Ultimate kit ideas

Ultimate kit ideas

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Toltec

7,159 posts

222 months

Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Interesting that the discussion has focused in on design/appearance, how hard is it to find a balance between a form lead or function lead car?

My bias would be the engineering and driving experience, without these it would not matter how pretty it is, though I could be put off by a particularly egregious design. I think for some if the car looks good and the underpinnings are acceptable that is what matters most. Then of course there are the other considerations; usability, practicality, maintenance and running costs which will mix in at various levels of importance.

You can understand why so many manufacturers copy a well liked design and try to differentiate on the oily bits.


ezakimak

1,871 posts

235 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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what about tributes to classic pre war designs?

http://dougsdistractions.blogspot.co.uk/search?upd...













Edited by ezakimak on Thursday 7th May 01:49

robemcdonald

8,716 posts

195 months

Thursday 7th May 2015
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Success or failure of a design like the one above is all to do with execution. Crisp lines and minimal panel gaps are things that the kit industry have traditionally found a challenge. Smaller and simpler would be a better option. Something like the sun 3 wheeler. (Sorry but I can't post pictures from my iPad)

cymtriks

4,560 posts

244 months

Saturday 9th May 2015
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As someone pointed out above there have been some innovative and good looking cars made as kits over the years. This is actually one of the industry's strong points, the ability to do what mainstream companies won't do.

I think the ultimate kit would not copy anything and include features that ordinary cars would not have.

Here is a list of original kits that did just that, I've included the pretty, the retro, the dramatic, large and small:

Marcos Mantula
Midas Gold
GTM coupe
Microplas Mistral
Byers CR90
Ultima
UVA Fugitive
Ronart
Kougar
595 Barchetta
Murtaya
AF Sports
Factory-5 818

Finally a really nice video of a very pretty car (watch it again and again...)
Beattieracing - click on "the roadrace" and enjoy.

Transmitter Man

4,253 posts

223 months

Tuesday 12th May 2015
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EskimoArapaho said:
I know that Mercedes Germany claimed to have crushed a gullwing 300 replica, but I'm not sure that story was entirely true.
I thought there was a 25 year rule with regards design copyright?

If there is you can now start to produce a nice LM:



without being clobbered.

Phil

dom9

8,040 posts

208 months

Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Transmitter Man said:
I thought there was a 25 year rule with regards design copyright?

If there is you can now start to produce a nice LM:



without being clobbered.

Phil
Hubba hubba!

Toltec

7,159 posts

222 months

Tuesday 12th May 2015
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I rather like this-



though possibly scaled down to a Euro size...




Edited by Toltec on Tuesday 12th May 22:16