Can anyone help me find a Murcielago Kit

[jlette1]

Hello,

There was a Murcielago kit that was spoke highly of on this web site, I wanted to know if it was still available. This kit wasn't offered through through Triangle G I believed it was offered through rapid productions. It was special because it had its own chassis and all the parts off a j series of Jaguar could bolt right on the chassis without any modifications. The kit that was on this web site has many advantages over the Triangle G version. One big advantages is its ability to bolt an Jaguar engine already with fuel injection and justabout all the pieces would work from the donor car to the kit. I would like to have the website address but I really need the phone number of the manufacturer. I can be reached at [e-mail] If you can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your
attention on this important matter.






Yours Truly,




Jeff

[ozzie dave]

Jeff , unfortunately you cant get one , the one you speak about , all the stuff was sold on e-bay due to me guys with deep pockets & powerful solicitors who came knocking(we suspect).

sorry

[Twincam16]

I reckon your best bet would be to go on www.kitcars.com and import one from the 'States, bear in mind that, although they're based on Pontiac Fieros for the most part, a Corvette-spec 5.7 drops straight in.

[Twincam16]

In fact, this one's still in the classifieds at under £30k:

www.pistonheads.com/sales/detail.asp?i=41611&s=183











If I had £28,950, I wouldn't have thought twice by now...

>> Edited by Twincam16 on Sunday 5th June 16:16

[pwig]

Poser.

[Twincam16]

pwig said:

Poser.

Oh, OK then, I'll buy a Rover 214SLi.

Look mate, to me, if something looks this good and actually has useable power and handling that you can exploit without worrying about Lamborghini bills, then IMO you'd be an idiot not to consider it.

I remember reading an article in Classic and Sports Car featuring owners of pin-up supercars. They were asked how fast they'd driven them. Most of them didn't say much over 120 mph.

So, in the real world, there's a natural limit to performance - the road, primarily. So to me, there's no point in buying a 200mph supercar to actually do 200mph, especially when you have the bills to go with it.

Buying something that looks like a 200mph supercar, but has normal servicing costs and you can use all of its performance on the road - and all for nowhere near the price of the real thing - makes more sense to me. You do have to wonder how many people buy certain cars simply because they are expensive and they want people to know they can afford it, then don't use it any more differently to a hot hatch. You've got to ask 'what's the point' in some situations.

[pwig]

To buy a care because of looks, and what people think of you, is to pose. Simple as.

[pwig]

And surely the whole point of the Murky is the fact it has monster power, and monster brakes and a HOOOOOOOOOGE V12 engine.

[mg511]

I agree with PWIG, that car needs at least a V8 in it to make any sense at all, it's far too expensive for a re-bodied Fiero with a 2.8 V6.

[Twincam16]

mg511 said:

I agree with PWIG, that car needs at least a V8 in it to make any sense at all, it's far too expensive for a re-bodied Fiero with a 2.8 V6.

Of course if I had it I'd shove a V8 in it, of course.

[Twincam16]

pwig said:

To buy a car because of looks, and what people think of you, is to pose. Simple as.

So to avoid being a 'poser', I've got to buy either an ugly car, or an impractically expensive car?

I don't give a flying fk what people think of me and my car.

IMO to pose is to show off deliberately and self-consciously in front of people in order to get a reaction. Owning and enjoying this car is not posing, but driving very slowly past a wine bar with the doors open dangling your gold Rolex outside is.

[pwig]

So why have a car that 'looks' like another one, and not just buy a fast car and spend your money on making it even faster?

[Twincam16]

pwig said:

So why have a car that 'looks' like another one, and not just buy a fast car and spend your money on making it even faster?

Because I like the design of that car, but I can't afford a real one and never will. Kit cars let you live the dream whilst not bleeding you dry. Perhaps I don't want to spend the rest of my money on cars at all?

And what are you going to do with your 200 mph Rover 214SLi? 200mph? Like to see you try. And at the end of the day, it's the posers that are 'fooled' as they look at the kit thinking more about the image than the fun car underneath.

[grahambell]

pwig said:

So why have a car that 'looks' like another one?

Says the man who lists an 'AC Cobra twin turbo kit car' as one of his fantasy cars...

[pwig]

So you are more concerned with the way it looks than the way it drives?

try www.maxpower.co.uk you may find more people in common with your views.


Oh and Graham, the beauty of Cobras is that they are pretty much copies of the original, just another version, using different parts. Not cheap copy based on another car.

[Incorrigible]

pwig said:

Oh and Graham, the beauty of Cobras is that they are pretty much copies of the original, just another version, using different parts. Not cheap copy based on another car.

You've obviously looked at more of them than me

[Twincam16]

pwig said:

So you are more concerned with the way it looks than the way it drives? try www.maxpower.co.uk you may find more people in common with your views. Oh and Graham, the beauty of Cobras is that they are pretty much copies of the original, just another version, using different parts. Not cheap copy based on another car.

Firstly, Max Power is all about showing off. Buying that Murcielago replica combines a decent sports car with beautiful, clean design. Max Power is all about showing everyone else how much you've spent on your car by, err, buying tat for the sake of it and showing off with it.

And Cobras are a very mixed bag. There are some out there with 2-litre Ford Pinto engines. There are some with chassis heavier than Michelle McManus that handle like a building site. There are genuine designs licensed by Carrol Shelby and there are some ill-proportioned copies built on an MGB. There are the genuine AC ones and so on.

And what about Jaguar replicas? Do you have a problem with someone building an S, XK, C,D or E-type on genuine Jaguar components? It'll never go as fast as the racer it's based on and the body's made of fibreglass - does that make the owner of a Proteus D-Type replica a 'poser'? Because I know one who'd be bloody annoyed if you suggested that.

I see no difference between those replicas and this Lamborghini, the only difference being that you can't exactly find Lamborghini engines lying around to use readily, so what's wrong with something that's not quite exactly the same, but the owner has tried to get close to the real thing with, say, a Corvette engine?

There are Cobra replicas out there with Rover and Chevrolet V8s - surely that should incense you as everything other than a Ford V8 is 'posing'?

[pwig]

Proteus stuff is fine, as it is as true to the original as can be. As are some Cobra Replicas. But buying one car, and then trying to make it look like another, instead of just making the original go faster, smacks of showoffness imo...

[grahambell]

pwig said:

Oh and Graham, the beauty of Cobras is that they are pretty much copies of the original, just another version, using different parts. Not cheap copy based on another car.

Pretty much copies of the original in body shape only actually pwig. Only a couple replicate the original's twin tube chassis and all of them use different suspension with different engines too in many cases.

But if you're happy with that for Cobras then surely you should be happy enough with that situation for Diablo replicas using bespoke chassis?

[pwig]

Build I diablo, which looks exactly the same, has the same engine and suspension, and also same brakes, wheels, interior etc and I will have one. I suspect i will be cheaper to buy a used one however.