Kit Car Credibility Suicide

[EDLT]

Gad-Westy said:

That is brilliant. Its reminds me of the Smart car/Porsche thing that was on here a few months ago.

[IforB]

Euan, you need to take him up sans harness, open the canopy and perform a slow roll, if he thinks that monstosity is acceptable!

[speedtwelve]

Hi Ifor

How's things, chap?

And to think the bloke at work was considering buying a TVR 'S' just the other week...

In retrospect he was probably planning on getting the TVR then bastardising it into an approximate glass-fibre replica of a 1986 Nissan Bluebird...

[Ferg]

southpaw said:

Why doesn't he look at something like a GTM Libra if he wasnt a vaguely practical rare/kit car?

E.g.: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/197655.htm
Its even a convertible!

That is SO not a Libra.

[Zoom_Jones]

EDLT said:

Gad-Westy said:

That is brilliant. Its reminds me of the Smart car/Porsche thing that was on here a few months ago.

The Fiat 500 911? Has anyone got a link to that thread or a pic of it?

[jagdpanther]

Ferg said:

southpaw said:

Why doesn't he look at something like a GTM Libra if he wasnt a vaguely practical rare/kit car?

E.g.: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/197655.htm
Its even a convertible!

That is SO not a Libra.

That looks like a Banham

[mackie1]

Ferg said:

southpaw said:

Why doesn't he look at something like a GTM Libra if he wasnt a vaguely practical rare/kit car?

E.g.: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/197655.htm
Its even a convertible!

That is SO not a Libra.

It's a Spyder which is the soft top version of the Libra. It looks lovely, seldom does a kit manufacturer come up with a car that good looking.

[southpaw]

I know its not really a Libra, but I went onto the classifieds and thought a Spyder would appeal more than a Libra as its convertible and he's looking at MX-5's.

[gizmo.mp3]

mackie1 said:

seldom does a kit manufacturer come up with a car that good looking.

:runs away:

[lazyitus]

:choke: :choke:

[Ferg]

mackie1 said:

Ferg said:

That is SO not a Libra.

It's a Spyder which is the soft top version of the Libra.

'Soft top version of the Libra' is, in my opinion very wide of the mark. What it is is a convertible sportscar from the same manufacturer as the Libra.

I'm racking my brains for a common panel and I think there is just one or two, under the front clam.
The Spyder shape was specifically redesigned by the Libra creator, Richard Oakes, with a softer feel. The front clam is radiussed on it's bottom edge as opposed to the Libra's sharp edge to echo the more rounded rear end, such is the depth of the differences in the design.
In addition the Spyder monococque is heavier to strengthen it's roofless shape and it also can't accomodate the KV6 engine. It has also lost some of the practicality of the Libra in the rear shelf area.

I expect there'll be some rabid Spyder owners along now.....

[Dry Gez]

mackie1 said:

Ferg said:

southpaw said:

Why doesn't he look at something like a GTM Libra if he wasnt a vaguely practical rare/kit car?

E.g.: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/197655.htm
Its even a convertible!

That is SO not a Libra.

It's a Spyder which is the soft top version of the Libra. It looks lovely, seldom does a kit manufacturer come up with a car that good looking.

FWIW I think that its a beautiful little machine.

Gez

[crofty1984]

I think kit cars are great. I'm hopefully selling the porsche soon to get a fisher fury and race it. I just think THAT kit looks terrible. Why have a shit version of an aston when he can have a great version of "pretty looking kit-o-matic"

[runnersp]

gizmo.mp3 said:

mackie1 said:

seldom does a kit manufacturer come up with a car that good looking.

:runs away:

Here you go have one of these...

No, make it two...

[Kentish]

It's not really a replica now is it? The aston-ish MX5 that is!

And in a bizarre way, I think it is kinda OK. I'd prefer a 1960's esque emulation, italian inspired perhaps.

Edited by Kentish on Wednesday 18th July 11:02

[crofty1984]

Gad-Westy said:

Edited by Gad-Westy on Monday 16th July 23:04

Edited by Gad-Westy on Monday 16th July 23:05

I know! that's not quite the right shade of red, it's not really rosso corsa, more of a guards red. as that's a porsche colour, I can only assume there's a 997 GT3 under there

[snotrag]

Kentish - www.retroforza.com orsomething like that.... type
"retro forza" into google, you'll like it. Its a pretty car!

[runnersp]

snotrag said:

Kentish - www.retroforza.com orsomething like that.... type
"retro forza" into google, you'll like it. Its a pretty car!

That's actually not a bad looking little car! Reminds me of the old Abarth OT sportscars.

[Kentish]

snotrag said:

Kentish - www.retroforza.com orsomething like that.... type
"retro forza" into google, you'll like it. Its a pretty car!

This is the coupe version of that Aston-ish MX5



Retroforza:-

[runnersp]

Looks a lot like this...