What went past my wife?
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Tyre Smoke

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23,018 posts

290 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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I'm thinking a Lotus or a kit car of some sort? Looks familiar but I can't place it. She said it sounded lovely. She reckons V8.




ShampooEfficient

4,278 posts

240 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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I want to say Venturi.

hairy v

1,410 posts

173 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Miami vice?


finlo

4,453 posts

232 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Looks Testarossa ish to me.

Drooles

1,522 posts

85 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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ShampooEfficient said:
I want to say Venturi.
Me too…

Skyrocket21

789 posts

71 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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I knew I'd seen those rear light clusters before, ha!


Surely a kit car?

vixen1700

28,925 posts

299 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Venturi.

ShampooEfficient

4,278 posts

240 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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I can't find any Venturi with those back lights. What idiot suggested that in the first place?

selnic

467 posts

296 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Mid 1980,s koenig testarossa

bstark

204 posts

162 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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I googled “Testarossa inspired kit car”

and came up with the RV Nemesis.

Looks about right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rv+nemesis+kit+c...

ShampooEfficient

4,278 posts

240 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Skyrocket21 said:
I knew I'd seen those rear light clusters before, ha!


Surely a kit car?
I think they're off a Mk2 Cavalier. And I haven't been wrong so far in this topic. Ahaem.

Milkyway

14,414 posts

82 months

ShampooEfficient

4,278 posts

240 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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bstark said:
I googled “Testarossa inspired kit car”

and came up with the RV Nemesis.

Looks about right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rv+nemesis+kit+c...
Good work!

jules_s

5,250 posts

262 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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bstark said:
I googled “Testarossa inspired kit car”

and came up with the RV Nemesis.

Looks about right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rv+nemesis+kit+c...
I believe you are correct - especially the coupe bit


Milkyway

14,414 posts

82 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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bstark said:
I googled “Testarossa inspired kit car”

and came up with the RV Nemesis.

Looks about right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rv+nemesis+kit+c...

Tyre Smoke

Original Poster:

23,018 posts

290 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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bstark said:
I googled “Testarossa inspired kit car”

and came up with the RV Nemesis.

Looks about right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rv+nemesis+kit+c...
Yep. Looks like it.

Eta: Wife says yep. Looked like a Lambo, but wasn't.


Edited by Tyre Smoke on Thursday 14th July 21:30

4rephill

5,165 posts

207 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Tyre Smoke said:
bstark said:
I googled “Testarossa inspired kit car”

and came up with the RV Nemesis.

Looks about right: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rv+nemesis+kit+c...
Yep. Looks like it.
100% RV Nemesis - And funnily enough, far rarer than a genuine Ferrari Testarossa!

(To be fair, if I recall correctly, whilst cheaper than a genuine Testarossa "back in the day", they were still quite pricey for a kit car)

Tyre Smoke

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23,018 posts

290 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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What's it built on then? Because it wasn't Testarossa big.

Milkyway

14,414 posts

82 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Tyre Smoke said:
What's it built on then? Because it wasn't Testarossa big.
Probably a Fiero

There’s a Countach kit for a X1/9... so scale doesn’t seem to be a major factor.




Edited by Milkyway on Thursday 14th July 21:50

4rephill

5,165 posts

207 months

Thursday 14th July 2022
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Milkyway said:
Tyre Smoke said:
What's it built on then? Because it wasn't Testarossa big.
Probably a Fiero

Nope! - It was built on a bespoke semi-monocoque/semi-space frame chassis: https://www.madabout-kitcars.com/kitcar/kitcar_det...