At least it's real and not a kit
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The Car Thread
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At least it's real and not a kit
What's real anymore? There are enough aftermarket reproduction parts available now to almost use a 1928-31 Ford Model A as a daily driver. I say almost because to do it right would require a 30hp Kohler diesel mated to variable speed torque converter a la scooter. Mennonite black sans flames of course.
Real is that at least it started real, real body, or frame or engine. I have hot rods that are custom built but titled on the real bodies they started out as. And they have real original 50's hemis not crate motors .
i have a restomod 73 challenger with many non original parts but it started out real.
kits are fake and I do not like them.
If the primary purpose of the kit is to pretend to be the real thing but it falls short in every measurable category of construction and performance that by definition is lame. The vast majority of kit cars used to be that way. I think the government has really made it impossible now a days to build a kit car above board. Anything that comes into the country now in the guise of a kit, like Factory Five products, are properly engineered cars. Most replicas today will out perform the the cars they emulate and are not cheap. If they function to a high standard and can be crashed instead of the priceless original I don't see what the big deal is.
They aren't real. Why are you arguing
They're realler than real why are you arguing?
Kit isn't real. Rolled out of the original factory is real. So shhhhhhhhhhh.
Roomie
Banned
Looks wise I'd still bet your paycheque side by side you couldn't tell me the difference if it was done properly.
This is a must have too
https://www.ferraris-online.com/Articles/images/SCM_200405_SS_Pg_1_Im_01.jpg
This is a must have too
https://www.ferraris-online.com/Articles/images/SCM_200405_SS_Pg_1_Im_01.jpg
Because not correct overspray in wheel wells? Sorry I forgot about life's arbitrary authenticity laws. Are you still allowed to ride a chopper now that Chopper TV is kaput?
Real chopper yes ....that's why the word is chopper as in chopped ...not built from scratch and titled as a whatever....my 74 Bobber started out factory and was chopped and bobbed and is titled properly ...Not ordered from a catalog
Alrighty then, sounds like you're the real deal. Ever had grease under your fingernails, I mean other than running your hands thru the gardeners hair?
Not that it matters in your arguement, but I do have a correction to make. My friends Cobra was a full restoration and not a replica. I've seen the before pictures an they've done a heck of a job to bring it back. I hadn't seen this friend in years and when I ran into him a few years ago he was already working on the cobra project and I thought it was a replica he meant. Last weekend was the first time I'd seen the car in person.
Back in the early 90's when we were in highschool he restored a '68 Firebird with his dad as a first car. They've been doing resto projects ever since. To add, during that time I was working evening/weekends in a hi-po engine rebuilding shop where a big chunk of our jobs were engines for oldschool 60's-70's REAL muscle-cars as well as newer projects like GN's, etc. I've driven many high-hp cars (supercharged big-block '69 Camaro type for example).
I'd still have nothing against a well-done kit-car though.
Back in the early 90's when we were in highschool he restored a '68 Firebird with his dad as a first car. They've been doing resto projects ever since. To add, during that time I was working evening/weekends in a hi-po engine rebuilding shop where a big chunk of our jobs were engines for oldschool 60's-70's REAL muscle-cars as well as newer projects like GN's, etc. I've driven many high-hp cars (supercharged big-block '69 Camaro type for example).
I'd still have nothing against a well-done kit-car though.
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msatrakkoic
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Id rather not have a kit car than have one
Luckily you can afford one of those options.
Roomie
Banned
A factory five kit cobra with a fuelie small block and 6mt. Modern day suspension and breaks, nicer paint work and any color I choose. Oh and not half a million for something you're nervous to take out on the odd sunday.Yes please. How could you say no to that? :dontknow:
I guarantee you from just looks none of you would know in person it's not the real thing.
Eventually I'll get one of those POS Cobra kit cars when I stop spending all my money on tires. I love those things and I've always wanted one. Unless someone gives me a **** load of money (and even then) I'll never afford/own a real one and could give two flying ****s what anyone thinks.
I hate working on stuff, if I have to I will. One of my garages has a lift am I cool enough for you now?
and the gardeners are women and the landscaper uses mousse so there
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