Copy of a kit car
Copy of a kit car
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SILICONEKID340HP

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14,997 posts

260 months

Sunday 3rd July 2011
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I can remember a while back when some kit car company made a copy of the Griffith with various engines,not heard anything since ..what was the car called and did it go in to production..It was a bit weird building a kit car of a kit car laugh

RemainAllHoof

80,047 posts

311 months

Sunday 3rd July 2011
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SILICONEKID340HP said:
a kit car of a kit car
Except I don't think TVR ever sold their cars in kit form so it is as much a kitcar as a Ferrari F355.

gavgavgav

1,569 posts

258 months

Sunday 3rd July 2011
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did you mean this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...

it came to a sticky end I think.

RemainAllHoof

80,047 posts

311 months

Sunday 3rd July 2011
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Ah, fair enough; but the more recent models from the 1990s onwards were certainly not available as a kit.

SILICONEKID340HP

Original Poster:

14,997 posts

260 months

Sunday 3rd July 2011
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Was it a good car ?Chassis looks a bit basic !Did not know this .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJtACkNzAYg&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNX6xcOpOM8

Edited by SILICONEKID340HP on Sunday 3rd July 23:39

RemainAllHoof

80,047 posts

311 months

Sunday 3rd July 2011
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smile

JR

14,332 posts

287 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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Quinny said:
RemainAllHoof said:
Except I don't think TVR ever sold their cars in kit form .
I think TVR of old, sold granturas and vixens in kit form,.... Some sort of tax dodgesmile
IIRC 1974 was the last kit car. Although tax was less the saving on labour was far more. I'd hazard a guess that some people actually like to build their own cars...

JR

14,332 posts

287 months

Monday 4th July 2011
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SILICONEKID340HP said:
Was it a good car ?Chassis looks a bit basic !Did not know this.
It certainly went well in a straight line. Don't know how many were built, maybe only three. In real terms it was half the price of a TVR and although it went well in a straight line the suspension was questioned and the interior was very basic. Car had some neat ideas but needed development/refinement and time ran out.