Z3 better than I do that slightly distorted replica Cobra.

 

[buzyg]

Interesting use of an old Z3. What do recon to this.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/plymouthcarsales/permalink/1661068407241059/?sale_post_id=1661068407241059

Frankly I like the looks of the Z3 better than I do that slightly distorted replica Cobra.

Not about to disagree with any of that. Worst thing about the Z3 is the handling, not the looks. 8)