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"ptak appreciates old racecars" (racecarptak) 10/04/2015 at 18:51 • Filed to: important things

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Let me know what you think about this.

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Do you think there is a market for a small kit car in the style of a 1920s racer?

It would be a single seater, using motorcycle wheels + tires, a 20 or 30 HP engine and hopefully roughly the same power-to-weight ratio of a first-gen Miata.

It would be marketed towards a clientele that would pay in the area of $10K for one, and would be able to put it together themselves.

I’m not entirely serious with this but your opinion will let my fantasy progress and keep me entertained for the next while. ;)

Thanks all in advance

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 18:59

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Sounds awesome!

Grindintosecond > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 19:00

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http://classiccarslist.com/replica-and-ki…

seems kinda like a one-off. But there could be a market. If there’s a market for powered scaffolding X-BOW and three-wheeled Morgan’s then there might be for this, but the market could be an aged crowd that could be expiring.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 19:01

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It sounds cool.

Birddog > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 19:03

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Yes! But, I’m a bit touched in the head so.

A truly affordable series is due. That sounds like fun.

(That’s part of my reasoning for going back to MotoX. Well, Vintage MotoX. I’m all in and ready for a Hare Scramble or Flat Track for $1500-$2000.)

StoneCold > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 19:14

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You mean what flat-head midget racing used to be?

ptak appreciates old racecars > StoneCold 10/04/2015 at 19:31

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Pretty similar, yeah. I was thinking of a more low-slung body (and honestly it would probably be even simpler than a midget racer)

ptak appreciates old racecars > Birddog 10/04/2015 at 19:32

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Aren’t we all.

The idea here is it would be a little machine whose focus is being fun to drive.

Vintage motocross sounds awesome. Got any pics of yours?

ptak appreciates old racecars > Grindintosecond 10/04/2015 at 19:33

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Interesting. My version was smaller and less sophisticated, but yeah, I guess that’s not too far off.

And I was honestly wondering about the Miata/brown wagon crowd. I don’t know if $10K is more than they’d pay for a toy or not.

desertdog5051 > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 19:53

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THAT is a cool photo!

Bandit > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 20:25

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I want a kit of this

Birddog > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 20:26

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I’m going 1980s 3 wheelers. I’ve put a few pics up.

I’d give up Trikes for a 1980 Maico 501 in a heartbeat though.

It was a brute. Not really a good handler and not really a good jumper. But damn, on the straights it cooked!

ptak appreciates old racecars > Bandit 10/04/2015 at 21:33

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Make that a little smaller and you basically have my idea.

ptak appreciates old racecars > Birddog 10/04/2015 at 21:36

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That trike looks awesome and far too dangerous for me to be in its presence.

Birddog > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 21:48

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Trikes never hurt anyone that didn’t deserve what they got.

Respect the machine!

shop-teacher > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/04/2015 at 23:33

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I like the idea!

Don’t know how many loons there are out there like me, but I like it.

murrayCod > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/05/2015 at 00:26

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A scaled-up Cyclekart?

http://cyclekarts.com/

ptak appreciates old racecars > murrayCod 10/05/2015 at 01:38

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Exactly.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > ptak appreciates old racecars 10/22/2015 at 11:23

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If you could legalize it for the road. Maybe have it registered as a motorcycle I’d be all for it.