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3rd May 2012, 18:28 | #1 |
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Kit cars
Anyone ever built one?
I did - a Dutton Phaeton back in around 1982. Cheap as chips, based on a 1969 Ford Escort estate, cost me around £800 to build, sold it on for £1270 (I remember the price, as I had it up for £1295 and the buyer asked if I'd take offers. I asked him what he wanted to offer and he said £1270 so I snapped his hand off! ) When I get a scanner sorted, I'll post some pics up, but 'twas a bit like this (only sand coloured, as they stopped doing yellow just before I bought mine! ) Just spotted this one on eBay! Mad or what? I remember lusting after Beetle based Nova kit cars (before Vauxhall nicked the name!) that looked like this Apparently the rights got sold to an American firm, and it morphed into this, which IMHO looks like it's had a rear end shunt....
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Not exactly a kit-car, but most people call it that is my Locost[1].
Scratch built and been on the road 8 years now. It's had 5 different engines over the years, just this afternoon I dropped a "new" 2.0l Zetec in[2]. Don't take any notice of the minging cam cover, I have a painted one ready to go on At the moment it's running on bike carbs and a home-built 3d mappable ignition system[3]. Around 150bhp and 570kgs. Engine from Mondeo Gearbox from Sierra Axle from Escort MK2 Front uprights from Cortina Front brakes from Capri Radiator from Nissan Micra Wheels from Puma etc. They're soo much fun on a nice day, the kit car "scene" is cheap and there's loads of meetings, owners clubs shows etc. I'd sell one of my kids before my toy car [1] Home built using an Escort donor [2] Actually did it twice, along with clutch and flywheel, I 'd left the sandwich plate off.. [3] Cheaper and easier than it sounds
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3rd May 2012, 18:50 | #3 |
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I would like to have a kitcar. But i only have £500 to spend, what's my chances of getting one ??..
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Dad built a GCS Hawke when I was a kid, well, I still am but when I was younger. Loved that car. A morgan plus8 for a lot less money!
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Looks nice! thank you
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That Locost looks great - and it seems you have shedloads of fun with it!
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Me too until this afternoon, when something put it back into my head! Didn't it turn into an Eagle later on, which had gull-wing doors rather than the (much more fun in my opinion) lifting canopy?
Oddly, after a bit of Google mooching this afternoon, I found that the Dutton Phaeton also became an Eagle, in this case a P21, which apparently stayed in production until 2011, which surprised me!
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