MR2 ROADSTER to Kit Car

[alancdavis]

Been looking at the RS200 kit car that uses a MR2 for the doner ,,Any one done this conversion ?

[1979scotte]

Yes there is a thread on it somewhere.
Can't say I approve tbh.
Unless it's destined for the breakers yard.

[Bernie]

One here if you want a finished one actually looks a pretty good build just a shame it's a standard 1ZZ no go to match the show

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-RS200-KIT-CAR-TRIBUTE-CAR-TOYOTA-MR2-/334025295613?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&fbclid=IwAR0k_AVlosbhOoKjXU4DUIPPnMiKM3qAyUW6EmAsRKyw7Hva9MLvHvd0PTI

[Petrus]

Not mý thing but economy wise I cannot see a build coming to much less than that ebay one.
As replica kits come that one is actually good looking.
Negotiate and drop in a turbo or Carolyn´s supercharged engine in progress.

[Gaz mr-s]

Yes there is a thread on it somewhere.
Can't say I approve tbh.
Unless it's destined for the breakers yard.

+1
The guy that owns the moulds is on the facebook groups. Name is Lee Hodywycz or summat similar.

[Carolyn]

I find all these fakes rather sad.

[1979scotte]

I find all these fakes rather sad.

Perhaps see them more as tributes?
Although I'm not that keen either

[Petrus]

I find all these fakes rather sad.

Well...
There are many sides to the subject and many shades of it.
The ultimate is a lightweight e-type made by the present day plant using old, issued nut unused chassis numbers.
Or maybe the ultimate is take an old barely salvageable Type 35 Bugatti and build 3 or 4 new ones.
The Porsche 550 Spyder scene is one to various steps down the ladder: You can buy remade ones with original engine to fiber body on a vw running platform.
Take it from there.
For mé the top rungs are the saddest to fringe criminal, the simplest the most fun.

Remember the cardbord/foambord Ferrari F40 replica on a Panda or so basis? Obviously ludicrous but totally harmless fun.

And... is it all much different from dressing up a BMW 320d as an M3?

[1979scotte]

I find all these fakes rather sad.

Well...
There are many sides to the subject and many shades of it.
The ultimate is a lightweight e-type made by the present day plant using old, issued nut unused chassis numbers.
Or maybe the ultimate is take an old barely salvageable Type 35 Bugatti and build 3 or 4 new ones.
The Porsche 550 Spyder scene is one to various steps down the ladder: You can buy remade ones with original engine to fiber body on a vw running platform.
Take it from there.
For mé the top rungs are the saddest to fringe criminal, the simplest the most fun.

Remember the cardbord/foambord Ferrari F40 replica on a Panda or so basis? Obviously ludicrous but totally harmless fun.

And... is it all much different from dressing up a BMW 320d as an M3?

Dressing up a repmobile to look like an M3 has always been the saddest of sad things to me.
If I had an M3 I'd de badge it to look more inconspicuous tbh.
Says the yellow car driver.

[Topdownman]

I dont have a problem with kit cars but I do dislike a pure "replica". Sorry but I can think of no merits for them at all.

I do love customising your car to make it unique and personal though.

I watched this video the other day and I would certainly have one of these;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA7ubYM9lNQ&ab_channel=AutotopiaLAAutotopiaLA

[J88TEO]

I find all these fakes rather sad.

Ya...GET the real thing!

[Petrus]

I find all these fakes rather sad.

Ya...GET the real thing!

aahhhh the poor man´s Lotus ;-)

[Carolyn]

I think one has to distinguish between the genuine kit-car (Robin Hood, Dax Cobra) the reproduction (often way more expensive than the original) and the plastic-bits-glued-on-the-outside-of-a-complete-car (which I class as fakes).

All the others have their place except the plastic fakes, which are sad and a waste of a good car.

Not often I express an 'opinion'.  I must feel quite strongly about this one, then.

P.S.  My old man was part of the team who built the original RS200s. He doesn't like the fakes either.

[Petrus]

There is one very clear distinction between fake and other; the brand/type logo.

Using anything registered is simply illegal and indeed fake.

[Roj]

Not my cup of tea but as far as replica kits go, that one looks pretty decent.

I still very much wouldn't though.

Slightly off topic, but I think the only replicas I can get on board with are the GTO Engineering Ferrari 250s,where they take a chassis number from an unloved, usually scrap, Ferrari and build a 250 from scratch as per the original design. It seems they build a lot of these for owners of originals, as the £10m+ OGs live in a/c'd bubbles and they drive/race the £800k replicas. Which makes sense.

A Ford Group B lookalike from a Toyota roadster... No ta.

[Petrus]

It seems they build a lot of these for owners of originals, as the £10m+ OGs live in a/c'd bubbles and they drive/race the £800k replicas. Which makes sense.

Mwah... for me it is a ostentatious colour of grey. It still is a replica albeit a good one.
Same as wearing a good fake Patek Philippe because you have the real one in the safe.
What is the difference with wearing afake one and not having one in the safe.
Does owning a real one give you the right to flaunt a fake?
As I say; ostentatious grey.

[ManInDandism]

Jeez. Go easy folks.

[Roj]

It seems they build a lot of these for owners of originals, as the £10m+ OGs live in a/c'd bubbles and they drive/race the £800k replicas. Which makes sense.

Mwah... for me it is a ostentatious colour of grey. It still is a replica albeit a good one.
Same as wearing a good fake Patek Philippe because you have the real one in the safe.
What is the difference with wearing afake one and not having one in the safe.
Does owning a real one give you the right to flaunt a fake?
As I say; ostentatious grey.

Yep, fully agree. It is a very grey area.

Unfortunately for me, unless something nice happens with the Euromillions, I can't see myself being in the position to decide if it feels right driving a £1m replica to preserve the £10m original that's sat in my garage!

[Petrus]

Yep, fully agree. It is a very grey area.

Unfortunately for me, unless something nice happens with the Euromillions, I can't see myself being in the position to decide if it feels right driving a £1m replica to preserve the £10m original that's sat in my garage!

Then there is the pre-owned 10K Bugatti type 35 replica which as a bonus is more reliable tech. Not grey either but blue :-)

[p5ycho]

Kitcars, nah, not for me. To each is own though, if you enjoy building an driving it, go for it.

[alancdavis]

Thanks for the opinions  ,,Had my customised Roadsters ans was thinking or something a bit different ,,