What Is The Best Kit Car Ever Made

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror) 01/12/2016 at 11:55 • Filed to: QUESTION OF THE DAY

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Car enthusiasts don’t usually like kit cars. The kit car business has been ruined by all those Fiero-based Ferrari and Miata-based BMW Z3 and eventually died (almost). Car enthusiast supremo Bob Lutz just kinda reinvented the genre with VLF, a company that specialize in the conversion of failed vehicles such as the Fisker Karma and the Dodge Viper. The plan is simple, you take the original car, bump the power and sell it for twice the original price. The VLF Force 1 V10 can hardly fail.

What other kit car was actually great ?

For Sweden > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 11:57

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Ferrari Bertilina Boxer

Margin Of Error > For Sweden 01/12/2016 at 11:59

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leave bert alone

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 11:59

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This Ferrari.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:02

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Surely the Baja Bug and Meyers Manx are among the better ones out there. Further, the Factory Five Cobra. The ur-kit car and probably the best, though, is the Seven.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:03

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nothing fwd, that’s for sure!

Margin Of Error > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/12/2016 at 12:04

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yea verily

Margin Of Error > not for canada - australian in disguise 01/12/2016 at 12:05

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I have yet to see one.

Even makers of fauxrrari don’t like them.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:05

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i was being sarcastic

Margin Of Error > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/12/2016 at 12:06

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can’t lie, I don’t hate

Brian, The Life of > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:07

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At the moment I’m really lusting over a Beck Spyder with a 2.5L Scoobi mill.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/de…

That said, this 8C is probably the coolest recreation ever and I am deeply, deeply in lust with it:

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/de…

Margin Of Error > Brian, The Life of 01/12/2016 at 12:09

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That ain’t cheap !

Minardi Gras > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:09

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Ahem...
Mini Marcos

Brian, The Life of > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:12

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The Alfa? No it’s not but did you see the work/bespoke parts that went into it? That ain’t no Gazelle, pal ;)

Berang > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:12

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If we’re talking sheer success or impact, Meyer’s manx dunebuggy:

The best kit cars don’t try to imitate anything.

The Caterham 7 would also be right up there I think.

450X_FTW > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:14

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Shelby kit car. Can have a fun weekend ride for mid $20,000 that looks damn close to the $2,000,000 car it copies

Margin Of Error > Berang 01/12/2016 at 12:14

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agreed

Rainbow > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:17

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Sand rails. You want a cheap, fun car that can go quickly on and off the road, turns more heads than a Ferrari, gets decent gas mileage, and is titled as a VW Beetle? There’s only one option for you.

Margin Of Error > Rainbow 01/12/2016 at 12:17

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Nice

deekster_caddy > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:18

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VW Beetle to MG kit cars:

In one swoop you’ve pitched VW enthusiasts against MG enthusiasts and ended up with a car that’s noisier, slower and less reliable than either of the originals.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Minardi Gras 01/12/2016 at 12:27

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That’s a LeMans spec race car though. Nissan was copying them.

Mercedes Streeter > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:28

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The Michalak C7. While most people will assume that this kit car is based on a smart roadster, it isn’t. The donor car is actually a first generation smart fortwo.

So this:

+ lots of drugs =

jjhats > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:28

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the Ferrari you could buy from a Pontiac dealer:

Margin Of Error > Mercedes Streeter 01/12/2016 at 12:32

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I LIKE THAT SHIT MORE THAN I SHOULD

Patrick Nichols > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:51

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I like the idea of an 818 though I feel like if I’m at that point in the future I might just want to import one of those mid engined kei cars and busa swap...

A pogo-stick, obviously. > Margin Of Error 01/12/2016 at 12:51

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Factory Five 818.

A pogo-stick, obviously. > Berang 01/12/2016 at 12:53

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COTD:

The best kit cars don’t try to imitate anything.

A pogo-stick, obviously. > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/12/2016 at 12:55

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I like that way more than I should.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > A pogo-stick, obviously. 01/12/2016 at 13:47

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I like the looks of the 818C so much better than the original design.

Blondude > 450X_FTW 01/12/2016 at 14:00

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Sometimes I hate my obsession with Cobras. If I ever got a replica I would end up just thinking about all the little details that aren’t quite right. There are replicas out there that are pretty much identical to the originals, but they’re like $200k. :(

deekster_caddy > deekster_caddy 01/12/2016 at 16:10

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Can’t edit, but whoops - I thought for some reason I should be posting the WORST kit cars! This is NOT one of the best...