ListerBell Stratos
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200Plus Club said:
Just shared that link with a friend who is currently cutting up and fixing a lancia beta coupe to make an 037 replica from!
You may want to share this one with him too :http://www.carteroni.co.nz/
Would love to build an 037 rep along with an LB Stratos. Perfect garage.
These would do it :
https://petrolicious.com/articles/this-ex-jolly-cl...
Following with interest!
Loved the LB since the autocar review as it’s exactly what a good replica should be imho - the essence of the original but improved for daily use and modern tyres/suspension.
I have the price list from 2013 when I toyed with the idea but didn’t have a garage. Now I have a garage but have an elise and a radical project instead!
Would you mind giving a ballpark estimate of on-the-road cost at some point? I keep looking at dirt cheap alfa v6’s in the hope of removing the engine ‘for later’ and will deffo have one at some point a couple of projects down the line!
There’s a very (!) well built car on the seloc forum here; may give you some ideas
https://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=411682
Loved the LB since the autocar review as it’s exactly what a good replica should be imho - the essence of the original but improved for daily use and modern tyres/suspension.
I have the price list from 2013 when I toyed with the idea but didn’t have a garage. Now I have a garage but have an elise and a radical project instead!
Would you mind giving a ballpark estimate of on-the-road cost at some point? I keep looking at dirt cheap alfa v6’s in the hope of removing the engine ‘for later’ and will deffo have one at some point a couple of projects down the line!
There’s a very (!) well built car on the seloc forum here; may give you some ideas
https://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=411682
200Plus Club said:
Bright Halo said:
I saw your car at Stoneleigh yesterday along with all the LB Stratos’s.
Looked fantastic!
The tennis balls in the intakes caused some interesting comments.
An old trick to prevent crap dropping in. Sometimes linked up too! Looked fantastic!
The tennis balls in the intakes caused some interesting comments.
“Look that cars air filters look like tennis balls”
“Won’t those shoot out when it starts up”
And the best
“I reckon that’s Andy Murray’s car”
Edited by Bright Halo on Tuesday 7th May 10:37
Directly as a result of this thread. Went up to Stoneleigh with the aim of ordering a build. Was told it was 18 months wait for supply of a kit and 3 years if I wanted them to build one for me.. So I turned around and bought Nick's blue one. What an awesome, awesome little car. Properly hardcore. Love it!
456mgt said:
Directly as a result of this thread. Went up to Stoneleigh with the aim of ordering a build. Was told it was 18 months wait for supply of a kit and 3 years if I wanted them to build one for me.. So I turned around and bought Nick's blue one. What an awesome, awesome little car. Properly hardcore. Love it!
No messing about, that’s how you do things! Nicely done. More pics please.456mgt said:
Directly as a result of this thread. Went up to Stoneleigh with the aim of ordering a build. Was told it was 18 months wait for supply of a kit and 3 years if I wanted them to build one for me.. So I turned around and bought Nick's blue one. What an awesome, awesome little car. Properly hardcore. Love it!
Fantastic. That's the way to do it!!I was actually standing speaking to Craig when you came over to tell him you had bought Nick's car.
20 mins earlier I was saying to Nick that I thought his asking price was too low (not to flatter his build but in recognition that there was a lot of interest and you couldn't now build his car for much less than he was asking and then you would still have a 3 year wait)
This has been a bit of a masochistic journey for me. I've no patience and, like you, just want the car and want it now. I remember the deflation I felt on learning that back then it was a 2 year wait for a turnkey car. When I was first on the LB stand a few years ago there was an Alitalia car on display. If it had been for sale I would have done exactly as you have and just bought it. Bizarrely .. in retrospect I'm glad I didn't because I've enjoyed being part of the build journey more than I would ever have expected and my OCD is satisfied knowing that my car will be pretty close to the mental picture I had for it.. but I'm jealous as hell that you can jump in yours and have a blast on the back roads this weekend. Enjoy!!
456mgt said:
Directly as a result of this thread. Went up to Stoneleigh with the aim of ordering a build. Was told it was 18 months wait for supply of a kit and 3 years if I wanted them to build one for me.. So I turned around and bought Nick's blue one. What an awesome, awesome little car. Properly hardcore. Love it!
Blimey you don't f
k about. Well done that man!Any planned track day jaunts in it? Very envious.
200Plus Club said:
£40-50k ish built as a decent spec I think but seriously good value in terms of holding their money generally. So few come up for sale and seem to fly off shelves.
You need to be a wee bit careful with over generalising the prices. I'm certainly no expert but I know that over the years there have been various kit so a Stratos replica that's for sale today could be a LB, a Hawk or one of another 2 or 3 manufacturers and the value in them is pretty much determined by the individual spec of each car. LB prices will be leading the way.Eg, you can simply use a £500 engine from a 2.5 litre Alfa donor car or go down the route I've gone and spend £2500 on the engine then a multiple of that again taking it to be rebuilt and fit the ITBs etc... or you can fit a crate 3.5 litre V6 from the Lotus Evora and, if you're minded, supercharge it. Combine that with the various options for exhaust, brakes, suspension, trim, paint etc for each individual car and you can see how it's difficult to be too general.
My head is in the sand and my fingers are in my ears in relation to the cost of mine by the time I get it in the garage but it will certainly (err, hopefully?) start with a 6. I'm not expecting to lose money if/when I come to sell it.
Edited by renmure on Friday 10th May 23:02
renmure said:
You need to be a wee bit careful with over generalising the prices. I'm certainly no expert but I know that over the years there have been various kit so a Stratos replica that's for sale today could be a LB, a Hawk or one of another 2 or 3 manufacturers and the value in them is pretty much determined by the individual spec of each car.
My head is in the sand and my fingers are in my ears in relation to the cost of mine by the time I get it in the garage but it will certainly (err, hopefully?) start with a 6. I'm not expecting to lose money if/when I come to sell it.
Yes I'm talking purely in relation to the LB kits which to be fair fly off the shelves new and second hand. I can't speak for other marques that's true. Long term values unknown on these too, I suspect if the car is kept well you'll not lose your shirt tho and will have enjoyed the car tremendously My head is in the sand and my fingers are in my ears in relation to the cost of mine by the time I get it in the garage but it will certainly (err, hopefully?) start with a 6. I'm not expecting to lose money if/when I come to sell it.
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