I used to be into kit cars in the 80s but was always lacking at least two of the three key ingredients: time, space, money. I'd have loved to create a tastefully crafted Nova.
I'm 6-4 built a cobra and extended the footwells. I also used block hugger headers and out the bottom exhaust. Worked fine. Most of these cars are for jockey-sized guys. With a little engineering we can get into these buggies.
That first car is what Stanley Kubrick should have used in 'A Clockwork Orange' as the Durango 95. The 1969 M-505 Adams Brothers Probe 16 was an absolute horror show, and I don't mean the good kind!
Some of them are for people with a death wish...no head rest , roll bars or 3point harness set belts... having said that I'd be tempted by that Ferrari Daytona convertible... very nice!!.❤️🇬🇧
I wonder if any creative individual or company has come up with the idea of having a open top car, but with a fiberglass (or carbon) roof cleverly fitted to the inside or outside of the bonnet. So come some rain you can release your roof and yet not loose any asthetic design or usability of the bonnet.?
The British are amongst the world's best when it comes to automotive design, technical innovation, prototype development and specialist manufacturing so why can't we get our act together and be a stand alone, indigenous, mass volume, car manufacturer?
@@Mercmad I think it's our inablility to raise long term investment capital too. Short and long term investments with potentially high returns are more attractive than a long haul.
No market: rhd. Can't survive without export, and Japan has that covered already. If UK was LHD, British cars would compete fairly with any one. But also the bribes from Japan were too much to turn down :(
I have a Model 52, British Coach Works (BCW), MG TD Schweppes Special Edition for sale built in 1985 in Arnold, PA. USA. Can you help advertise FOR SALE?
Observation: A special meet is a great idea. Kit cars don't belong at real car events. Real events spouses attend. Kit car guys seem to wear Hawaiian shirts and like French food.
Don't know why people want a falsified version of a real car or those who buy fake badges. I get wanting a kit car that is original - like the Vaydor - just not one based on an existing model. For instance, if you arrive somewhere (and it's not a kit car show) what do you say when people ask about your 'GT3'? Either you lie, or tell the truth - "Umm, it's not real, I bought a kit because I am a poser who can't afford the real deal." It's fine if you can't afford a $300 thousand dollar car, most of us can't, but it's a façade - like putting a false front on a trailer house and calling it a mansion.
30 years ago at the show, the fake VW based 911 Covlin? looked almost identical to a 911 , the fake 356 Chisel speedster? also VW based looked identical , the Fake Lambo looked almost identical the V8 gave it away. The Fake Jaguar xj6 engine E type looked almost identical. These body kit cars are not so close. Cobras still look real but was already yawning at the number of Cobras in 93. I see the 356 that looks real is still there. Most of the good looking replicas were there 30 years ago and some that were there are missing. I think the kit car replica market must have stalled. I would not kennel my dog in many of the new body kit replicas,, that new bloated boxter based 356, someone must have been drunk at the time to buy that
I'd like to walk around those shows with a mullet wig, platforms and a cucumber down the front of tight strides! What's the point of having a Trabant dressed up to look like a Lagonda? The whole fake - snake thing does my head in, that one with "Cobra 427" decals all over it; NO, it's NOT ! The beech bugs have a nostalgic charm - I could do one of them with Subaru power, that'd be an honest kit car. The rest, with a few exceptions are just ridiculous.
@@dancarter482 Don't know why people want a falsified version of a real car or those who buy fake badges. Some of the original kit cars, like the Vaydor or the Manx, are cool projects, but I would never want one based on an existing model i.e. the fake "Cobras" or "GT3's." For instance, if you arrive somewhere (and it's not a kit car show) what do you say when people ask about your 'GT3'? Either you lie, or tell the truth, "Umm, it's not real, I bought a kit because I am a poser who can't afford the real deal." It's fine if you can't afford a $300 thousand dollar car, most of us can't, but it's a façade - like putting a false front on a trailer house and calling it a mansion.
@@mikefraley6935 Best I've seen was a "speedboat" built on a Reliant three wheeler. A totally honest mad machine that is so obviously _NOT_ what it appears to be. Sitting in traffic in a _FAKE_ car is like walking around in DRAG! Friends who've owned exotic cars always have conversations at the fuel stops with excited enthusiasts - my mate had a low-body Countach and was always getting accused of having a "Nice replica, Mate!" - because it doesn't have the silly wing. They were always surprised it was the real thing.
I am trying to hear who the kit makers are I can’t understand a word ,next time list the manufacturer in graphics as you pass them,otherwise,an ok video.
Beatle conversions are relatively cheap. And would make those VW kit cars really move. Saw one that had a pedal operated speaker that sounded like many different cars , planes,ect.Really cool!!
@@egz7086 I'm not debating performance. When the car company tries to make a sporty car like the Mustang EV, it looks like crap. The only thing good about the Mustang EV is that now at the holiday Mustang get together the Mustang II will have a seat at the table, because there is the Mustang EV to be sitting out in the snow now. And that took 40 years.
Great video! Thanks for stopping by. ATB Hedley 👏🙏👍
My all time favorite kit car has to the the Coyote from Hardcastle & McCormick.
Nice to see your video again . What a great pity , I‘ve missed this event . 👋
Thanks, hope everything is well with you and your family, nice to hear from you 😀 👍
I built a JC Midge back in 1980, great fun!
Great to see my car featured!
Time code
Simplemente hermos y tecnicamente perfectos...Son un sueno del que resulta muy dificil despertar...Muchas gracias.....
Well done on content.
Some painstaking work done to those cars. Appreciate kit cars bit more now.
Very comprehensive coverage. Thanks for even including my Emira!
great video full of specs thanks for sharing top man.
Gorgeous!!!
VStorm was 🔥❤️ Can only dream about stuff like that that being road legal here in 🇨🇦. Nice walk-about ! 👍
Great Video well done very Professional
Thank you so much for posting this.
I used to be into kit cars in the 80s but was always lacking at least two of the three key ingredients: time, space, money. I'd have loved to create a tastefully crafted Nova.
All the VW’s were kit’s guy! Never heard of Manx I’m guessing lol but they were one of the first kit cars ever
I'm 6-4 built a cobra and extended the footwells. I also used block hugger headers and out the bottom exhaust. Worked fine. Most of these cars are for jockey-sized guys. With a little engineering we can get into these buggies.
I wanna go to this!
Kit Cars have come a long Way IN every Way.
That first car is what Stanley Kubrick should have used in 'A Clockwork Orange' as the Durango 95. The 1969 M-505 Adams Brothers Probe 16 was an absolute horror show, and I don't mean the good kind!
Playing hogs of the road in real country dark lol yes similar look. The Durango 95 had pop up headlights.
That 356 Boxster is very cool. Yes dimension's aren't correct for 356 but the stretching and widening look spot on!
I love what Gran Hall has done over the years. My favorite is the SLC Ford GT-R
Nice editing, very good production.
The man with the blue shirt from the westfield club is very nice. I am member of a german seven club, and we think and talk the same.
Boxster/ 356 is nice
I love these kit cars! It's a ferfillment of childhood fantasies.😂
I remember when the Bug ruled the kit car world!
How old are you?
@@alexprost7505 61 in September
Some of them are for people with a death wish...no head rest , roll bars or 3point harness set belts... having said that I'd be tempted by that Ferrari Daytona convertible... very nice!!.❤️🇬🇧
The red gt3rs boxster certainly looks the part from 10ft away.
Can you tell me where to get the boxster to GT3RS kit?
www.anudimension.com/
Hardcastle and McCormick
Was hoping to see a Garner Douglas T-70 roadster..oh well.
Cobra replicas are more common than Toyotas.
Carrol Shelby would be proud I think.😂
@@martinmiller7623 _NOT_ !
@@dancarter482 Jim Hall chaparral fame?
I wonder if any creative individual or company has come up with the idea of having a open top car, but with a fiberglass (or carbon) roof cleverly fitted to the inside or outside of the bonnet.
So come some rain you can release your roof and yet not loose any asthetic design or usability of the bonnet.?
The front end of the car in the thumbnail pic looks like it was designed by the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Engineers.
I didn't see a Lotus in there
Any e type jags ?
has anyone snuck a like real Porsche into one of these as a joke?
👍
The British are amongst the world's best when it comes to automotive design, technical innovation,
prototype development and specialist manufacturing so why can't we get our act together and be a stand alone, indigenous, mass volume, car manufacturer?
In a word? Politics.
@@Mercmad I think it's our inablility to raise long term investment capital too. Short and long term investments with potentially high returns are more attractive than a long haul.
@@alangood8190If it were doable, Sir Richard B. would have done it.
No market: rhd. Can't survive without export, and Japan has that covered already. If UK was LHD, British cars would compete fairly with any one.
But also the bribes from Japan were too much to turn down :(
I'd like to see a cyclecar kit car.
I have a Model 52, British Coach Works (BCW), MG TD Schweppes Special Edition for sale built in 1985 in Arnold, PA. USA. Can you help advertise FOR SALE?
ပေါ့ပါသွက်လက်သောကာများကျနော်အကျိုက်ပါပဲကောင်လွန်းသောကားရှိုး
Web sites for manufacturer?
Remember kids, Porsche is a two-syllable word
2:50 looks better than original
Good vid thanks. You must really slow down your panning tho please
Need more details on mechanicals of the vehicles. How much effort &hours to build or convert?
Observation:
A special meet is a great idea.
Kit cars don't belong at real car events. Real events spouses attend. Kit car guys seem to wear Hawaiian shirts and like French food.
Wow! 159 grand for a copy which you can buy in the US for 20,000
Where can you get it for twenty grand.
@@russcooke5671maybe raw, in pcs, in a crate.😂
@@blueman5924 you mean on a drawing board The rest you have to do yourself 😂
Hardcastle and Mcormick looks very similar,forget name of that one
Coyote
@@charleigh195 Thats it ,we was in love with that show ,and we liked the judge 🙏🤠🤟🇬🇧🇺🇲
Poor man's super 🚗 😂
If that was a real Daytona it would be worth over a million dollars buddy.
What is the name of the first car
A paper gtr😂
Its the coyote
30:40 What is Gods name is that?
Event team bloke ??? hot air
Don't know why people want a falsified version of a real car or those who buy fake badges. I get wanting a kit car that is original - like the Vaydor - just not one based on an existing model. For instance, if you arrive somewhere (and it's not a kit car show) what do you say when people ask about your 'GT3'? Either you lie, or tell the truth - "Umm, it's not real, I bought a kit because I am a poser who can't afford the real deal." It's fine if you can't afford a $300 thousand dollar car, most of us can't, but it's a façade - like putting a false front on a trailer house and calling it a mansion.
Steering wheels are on wrong side . Come on man.
30 years ago at the show, the fake VW based 911 Covlin? looked almost identical to a 911 , the fake 356 Chisel speedster? also VW based looked identical , the Fake Lambo looked almost identical the V8 gave it away. The Fake Jaguar xj6 engine E type looked almost identical. These body kit cars are not so close. Cobras still look real but was already yawning at the number of Cobras in 93. I see the 356 that looks real is still there. Most of the good looking replicas were there 30 years ago and some that were there are missing. I think the kit car replica market must have stalled. I would not kennel my dog in many of the new body kit replicas,, that new bloated boxter based 356, someone must have been drunk at the time to buy that
I'd like to walk around those shows with a mullet wig, platforms and a cucumber down the front of tight strides! What's the point of having a Trabant dressed up to look like a Lagonda? The whole fake - snake thing does my head in, that one with "Cobra 427" decals all over it; NO, it's NOT !
The beech bugs have a nostalgic charm - I could do one of them with Subaru power, that'd be an honest kit car. The rest, with a few exceptions are just ridiculous.
@@dancarter482 Don't know why people want a falsified version of a real car or those who buy fake badges. Some of the original kit cars, like the Vaydor or the Manx, are cool projects, but I would never want one based on an existing model i.e. the fake "Cobras" or "GT3's." For instance, if you arrive somewhere (and it's not a kit car show) what do you say when people ask about your 'GT3'? Either you lie, or tell the truth, "Umm, it's not real, I bought a kit because I am a poser who can't afford the real deal." It's fine if you can't afford a $300 thousand dollar car, most of us can't, but it's a façade - like putting a false front on a trailer house and calling it a mansion.
@@mikefraley6935 Best I've seen was a "speedboat" built on a Reliant three wheeler. A totally honest mad machine that is so obviously _NOT_ what it appears to be. Sitting in traffic in a _FAKE_ car is like walking around in DRAG!
Friends who've owned exotic cars always have conversations at the fuel stops with excited enthusiasts - my mate had a low-body Countach and was always getting accused of having a "Nice replica, Mate!" - because it doesn't have the silly wing. They were always surprised it was the real thing.
43:20 Who uses a steering wheel lock at a CAR SHOW?? LOL!
I think it was a joke
Maybe, but difficult to be sure what's a joke anymore. 😅@@alexprost7505
What is dirt cheap.
Speed Racer
Most are garage candy, not practical for being a nice daily??!
Can't understand half of what this presenter says......
The tooling for the dettling sports car seen on youtube is for sale. If any of you want to put a fine supercar into production.
I do not want to see anybody kits, I want to see KIT CARS
Chevy motor in a cobra, blasphemy
What you see is what you get. Made China considerably high-end Rolls-Royce 😮😅😢😂
I am trying to hear who the kit makers are I can’t understand a word ,next time list the manufacturer in graphics as you pass them,otherwise,an ok video.
nice try - no cookie. that'a a waste of a gixxer thou.....................
driving these is like wearing a fake Rolex... good they are not road legal in Europe
_EXACTLY_ ! A wig and stilts . .. ...
I know this is sacrileges, but why doesn't any of these company's make them into EV's. The cars that come out today are so boring.
Beatle conversions are relatively cheap. And would make those VW kit cars really move. Saw one that had a pedal operated speaker that sounded like many different cars , planes,ect.Really cool!!
Cuz EV’s have no life to them. They’re just posh Gokarts
@@egz7086 I'm not debating performance. When the car company tries to make a sporty car like the Mustang EV, it looks like crap. The only thing good about the Mustang EV is that now at the holiday Mustang get together the Mustang II will have a seat at the table, because there is the Mustang EV to be sitting out in the snow now. And that took 40 years.
What could be more boring than an EV? I won't even mention how impractical and pointless they are.
The red Cobra wasn't fitted with a hardtop. It's a Daytona coupe.
…like the blue one at 28:15 ??
@@blueman5924 yep
Not impressed. Same Old styles. Nothing new and creative!