Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My Experience with a Kit Car Owner

[LS (lashdeep]

That looks like a cool 250 kit...but when did Ford start making an 8 inch
rear?

LS

--- Dave Craig <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Britt,
> 
> Very good points.
> 
> And I have also been in some kit cars that were just great cars!
> 
> Personally it comes down to the quality of the car in question and which
> car
> did they copy.  I have seen kit cars that you really just have to laugh
> at
> and go on.  I have seen kit cars that were nice, but just didn't suit my
> personal taste.  And I have seen kit cars that I really would love to
> have.
> I personally think that the FactoryFive Cobras and Cobra Daytonas are
> just
> the ticket.  
> http://www.factoryfive.com/
> I want to buy and build one of these (someday when I actually have the
> time).  But, interestingly enough, I really don't like their GTM
> Supercar
> (to me, it looks a bad copy of a 360). 
> 
> I also think it is interesting that at the Mid America Shelby Meet
> (which is
> always in Tulsa)
> http://www.midamericafordmeet.com/
> allows kit Cobras, kit Daytonas, and kit GT40s to be displayed right
> along
> side of the originals.  Well, maybe right along side of the originals
> isn't
> the correct wording; they actually give the originals preferred
> placement.
> But all of the Ford based kit cars are welcome to compete and show.   
> 
> Same thing with motorcycles.  I am a big V-Twin fan and have a thing for
> choppers.  I have been looking at Bigdogs http://www.bdm.com/
> and I have been toying with the idea of building my own from scratch
> (once
> again having that time problem).  I have seen home built motorcycles
> that I
> thought just sucked and I have seen some that would just make you drool.
> And at motorcycle shows, it is the good home built ones that really draw
> the
> crowds, not the off the shelf bikes.  Motorcycles in general get cooler
> as
> you customize them.  And starting from scratch is just the Holy-Grail of
> customizing.    
> 
> So, here is a test for everyone here; Let's say that the Ferris
> Bueller's
> Day Off 250 GT SWB CAL Spyder replica car (car is in fantastic
> condition) is
> for sale on eBay with a buy it now price of?
> Who on this list would buy it and have fun driving it for:
> $100K
> $50K
> $25K
> $15K
> $10K
> $5K
> $2K
> $1K
> $500
> So, now that we have established what we are, now we are just arguing
> over
> the price.
> :-)
> And by the way, if you really want it, here it is.
>
http://www.kitcarmag.com/featuredvehicles/5531_ferrari_spyder_replica_kit/
> 
> So, like I said at the beginning of this, it depends on the car in
> question.
> How good of a job was done creating it, how good of a car is it still,
> which
> car did they copy, how good of a copy is it, and most importantly, is it
> a
> car you would have fun driving? 
> 
> Dave Craig
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com [mailto:Britt2Asa [at] aol.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 11:00 AM
> To: Dave Craig
> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] My Experience with a Kit Car Owner
> 
> I think this is a great topic.
> When I was 15 I got a ride in a Kelmark that a boat owner had at a
> marina in
> 
> St Augustine Florida next to my dads boat. Got me hooked on cars, on
> Dinos, 
> and 2 years later I got in a real Dino. 
> 
> BTW - Why doesn't anybody ever get worked up about Replica Boats? Is
> there 
> such a thing....Oh I couldn't afford a REAL Hunter Yacht so I built
> one.....No, 
> a person like that would get great respect for having the ability to
> build 
> their own boat....whys a car so different??
> 
> I would have loved to build or own a kit car when a teenager but
> couldn't 
> afford it so I got a Triumph Spitfire which was easy to work on, easy to
> take 
> apart and was everything a kit car would be except it was a "real" car.
> 
> I don't want a kitcar that much anymore but here in England its a BIG 
> business. I have helped a good friend build TWO DAX Cobras which were
> very i
> mpressive. Each cost the equilivant of £90k US Dollars and sold
> immediately
> for a 
> profit....very high standard and in big demand when done right. The
> Ultima
> is a kit 
> car and thats a pretty impressive car as well...
> 
> Havr you guys ever seen the Chesil Speedsters? http://www.chesil.co.uk/
> Sold 
> here ready to go for £25k or thereabouts and its a great looking little
> car;
> 
> many owners use them every day and they are always featured at the big
> Classic 
> and Sports Car Show at the NEC every year in Birmingham....
> 
> There is a company in Devon that makes a fantastic copy of a Jag SS100
> with
> a 
> fully detailed chassie pretty much identical to the real thing and then
> there 
> are the GT40 copies (The GTD as well) which are probably the only way
> any of
> 
> us will get to experience a car like that.
> 
> I don't really have a problem with kit cars/copy cars, ect. Hey if it
> floats
> 
> your boat then why not? I wonder if it is something in us ferrari owners
> who
> 
> see a copy of a Ferrari and think "Hey that guys cheating. He hasn't
> gone
> thru 
> the pain and expense of ownership like I have yet everybody thinks he
> has
> the 
> same class/money/style/(or whatever you think the car says about you)
> that I
> 
> have"
> 
> Not for me but frankly we need more car buffs in the world before they
> are 
> legislated away from us all into some kind of electric pile of crap. And
> I
> can't 
> help thinking that if guys who build their own BOAT or PLANE are thought
> 
> highly of, whats the difference with somebody who builds there own
> car...
> 
> Britt
> BR in the UK
> 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
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