Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Replica Cars

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

And don't forget the many Lotus 7 clones - most of which are
far superior to the original.  While you could argue that the
Caterham is a continuation of the original, very little is left of
the Lotus design.  Suspension, drivetrain, body, etc. are all
different.  Just the nostalgic shape remains.

Hans.

On 12/8/06, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Good
> Cobras
> (you can get a full metal cobra body now built in an old MIG fighter jet
> factory
> in Poland for £30k"
>
> Those are the Kirkham models and they are of excellent quality. In fact,
> the quality of those and the Superformance units are considered to be much
> better than the original. The repli-Cobra crowd seems to be torn between
> pros and cons of the variety of options available to them.
>
> The Superformance and Kirkhams are considered the best of the true
> replicas...meaning they are the highest quality and closest to resembling
> the "originial". The Factory Five cars share much less in common with the
> originals but offer a lot of modern engineering updates (chassis, crash
> protection, safety items, etc.). Then you have the lesser companies that
> aren't very close to the originals and very dangerous to drive.
>
> If you scour ebay and the classifieds sites, you'll see many "tributes" to
> original Cobras and muscle cars. Though clearly marked as not original,
> there is still much deception that is implied.
>
> Ford and Shelby are all in the midst of planning lawsuits against these
> companies.
>
> LS
> --- Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote:
>
> > Interesting work but boy thats a lot of work to make something as a
> > copy. I
> > saw the price of 100k dollars which today in the UK would buy you a REAL
> > Diablo
> > (they are going for about 55,000 pounds......) Don't know how long ago
> > this
> > website was set up or how old it is but if just a few years its
> > interesting
> > that depreciation means you culd get the real thing now for the same
> > money!
> >
> > Still in general I wonder why people have such strong feelings about
> > replica
> > cars or kit cars yet as I said before they don't if its a boat or plane.
> > Why
> > is that? Have we all been so taken in by the car manufacturers that a
> > "real"
> > car has to come from one of the big manufacturers and that kits or home
> > builts
> > are inferior? And badge or no badge, if it looks like a Ferrari or Lambo
> > does
> > the addition of a badge make any difference either way?
> >
> > Lastly how about those historic and valuable Ferraris, ect that are
> > wrecked
> > or burned to the ground and have to be completely rebuilt, restored.
> > When the
> > body parts are no longer available you can have entire new bodies made
> > of
> > handbeaten metal. Retrim it and even put in a new engine (or rebuilt
> > one...). So,
> > if all you have is a fire damaged chassie and your GTO is completely
> > remade is
> > it anything different from a kit car?? There are plenty of guys here in
> > the UK
> > that can build you anything in metal and copy any body possible (DK
> > Engineering has made several GTOs off other ferrari models and you
> > CANNOT tell the
> > difference without checking chassie numbers and DK is known as one of
> > the best
> > ferrari restorers in the business) Autotechnique is another one (check
> > the issue
> > of Octane from just two months ago for their work). Are these cars
> > really much
> > different from a replica or kit car just because they have 1 original
> > part
> > like the frame or maybe a ferrari engine (which a kit car could have as
> > well)
> >
> > Just a few points, I am not defending either way but it is funny how a
> > lot of
> > cars have been restored and rebuilt after bad accidents and you wonder
> > how
> > much of the car still exists that left the factory originally. We have
> > discussed
> > this before but I do say the lines are bluring with many kit cars (I am
> > not
> > really talking about the Fiero based things but more the GT40s, Good
> > Cobras
> > (you can get a full metal cobra body now built in an old MIG fighter jet
> > factory
> > in Poland for £30k), the Chesil speedsters, ect.....
> >
> > Sorry this is so long but it is better than discussing the postal
> > system,
> > right?? :)
> >
> > Britt
> >
> >
> >
> > > With all this talk of replica cars, I had to share with you guys the
> > work
> > > of a guy I met a while back.
> > >
> > > http://www.lambobuilder.com/edb/
> > >
> > > This guy's work is so good, his fit and finish are as good or better
> > than
> > > Lambo.
> > >
> > > Thought you guys would enjoy seeing his work.
> > >
> > > Tony
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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