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    Re: What's your kit car owning history?

    Have to get some. Leah keeps asking for a break from the wind.

    Jim, if you do get the car out tomorrow, don't whatever you do start the engine. That could just, effectively, be classed as enjoying your car, and we can't be having that, now, can we?

    And talking of anniversaries...today is 10 years to the day since I picked up my 987 Boxster Spyder, and apart from the usual servicing items, the only thing it's needed is a replacement seat belt buckle due to the connected wiring being routed wrongly and causing an airbag fault when it eventually snapped at the buckle connector. And No it's not only done 50 miles

    And now, coincidences: was talking about Alfa Montreals this morning with someone. Only an hour later a different pal rings up to say he's been looking at one and bought it....oo-ee-oo!

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    Re: What's your kit car owning history?

    As we are sharing our our previous kit cars here are mine.

    It all started early eighties with a Mini Scamp, this was bought new as kit in about 83 for the kit price of £399 for the body and chassis, this ended up white but after a couple of years I remodelled the front the be more of a Moke looking car.


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    During the Scamp ownership along came the Sylva Star in 1988, this had been part built with an Essex V6 so that came out and in went a Fiat Twin cam, used it for sprinting and a few hill climbs until a rebuild in 1990 ready for a European tour.


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    The Star then spent the next two summers going Greece , I did a couple of summers working out there so why not drive a really impractical low car with black seats to a country with crap roads and very high summer temperatures.
    The car did very well apart from broken down pipe, cracked alternator then finally a broken half shaft (AA five start flew out my spare axel)

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    That's enough for the first instalment more to follow
    Paul

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    Re: What's your kit car owning history?

    Quote Originally Posted by tomsredstratos View Post

    Does anybody remember the Rawlson 250? They made six of them based on Beetle floorpans.
    The company made CanAm and race cars in the 70/80's. Now run by the son I believe.
    I changed the engine for an Alfasud 1.5 using an adapter plate and a front mounted radiator.
    This looks different to your's Tom?:
    250LM replica

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    Re: What's your kit car owning history?

    Quote Originally Posted by ProtoTipo View Post
    This looks different to your's Tom?:
    250LM replica
    My views of Ferrari replicas are slightly tainted by probably spending too much time around the real things and by spending a few years parked in the Ultima area at Stoneleigh which was just in front of the Ferrari replica area and not really seeing any great similarities.

    However, I remember being really taken by the Dino replicas at the show way back in 2016/17 by the DeHavilland Motor Company and still think they look really classy. No idea whether the kits are any good but the display car looked well put together https://www.dehavillandmotorcompany.com//gt

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    Re: What's your kit car owning history?

    It is the same project Chris. I believe Tiger Racing bought the moulds from Rawlson and modded the body for mid engine layout.
    I seem to remember they only produced one or two around 1990.
    Its Tiger themselves selling this one.

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