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Original Poster:

300 posts

267 months

Monday 4th February 2002
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Original Poster:

300 posts

267 months

Monday 4th February 2002
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but there' a risk that sales maybe stolen when models can be found cheap even though materials are different and the building company is different, right?
So, there' a chance to be sued!
How to avoid this?

chassis

Original Poster:

300 posts

267 months

Wednesday 6th February 2002
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Correct me if I am wrong but I am assuming that maybe you are thinking that the kit car replica is built by the same people as a real one. It is not, the kit car is a fibreglass copy, which are sometimes "quite" realistic (mainly in the Lambo guises) but are built upon either a donor car (i.e. Pontiac Fiero) or something like a tubular chassis.

It is pretty easy to spot most replica's as they clearly are not up to the same standard as the real thing but my neighbour had a Lambo Countach that looked quite good, had all the connolly leather etc. But then it cost him something like £28,000 so for a little more you could have the real thing.

I think you are confusing kit cars and replica cars (although sometimes built in a similar way).

Also regarding suing, the replica manufacturers are generally so small time that company's like Lambo and Ferrari don't bother with them. The kits are not good enough to steal sales from Ferrari/lambo and also they don't come with any Ferrari/lambo badges etc.





Sorry, I am new with cars.
What' a:

replica, lambo?

WHat do the kit cars contain?

chassis

Original Poster:

300 posts

267 months

Friday 8th February 2002
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God, looking at these posts apropos chassis, I salute you all: you have the patience of saints !!

Reminds me of a quote from Fawlty Towers:

: "Please try to understand before one of us dies."




You think that everyone understands what a car kit is in the uk?
No?
then what' wrong if I ask anything about it?