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BoulderG
BoulderG Reader
11/17/24 2:52 p.m.

Cimbria SS body and extra parts, possibly including glass. Cleverly advertised as a "1980 Lucid Coupe" on Facebook. I know nothing about the car, seller, etc - no affiliation.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1202737660821031

 

Reef
Reef New Reader
11/26/24 3:10 p.m.

Anyone happen to have a Porsche 904 body laying around? Looking for one of the Price is Right otherwise I am currently 3D modeling my own version with a few modern tweaks.  Picture is for reference. 

stroker
stroker PowerDork
12/13/24 1:38 p.m.

Another Manta.  Not cheap, but...  NMNA

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
12/13/24 3:13 p.m.

For that price, I'd expect the paint color to match on the different panels. It could be lighting but I don't think so.

Tadeen
Tadeen New Reader
12/14/24 3:37 p.m.

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

Are you selling any of these?

Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter)
Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
12/15/24 12:03 p.m.
stroker said:

Another Manta.  Not cheap, but...  NMNA

I have always wanted to build a Coyote with one of these. Its the same body kit.

AAZCD-Jon (Forum Supporter)
AAZCD-Jon (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
12/25/24 3:03 p.m.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/8740270796008432

Porsche 'Speedster' style VW Beetle body kit. $4,500 in Norman, Ok.

Product photo of 1980 Porsche 911

Product photo of 1980 Porsche 911

stroker
stroker PowerDork
12/25/24 4:10 p.m.

I'm assuming this has been posted before but figured I'd indulge it as a Christmas present for someone...

johndej
johndej UltraDork
12/25/24 4:45 p.m.
paddygarcia
paddygarcia GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
12/25/24 9:27 p.m.

The Slower Traffic Keep Right lettering on an unfinished kit car is especially delicious.

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
12/27/24 2:07 a.m.

As is the "price"

P3PPY
P3PPY GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
12/27/24 9:29 a.m.

I've said it before and I think it again - the tires on all these things- what a waste!

Not unhelpfully, for something with no documentation, you could get a feel for the initial purchase date from the tire date code. 

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
12/27/24 12:03 p.m.
stroker said:

I'm assuming this has been posted before but figured I'd indulge it as a Christmas present for someone...

At one time I really wanted to build something like this, but alas, the price of a proper transaxle prevented it. This one, at $55K with no drivetrain, will likely be over $100K once complete. Thing is, times have changed. Today, OEM production car performance has gotten to the point where something like the above has lost some of its luster, as it takes a long time to build, is a kit car (always a negative valuation), and has a very limited group interested in owning and maintaining it. If the $55K price is firm, and figuring $100K complete, I'd seriously be looking at a new Corvette instead, but that's just me.

(As an aside, it says that it comes with DOT approved glass. The windshield on such cars is very unusual, and I'm curious what glass they used. My understanding is that it's crazy expensive to have custom DOT glass made, and you have to buy larger numbers. Some kit cars use the rear window from various donors and I'm wondering if that did that here.)

Kreb (Forum Supporter)
Kreb (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/27/24 12:35 p.m.

In reply to kb58 :

A few years ago I found a couple of vendors who would do proper custom windshields for a little over $5k. Bit with time and inflation, it's probably 1.5x that now. 

kb58
kb58 UltraDork
12/27/24 12:57 p.m.
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to kb58 :

A few years ago I found a couple of vendors who would do proper custom windshields for a little over $5k. Bit with time and inflation, it's probably 1.5x that now. 

Yikes. I'd be scared to drive the car in anger on-track, fearing that a kicked-up rock would cause an instant $10,000 windshield replacement bill. (I once found a 1/2" diameter bolt INSIDE my Datsun 1200 headlight after a track session. To this day I still wonder what car could keep driving minus such a large bolt.)

buzzboy
buzzboy UltraDork
1/15/25 4:49 p.m.

Unfinished Kick Car for sale in CT

Any idea what this may have been based on?

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic SuperDork
1/15/25 5:28 p.m.

In reply to buzzboy :

Is that a second generation Camaro front sub-frame lurking under there? S10? I like it. Two end to end bolted together Ford 300 6 cylinder engines.

eastpark
eastpark HalfDork
1/15/25 6:24 p.m.

The windshield and passenger area is MG Midget. 

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
1/15/25 8:40 p.m.
buzzboy said:

Unfinished Kick Car for sale in CT

Any idea what this may have been based on?

S10 or g body is my guess based on the wheels which indicates bolt pattern.  I think some f bodies had the same bolt pattern too.

Oapfu
Oapfu GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/15/25 8:56 p.m.

Anyone here interested in 2 Daytona Migi(MG TD replica) kit car fiberglass bodies which go on a VW chassis? I have 2 complete bodies(minus one fake engine side cover), one of which has never been mounted. These kits were made back in the late 70's and early 80's and somehow found their way to me. I have no interest in putting these together, so I'm going to see if anyone here is interested before I put together an ad and post them on the interwebs. 
 

I picked them up with a 6x10 utility trailer and in the bed of my Jeep Gladiator, just to give you an idea of the amount of space they take up. 
 

$1200 cash for both bodies. Yes, you need to take both! I'm located in northeast PA.

 

 


 

 

buzzboy
buzzboy UltraDork
2/3/25 7:59 a.m.

In reply to lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) :

Now I want to build the classiest possible fiberglass dune buggy

It's only 9 hours between us. I'll meet you half way for the fuel expenses. An MG kit car on a VW pan with bigger off-road tires. I looked online but couldn't find a pic of one in that configuration. You'd be a groundbreaker! 

ekauppi7
ekauppi7 GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/8/25 8:50 p.m.

In reply to stroker :

I bought that car, for a lot less than the asking price.  I have a build thread here.

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/valkyrie-ressurection-gt40-ish-kit-car/273722/page1/

The good news is that it really is complete and once ran.  And it has a title.  The bad news is... almost everything else.

But I did drive it around the block before winter set in, so there is hope.

 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/10/25 4:59 p.m.

Not sure I have seen this pairing before: Camaro x Ferrari 308-ish

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