Crappy Replicas thread

I have no way of knowing if that is the same car, but I remember seeing one in person in
1999 at the FCA National Meet at the Chateau Elan outside of Atlanta.

The owner was quite pleased with himself because his car was being photographed as he
entered the parking lot. I smiled and said "nice looking replica". He told me that it was an
original "Ferrari BB Spyder". I then started listing all of the differences between a true
512 bbi and this Fiero in fiberglass clothing. And then I told him if he did not want to be
ridiculed, he would park that thing down the road.

Whether he took my advise or not, I don't know. But I do know that I didn't see the car
or the owner again during the weekend.

 

Not bad, but definetly far away from the real deal
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I don't mind anyone being into replicas, even crappy ones, until they start sticking actual emblems and brands on them. When they start trying to pass them off as authentic, that's my limit.

 

that would be a great mini/micro car for my kids!

 

I notice there is no picture showing the fit of the doors with them closed! I'm SURE those panels line up perfectly...at least, judging from how the front bonnet perfectly follows the nose of the car, if by perfect, you mean within a few inches.

 

It looks like a modified NAERC Body, the door should line up fine unless the builder was lazy/incompetent.

 

What's the difference between a crappy replica and a not-so-crappy one?

Crappy: (1) Has ferrari badges and emblems. Owner says some nonsense about it being "an original 512 BB Spyder," or otherwise claims that his non-existent "Ferrari" model is real.

(2) Has Ferrari badges and emblems. Admits that it's not real, but tells you that his car is actually better than your Ferrari: it's faster, handles better, even rarer, etc. (If Firebirds, MR2's, Fieros, etc. are so much better than Ferraris, why don't Ferrari owners try to make their cars look like those?)

Not-So-Crappy: (1) Has a Firebird, MR2, etc. which is made to look like a Ferrari, but owner will readily admit that it isn't one, and (2) the car does not have Ferrari emblems or badges.

Actually Pretty Cool: The car has an all-original, one-off design (even cooler if designed by the owner) and a powerful American muscle car engine (even cooler if the owner is an engineer and/or mechanic who put it together himself) Okay, so everyone knows it's a Fiero or whatever, or at least started life as such, but nobody is trying to pass it off as something else.

That I can respect. Fakes and phonies I don't.

 

That discription isn't a replica though...

I will say though, that a well built replica of an unownable vehicle, is definitely not crappy. Example, Delmar Benjamin's R2, I've been in the cockpit when I was a kid. Thing is cool as heck, no originals survived, and it had a really bad reputation for killing its occupants, building an exacting replica, and putting it to the test is pretty cool.

On a similar vein, there are old race cars, that are practically unobtanium, maybe they sit in a collection somewhere, never get driven, just sitting. They were built to drive, making a replica, putting a sporty engine in, and driving the heck out of it - thats cool. Theres a 250 TR replica, built by the guy who built the original GT40's back in the day. I've often seen drive by my workplace. Cool car, really nice to see it out and about.

What I don't understand, is building a replica of a production car, that is likely to depreciate to sub $100K prices, 355, 348, 360, 430, 458, etc.

I also, have to agree, some of these cars PLASTER badges, emblems, and scrip all OVER. In the steering wheel, head rests, door jams, glove box, shifter, center console, dash, front badge, grill badge, sie badge, rear badge, wheels, brakes, more places than I can describe.

A real Ferrari, blends the interior, the one the steering wheel is emphasized, maybe its in a few other places to, but in a much more subdued manner, perhaps engraved into metal, left the metal color, or embossed somewhere, but again, subtle and blending in. Looks really crappy to have it plastered all over, when the real one doesn't.

 

Point conceded.

All right. I'm okay with that.

A friend of my father had a "Rotus," a Japanese replica of a Lotus 7. This doesn't quite fit your completely unobtainium criteria, but the guy wanted an inexpensive replica. He didn't have any Lotus badges on it and even had a sense of humor about its not being the real thing.

I'm with you there.

If, as our scabrous "Skullangel" claims, Fieros are vastly superior to 308s, why don't all 308 owners try to replicate Fiero bodies and stick them on our cars? Why try - way too hard - to convince everyone that your car REALLY IS A FERRARI, and then, when you're called on it, claim that it's really a better car anyway?

Here's the thing: ANY Ferrari is better than ANY kit car, by virtue of being original. . . Yeah, reproductions of famous, one-off, unobtainable limited-edition sports cars can be cool. But when someone starts with this cr@p about "it's-actually-rarer/faster/better than a real one," well, don't pi$$ on my leg and tell me it's raining.

 

This Bug is built on a 2002 mercury cougar.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Bugatti-replica-Fiberglass-Kit-car-Ferrari-red-/290680020927?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item43ade11fbf#v4-37
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/07/it-came-from-ebay-hell-mercury-cougar.html

Or based on other platforms...

http://www.thereplicacarbuilder.com/bugatti-veyron-replica.php

 

Gee, I wonder why no one bought last summer at $100K, or a little after next time it was listed @ $90K(With a false Yahoo exposure claiming "man builds his own supercar.) Or at $80K, or $70K.

The owner trying to flip some fiberglass body panels he bought off of someone else for a huge profit, should save himself some time and list it a little more at what its worth. A sucker might bite at $20K, a big sucker, $30K. The car has been listed ever since he built it.

 

Not crappy... not a replica either... looks pretty cool.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

Source: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum3/HTML/000007-72.html
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Sure has a Mosler look to it...

 

I'd put a 6G75 from a 3000GT in the rear of this and shock everyone.

 

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Everytime I see a replica like this I think of the move The Thing because its a disgusting imitation

 

DC Supercars Diablo Roadster Replica. They kill me when they add the fake emblems...

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VERY cool car! I want to know more about how this was created.

I'D drive it!

 

http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/2842317565.html
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You mean that's a replica?

They look very identical to each other!

 

Have to agree ! ! ! Looks just like .........a...........ummmmmm..........the spawn of a Corvette and a Maytag washing machine box.


Now, we know.

 

"Chicks love this car so wife says car has to go."

Man, I want to know where this guy lives!

 

Wherever it is it must be a scary place.
Where are the Fiero fanatics decrying the desecration of their beloveds?

 

"Fiero fanatics?"

 

There must be some

 

Chicks in his 'hood obviously don't know jack about cars.