It’s not every day that an unusual kit car appears as part of a collection featuring everything from Rolls-Royces and Bentleys to Kaiser Darrins and Jaguar E-Types. That’s exactly what’s happening in Costa Mesa, California, where a long-term collector… more»
Kit Cars
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Rare Fiberglass: 1960 LaDawri Daytona
Leslie Dawes founded a fiberglass manufacturing company in British Columbia, Canada, in 1956, making golf carts. He was only 24 years old. As a sideline, he built a sports car that he’d sketched as a teenager. The result –… more»
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Cheap Unusual Exotic: 1970 Bremen Sebring
Kit cars and vehicles built on top of a donor chassis are a fun and sometimes inexpensive way to attract attention in the automobile hobby, with appearances and features ranging from average to what could almost be considered works… more»
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Rare Sports Model: 1987 Citroën 2CV Burton
One of the greatest strengths of the Volkswagen Beetle is that it serves as an excellent platform for Kit Car projects. Buyers could discard the German steel, adding a fiberglass body that looked more exotic, or drop on a… more»
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No Reserve Three-Wheeler: 1976 Lomax 223
Here’s a British body paired with French mechanicals – what could go wrong! The Lomax is a kit car provided from 1982 first by Lomax Motor Company; later iterations were available from Mumford Motors, then Cradley Motors, which dissolved… more»
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Rare Beetle-Platformed Bremen Mini Mark
I remember when the VW-platformed fiberglass Dune Buggy craze hit in the mid-to-late 1960’s. There were lots of them on the road in all shades of cool metal flake colors. It led to the rise in fiberglass “kit cars”… more»
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Exotic Wannabe: 1982 Lamborghini Countach
The problem with replicas is that if you own a real one, many people are going to wonder if it’s a fake. I remember seeing a couple of Countachs as a kid and still not being sure if they… more»
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Ferrari Dino Clothing: 2000 Porsche Boxster S
Here’s your chance to own a coveted sportscar on a normal person’s budget. Or at least, to own a car that very much looks like a certain coveted sporscar, if a Dino is your cup of tea. That is,… more»
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Stored for 35 Years: Meyers Manx II
Inspired by DIYers in Southern California who were hacking up VW Beetles to make beach buggies, Bruce Meyers began building his own version – known as Old Red – in 1963. His interpretation employed a monocoque fiberglass body with… more»
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1 of 1: 1986 Wilt Chamberlain Searcher 1
Whenever I jump into my Lotus Elise Series 1, I’m reminded that even at 6 feet tall, it’s already a struggle to get comfortable. When you’re 7 feet 1 inch tall and can’t fit comfortably in a Lamborghini Countach… more»
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Hot Wheels: 1967 Manta Mirage Can-Am Kit Car
I have a soft spot for kit cars, having spent countless hours as a kid in the UK poring over kit car magazines during long school holidays, dreaming about one day building my own GT40 replica. There’s something wonderfully… more»
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Almost Real? 1980 Lamborghini Countach
After writing up a Diablo kit car the other day, I found this Countach copy and now it’s the one I want! The seller claims it’s an exact copy dimensionally of the real deal. It sure looks good in… more»
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Exotic Wannabe: 1994 Lamborghini Diablo
The Lamborghini Diablo was my childhood dream car. I had the poster and it was my favorite to find while thumbing through duPont Registry at the newsstand. And I hate to admit it, I’ve even considered building a kit… more»
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Barn Find Fiberglass: 1954 Victress S1A Roadster
You’re looking at the second model produced by a tiny custom builder called Victress Manufacturing. When Victress was founded in 1952, it joined an ecosystem of at least a dozen such manufacturers, all specialty shops making slinky sports cars,… more»
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Plastic Gullwing! 1978 Bradley GT ll
I never expect much when faced with a kit car. Indifferent panel fit, scruffy paint, questionable engineering, or an unfinished mess – these all seem to go hand in hand with the kits we see for sale around here…. more»
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Fresh Build: 1963 Kellison Panther J6
Jim Kellison, former air force pilot, cycled through more entrepreneurial endeavors than you and I could conceive. He left the Air Force to help his father on his farm, then went to work for body shops, started his own… more»
