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Post by Marlon » Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:20 pm

I'd like to think I'd spot that Lambo replica on the road, but I'm not so sure
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Post by stevespg » Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:45 pm

I've built a few cobra replicas in the past - from my perspective;

a good one isn't cheap to build - you won't get change from 25k for a decent spec. very easy to spend 40.

they're light, so can be made damn fast - engines can be original style or modern - take your pick. i had one old school motor, the later ones were all LS variants with fuel injection etc. powerful, smooth and relatively economical. i prefer driving to polishing, so newer style suited me.
chassis and suspension - some are just awful, some are engineering excellence - depends on manufacturer, spec, and of course the build quality. they can be damn fine.

fibreglass or carbon fibre, just like TVR. corvette etc, can move. its not uncommon to see movement in the body. a good painter will cure the shells before paint . some are now available in aluminium, and parts are interchangeable with originals, but that gets pricey, (£70k built. )

Some cars come from the mould in gelcoat, which can be finished to be almost indistinguishable from paint, and it is repairable to some degree, you can add gelcoat to stone chips and remove them invisibly (Gardner Douglas wee excellent - i built 3 of those ).

i loved mine, great group of folk that have them, mostly self built by real enthusiasts.

with so many cobs, quality varies hugely, some are replicas of originals which would embarrass production cars in terms of quality, some hot rods, not my thing but the work is undeniable, some are just nasty piles o'shite....

GT40

a real labour of love, more fiddly to build, less parts readily available, most folk take ages and spend way more than they should. GT40 tend to be built as accurate as possible -

the above tend tp be complete builds, engine, suspension, chassis, bodies etc, so are not re-skins.

lambos, ferrari replicas etc etc.... for the most part, just nasty

just IMHO of course...
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Post by paulgs1000 » Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:54 pm

Don't think this counts but it's a self build - not quite a 'replica' but one of my favourite looking cars and one I'd love to own and drive . . .

You can see it's built from a Ferrari body on Youtube post 'Building Your Dream Ferrari is a Beautiful Thing'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttl-kF8Rbuo

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Post by stevespg » Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:32 pm

there are some very skilled folk out there.

a good friend of mine builds aluminium cobra replicas for a living. DB replicas in Stoke - crap at websites, but you get the idea.....

https://www.facebook.com/18338756840650 ... 648700986/
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Post by DMC63 » Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:40 pm

paulgs1000 wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:54 pm Don't think this counts but it's a self build - not quite a 'replica' but one of my favourite looking cars and one I'd love to own and drive . . .

You can see it's built from a Ferrari body on Youtube post 'Building Your Dream Ferrari is a Beautiful Thing'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttl-kF8Rbuo

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Post by wspohn » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:12 pm

I'm not generally a fan of kit car wannabes - looking in the window of a Countach and seeing a Fiero interior is a bit of a disconnect.

The Factory Five kits are one exception - they do among the best job I've seen. A Daytona coupe would be welcome at my place.

Closest I've come to kits was an early TVR Grantura I raced in vintage (they actually were available as complete kits in the erly 60s, just add drive train) and a 56 MGA I bought that had previously been fitted with a Fiberfab Jamaican body (I later installed a GM V6 and T5 trans). It's been a lot of fun and doesn't look like a kit car IMHO.

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Post by buzyg » Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:51 pm

Jaw wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:16 pm
buzyg wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:55 pm Thing is, a whole chunk of the Cobra can still be built pretty much as a Cobra was, same dimensions, suspension set up, even the engine if your in the mood and have the dosh and you are allowed to stick the Cobra name on it. So you are building a Cobra that's a replica of an old Cobra. :D :thumbsup:

When you turn an old MR2 into a wana be Fezza it's just not the same at all. :cry:
v good point BUT.. what about lambos that are made from the ground up? Repica or custom chassis, body parts remade from originals, original interior parts etc? Have seen some extremely convincing ones for comparatively good money. This one isn't the best, the door lines don't look right but only one on sale atm. not a bad effort but have seen an extremely convincing murci/diablos in the metal. Still doesn't feel right :lol:

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Post by Jaw » Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:08 pm

stevespg wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:32 pm there are some very skilled folk out there.

a good friend of mine builds aluminium cobra replicas for a living. DB replicas in Stoke - crap at websites, but you get the idea.....

https://www.facebook.com/18338756840650 ... 648700986/
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If I had stumbled across that before I would have been VERY tempted by the rep, that hard top looks absolutely stunning on the car
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Post by Sae » Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:11 pm

There are some replica kits which have been around a long time since 80s, so fit/finish and build is so much better along with better donor cars.
There are a coupke of kits which would still be fantastic but would require a decent engine to really convince the doubters.
A couple of kits which I would definitely consider include ford gt40, lancia stratos, and the ultima gtr which im not sure is still considered a kit.
Would like to have retired and have a nice big garage to play though :)
Oh, not sure if anyone is doing a porsche 917kit but would love to run a road legal version.
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Post by stevespg » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:41 pm

Jaw wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:08 pm
stevespg wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:32 pm there are some very skilled folk out there.

a good friend of mine builds aluminium cobra replicas for a living. DB replicas in Stoke - crap at websites, but you get the idea.....

https://www.facebook.com/18338756840650 ... 648700986/
holy hell

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If I had stumbled across that before I would have been VERY tempted by the rep, that hard top looks absolutely stunning on the car
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Post by wspohn » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:58 pm

I think one of these would be rather nice (hard to find a pic of one that isn't done up as a fake race car with numbers and all)

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Post by PeterZed » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:12 pm

85genius wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:10 am I was actually looking into them last night :bag: there's someone who makes a cobra kit for the z3 and it's only about £2.5k. They reckon fully built you can do it for £5500 but that would be in a 1.9 so for a decent sized engine low miles z3 and good finish level I reckon you'd be looking nearer 10k which in my book is still cheap for a BMW cobra
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Post by Mike6 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:33 pm

There was a lambo contach replica for sale at the London Classic Car show in February. Blurb said it was registered as a Lambo and had the 5 litre engine. Dealer wanted £40k for it and I have been dreaming about it ever since.

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Post by stevespg » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:39 pm

Registration, iva etc is a minefield

Lots of stuff illegally in the road. Not registered properly or tested.

Gotta be very careful!!!
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Post by Mr Tidy » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:17 am

I don't really have a problem with replicas, so long as they aren't made out to be original!

A guy up my road has a replica GT40 that looks fantastic, and sounds amazing too. He was taking it to Le Mans that year and was just fettling it for the trip.

At the end of the day not many people will ever be able to afford an original Cobra or GT40, so if you really want one but don't have the budget I can't see any harm in having a replica, especially when it has the right mechanical bits fitted.

Not a fan of the MR2 Ferrari look-a-likes though. :(
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