Pictures of your Kit Car…

[Grumpy Griff]

ol said:

Grumpy Griff said:

I've been developing this for the last year or so

nearly ready for IVA

Looks fantastic. Is it based on an Ultima chassis?

Yes it is but the rear section and rear suspension has been substantially changed. The shocks and springs have been moved inboard and operated by push rod.

Edited by Grumpy Griff on Thursday 31st January 20:58

[Hedgehopper]

Hi Hedgehopper
Fabulous car. Great story.

I don't know if you've been following this thread
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

But as a 60's special builder would you have any idea as to what this car is? ......... Please - we are all getting desperate!


Sorry for the delay but I have only just seen this post.

Regret to say that it is new to me. I remember most of the '60's specials as I spent hours deliberating which bodyshell to buy.

The unusual headlight treatment does remind me of something I saw on an American fibreglass site but which one I couldn't say.

Good luck searching.

Edited by Hedgehopper on Saturday 2nd February 16:46

[alfaspecial]

Hedgehopper said:

Sorry for the delay but I have only just seen this post.

Regret to say that it is new to me. I remember most of the '60's specials as I spent hours deliberating which bodyshell to buy.

The unusual headlight treatment does remind me of something I saw on an American fibreglass site but which one I couldn't say.

Good luck searching.

Edited by Hedgehopper on Saturday 2nd February 16:46

Thanks for the reply.... there were dozens of '60's specials - I think the 'hobby' died out with the introduction of VAT in the '70's.
But your 'special' really looks the part.

P.S. The Haynes Breakfast Club (1st Sunday of month) often attracts '50's / '60's 'specials'.

Edited by alfaspecial on Saturday 2nd February 18:29

[a340driver]

Spydaman said:

That is a beautiful car, what is it?

[DoubleD]

keirik said:

A lot of people said I shouldn't do it, but personally I like it

Its certainly different.

[FORMOSA]

NEARING COMPLETION .... AN F-120 GR SPECIAL using a Formosa 120 GR bodyshell and Ford V6 , 4 spd. manual

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[Europa Jon]

a340driver said:

That is a beautiful car, what is it?

It had various names. The one I remember from back in the '80s is Bonito. I seem to remember they were originally American, based on a Beetle floorpan. Later on, bespoke chassis were made for more modern engines.

[Equus]

Europa Jon said:

It had various names. The one I remember from back in the '80s is Bonito.

That one is indeed a Bonito (identified as such on this thread). I remember it better as the Seraph and later the Excalibur.... you'd need to be a bigger anorak than me to identify one from a simple photo, though, as the basic shell was the same in all its incarnations.

The design was heavily influenced by the GT40.

[Frankthered]

Equus said:

Europa Jon said:

It had various names. The one I remember from back in the '80s is Bonito.

That one is indeed a Bonito (identified as such on this thread). I remember it better as the Seraph and later the Excalibur.... you'd need to be a bigger anorak than me to identify one from a simple photo, though, as the basic shell was the same in all its incarnations.

The design was heavily influenced by the GT40.

I'll claim half an anorak - the Excalibur was front engine, RWD, based on Cortina running gear and thus needed a bulge in the bonnet to cover the engine.

Google suggests that the Seraph was front engined too, but not sure what running gear it used.

ETA, should have checked the linky, it seems I'm repeating myself!!

Edited by Frankthered on Tuesday 5th February 00:18

[ggdrew]

a340driver said:

Spydaman said:

That is a beautiful car, what is it?

Ironically Bonito does mean Beautiful (masc.) in Spanish

Edited by ggdrew on Thursday 7th March 22:01

[Lordbenny]

Had this Sylva J15 about 6 months now after owning 2 x Westfields, a Sylva Striker and a Dutton Pheaton. It’s a bloody crackin’ car and tick all my weekend toy boxes.

[spyder dryver]

I've not posted on this thread for many a while so in the interest of "keeping it going" ...

1987 Spyder Silverstone. Chassis #12 of 23. Mine for nearly 20 years. I recently built a new engine for it. Toyota 3SGE 16V. I finally got around to making a new ally bonnet too.






My other, sadly under-used toy is a 2005 STM Phoenix Fireblade 929

[Hoonigan]

Not sure I’ve seen this thread before, done great cars out there. Here’s a couple of pics on my one...

Stickers going on this coming week to finish it off.

[Spydaman]

ggdrew said:

a340driver said:

Spydaman said:

That is a beautiful car, what is it?

Ironically Bonito does mean Beautiful (masc.) in Spanish

Edited by ggdrew on Thursday 7th March 22:01

It's a type of fish too.

[Ozzie Dave]

If my memory is right the Seraph and Excalibur were both Cortina based, with the change happening after the takeover and for a while you could choose VW or Ford based.

[Hiryu]

More than ten years later and still here! In fact, I just broke even in October here on the build-time-to-drive-time ratio (it took seven years and three months to get on the road, and now it's also been on the road that long). Broke 100,000 miles on her a few months ago, too.

Getting some pics of her ready to put in a 2021 calendar (assuming we make it through 2020):

[HughG]

The Murtaya has aged very well

[TomcatT4]

Some aero upgrades in my Kozmo ;-)

[Hoonigan]

That’s looking great, well done.

TomcatT4 said:

Some aero upgrades in my Kozmo ;-)

[Ken555]

I posted mine several years ago (2009), so I think an updated images is needed.