END OF KIT CARS? (Page 11/60)
madcurl DEC 15, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by Bloozberry:

So let's summarize the "rules":

1. unless it's indistinguishable from the real thing in every respect, it's "stupid"








Yeah, hehe.
j/k

[This message has been edited by madcurl (edited 12-15-2011).]

dratts DEC 15, 05:31 PM
I've seen Enzos that I like better and I've seen worse. It's not hard to find a bad looking "kit car". It's a lot easier to find a bad looking fiero. Personally I find no pleasure in pointing out a bad looking fiero. I can't imagine anyone ever thinking that they are looking at an actual engine when looking at the cover you posted. It sure does make a clean looking engine compartment however just like a lot of modern engines that have to have a cover in order to look clean. As pointed out the lines painted on straighter would be a big improvement. As previously stated, I want to display my engine so I only have the GM cover on it. To each his own!
madcurl DEC 15, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by Bloozberry:

So let's summarize the "rules":

2. the only other intelligent option is to build a tweaked chop top wide body Fiero.




Wrong.



There's other options.
steve308 DEC 15, 06:27 PM
WOW - if that "enzo" had a chop it would be the BOMB Let's just agree to disagree and treat each other with respect until at least after Christmas.
rogergarrison DEC 15, 06:39 PM
there will be kit cars till theres no more gas. Ive done my own from everything from a Jaguar XK100 to a Diablo. They suit what I want, dont really care about anyone else. I never did a Cobra because there almost as many of them around here as Tauruses. They have a get together every summer about 30 miles from here and end up with hundreds of them for the weekend. Most dont even perform well since they use stock 80s Mustang 5.0s for the most part. 95% of them have no top at all, and I drive my cars year round. Theres plenty of companies building new kits every day, just the demographic has changed. Instead of sports cars, theyre tending to make street rod bodies. Why is it sports car kits are junk, but a 36 Ford kit is awesome ? Its just a plastic fake too. A company in Newark, about 25 miles from me makes 41 Willys coupe bodies or rolling kits.
dratts DEC 15, 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by madcurl:


Wrong.



There's other options.



Just me, but I like mine better. Just like you like yours better than mine. I'm ok with you liking yours better and I have no need to put yours down. I'm not as anxious to meet you however as I once was. I suspect that even though I like your cars I probably wouldn't get along that well with you. Peace!
dratts DEC 15, 07:10 PM

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Originally posted by rogergarrison:

there will be kit cars till theres no more gas. Ive done my own from everything from a Jaguar XK100 to a Diablo. They suit what I want, dont really care about anyone else. I never did a Cobra because there almost as many of them around here as Tauruses. They have a get together every summer about 30 miles from here and end up with hundreds of them for the weekend. Most dont even perform well since they use stock 80s Mustang 5.0s for the most part. 95% of them have no top at all, and I drive my cars year round. Theres plenty of companies building new kits every day, just the demographic has changed. Instead of sports cars, theyre tending to make street rod bodies. Why is it sports car kits are junk, but a 36 Ford kit is awesome ? Its just a plastic fake too. A company in Newark, about 25 miles from me makes 41 Willys coupe bodies or rolling kits.



I think that it's because nobody stops to think about the classic hot rod body's being replicated in glass. To me a classic hot rod in glass is not a fake either unless anything that's not stock is fake and no hot rod is stock. I've been a fan of mid engine cars ever since Jimmy Clark won the Indy in a mid engine lotus. So I'm a bit limited in choices for a mid engine hot rod/sports car. I really don't get the person who thinks that their taste in cars is the only right one. My car is the way I want it, but I still admire and respect then work of others.
rogergarrison DEC 15, 07:13 PM
Lose the wing and it looks 10 times better to me.

As for F40, from what I remember, F40 floor and door panels are bare flat aluminum from the factory, and the side windows dont roll down.. Some slid down and had a velcro strap to move and hold it.
dratts DEC 15, 07:14 PM

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Originally posted by TXGOOD:

Here is, in my opinion, a pretty good example of a fairly inexpensive Diablo replica.
It has fixed windows and the rear bumper is attached so it looks sort of funny but I still like the basic lines and stance of it.



I don't have a problem with the rear bumper being part of the body. I think it just makes it look cleaner, more custom. It's the lines that count and that's a good looking car.
TXGOOD DEC 15, 08:37 PM
I wouldn`t let the rear bumper keep me from doing the kit, I just like the way the original looks with the grilles on either side in the back plus the bumper supports showing. But, with this kit, with the front and rear bumper being built onto the body it`s makes it a lot easier that trying to line them up.