Crappy Replicas thread

Another reason why you don't see that many exotic's on the streets is because there's a bunch of idiots on the roads these days. Would you really want to share the road with a stupid teenager who just go his license, driving his mommys hoopty packed with 3 friends including his girlfriend who he's also trying to impress while driving your pride and joy?.

Then there are those who also see an oppturnity, when they see something exotic they see money which means they hit you they get paid so they are gonna try anything to make you hit them so they know your lambo or ferrari is packing some serious heat under the hood so why not get infront of you and all the sudden slam on the brakes and you rearend him. Now he can think of getting rid of his mazda pickup truck and buy a caddy.

And Finally those who resent the rich, As soon as they see an exotic they automatcly become the greeneyed monster and want to distroy your car with there POS, So they will purposly hit you regardless if its there falt or not as long as your car is screwed up, they can care less if there little mazda pickup truck is totalled, just as long as that Murcielago has a dent in it that they caused they can walk home in the rain all night.

Thats another reason why people build replicars because yeah they get into an accident, it won't cost thousands to put it back on the road and if some jackass hits them well that other person not only looks stupid but its not going to take a long time to get the car back on the road.

 

I love the factory five GTM and ULtima GTR, Those are two cars i wouldn't mind spending the money and time on.

The main reason why im considering a replica Lamborghini is because Unfornately im young and what do most youngsters drive? Honda Civics, by the time you "trick it out" you could have had a nice Lamborghini replica which would look 10times nicer that any modified honda or toyota.

 

I'd be delighted if somebody could give me a definition of a kitcar vs a replica.

I always thought that a kitcar means you have a "box" with a bunch of parts which you apply to the donor vehicle to make it look like the car you want. But that definition has a couple of problems: For one it would include rebodies (e.g. a GTO kit to turn a 308 into a 288), which most people think of as something more valuable than a kit car and second in today's world there rarely are any kits around anymore.

The McBurnie Daytona was based on a kit and I think there are still some kits to turn Fieros into Lambos and Ferraris. But for the most part today's "kitcar" world is using specially built chassis to put the cars on. And those "kits" can easily reach the 100k level. Point in case are the "kitcars" from Detroit that fully built go for about that money. Or the Superformance Cobras, GT40 etc.

So what is a kit car?

 

Shelby daytona coupe, why build that tho when you can get a proper (if thats even right to say) Daytona Replica for like 15G

 

Kitcar= Something built from an orginal design such as the K1 attack and Ultima GTR, DDR, and is usally built on its own chassis.

Replica=A car that is replicating something such as a Lamborghini or Ferrari.

Plain and simple a replica basicly says what it is.

 

A lot of Hot Rodders don't like to admit that their Hot Rods are really KitCars too. They buy parts from different companies and assemble them together. I have seen many very well built "KitCars" that put some new cars to shame. It just depends on how much money and time you are willing to spend on a project. You can spend close to six figures on most KitCar/Replicas, if done right. To most, its a perception that KitCars/Replicas are junk. Maybe in years past, but not now. Don't get me wrong, there are some that the quality is just not there, but they are in the minority. Some of the examples seen on this thread are in the minority.

 

Ok, back to the pics...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Replica-Kit-Makes-coyote-3-kit-car-one-of-a-kind-on-88-fiero-formula_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ7251QQihZ010QQitemZ200027234176QQrdZ1
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"This car really upsets those guys who spent over $600,000 for there cars while this car is under $10,000."

 

Well said.

Elim, those pics really do honor to the crappy part of replicas.

 

He will "persue" deadbeats, and it has won "numorious" car shows. OMG.

 

Spent a few minutes looking through the pics and there are some good laughs!

As a philosopher by nature, I was wondering how people feel about building a "home built" that's not trying to "be" something else like a lambo/ferrari/etc?

More specifically some (very few) of the tube frames and bodies spread throughout this thread actually look pretty well thought out and well designed. As such lets say you take one of these well designed tube frames and put a killer engine in it like a 550 V-12. You them take one of the better body styles and modify it slightly so it's a low slung, exotic looking, fast well thought out peice of machinery. You DON"T slap a bunch of S/F sheilds on it or raging bulls, but just leave it as a "one off home built" ...

If one doesn't try to pass it off as a Lambo or Ferrari and just leaves it as a "custom exotic" (per se) does it still make it crap/poser/wanabee material or does it make it cool?

I guess I look at the custom bike industry. Gerneralized example.... OC Choppers (et al) basically look like Harleys, but they are not. The chopper/bike world was born on Harley/Indian/etc and it could be argued that by definition all these "Harley stlyed" bikes are in fact replicas of another brand. Yet the bike industry has come to the point where these bikes are celebrated for who they were made by, Ness, OC, Metropolitan, etc.

Obviously we've had the Vetcors and Deloreans of the world who have come and gone, but overall I'm just curious what people think if you built a nice looking "Ferrari or Lambo" inspired machine, but didn't try to pass it of as the real thing...?

 

i vote cool.

in fact, if you look over some of my earlier posts in this thread i believe i said exactly that. if you have the talent to make something, why make a sad copy? i'd much rather see an amazing new design drive past me than an exotic wannabe-copy that just doesn't look/sound right.

 

Sorry, @ 550+ posts I don't have the desire to read the whole thread =)

I agree, that if you have real talent you should be able to create something that doesn't "mimic" something else.

 

Jeez what an ugmo

 

heres one from another thread

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=136088318&posted=1#post136088318

 

Not just a Corvette a Z06 I mean by the time head did this he could have had a Great Tessarossa or maybe even 355 but instead he (imo) trash a great america ride

 

Those poor kids admiring the car...how to explain all this to them?

 

This looks good to me
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does it have down syndrome?

 

It does. Would be interesting to see what the engine is and what the interior looks like.

Reminds me of the first time I saw a real Countach up close: I couldn't believe that it wasn't a kitcar: The dash looked like I put it together out of a plane piece of aluminum with a bunch of assorted standard instruments. But that's how they built them in the seventies.

 

The cars if for sale and this is the ad i found.

FOR SALE: Built in 1993 as a reproduction of an 86 Lamborghini Countach 5000 ( full Tube Chassis ) Chevy V-8 Runs and drives great. rebuilt motor, A lot of performance parts to include Webber, Moroso, Holley, Corvette brakes and Coil over shocks. Brand new cooling system with 3 radiators and new fans ( will not overheat) . Auto transmission, C/D /TV/Camera, Leather interior. correct width length and height, All Emblems And OEM glass windshield and side glass. Will consider trades for Diablo or Murcielago replicas ( partially finished considered ). Vehicle has been issued a Vin Number but will need to be titled in your state...I can help you with this as much as possible. New paint. Best reasonable offer or will trade for Diablo or Murcielago
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Here is another well made kit.
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Id say yes.

Me personally I have been looking into doing my own custom supercar because most of "real" Supercars today look to modern and plain for my liking. I think it would be awesome to see somebody build a custom supercar thats capable of beating a top notich Supercar like a Carrera GT. Its better than slapping on a POS bodykit on a Supra and doing 1000hp to it and trying to call it your own because at the end of the day your still building around someone elses design.

As for a replicar/kit I have no problem with it as long as its done right like one of those Lambos from NAERC, you can park an orginal next to a kit from that company and you couldn't tell the diffrence!. I have been looking into building one because whats the point of paying so much for maintance, insurance just to say its REAL? my needs are diffrent and if i can build my dream car rather than buy it from a dealer well of course im gonna look into that possiblitiy.

Also what happens if you can't afford the orginal and yet you want a Diablo or Testarossa? You gonna tell that dreamer to go buy a WRX, mini, or Z06 something boring? Im sorry but if iam gonna waste my time and energy on something else it might as well be a replica of a Diablo rather than a Honda Civic that I know iam gonna see everyday regardless of what mods i put on it.

 

Thats not a kit.