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Am I the only one who thought 'Noddy' when they looked at that link?

ROFL! No.

Hi, even the best Spartans look like s*it. HTH.

I see now why the brochures/magazine ads for them always showed them from the front three-quarters. It's the only acceptable view of them.

I also thought it was a bit generous but how much would that set of Triumph wire wheels be worth?

Pete

And drive even worse

"Pete W." realised it was Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:05:07 +0100 and decided it was time to write:

wire wheels be

It doesn't have wire wheels - they're alloys. And the spare is different from the others.

A bit unfair, a good Spartan can look very nice, and remember you're talking about a 70's / 80's kit car - and there were plenty of uglier kit cars around then. Not many kit cars manage over 20 years of production! I can't think of another open topped roadster style kit car which would carry two adults and two teenagers in comfort.

No that s just you driving it mate, and for your interest I got £920, and it does have an extra set of wheels, wires, and spinners and splines.

Sad man that you are

"Ian" realised it was Mon, 11 Aug 2003

You're right, my bad.

But it makes me think: why aren't they on the car? Are they that bad?

Just makes me glad the SVA was introduced. The british kit car industry produced some great cars the Spartan wasn't one, Spartans make great donors for anyone rebuilding a Triumph or a Ford

But SVA was introduced years after Spartan ceased trading. There weren't many (any) other kit cars built on Cortina underpinning that were any better - they were after all just rebodied Cortinas. What are all these great kit cars built in the 70's and 80's, and where are they all now?

SNIPPED >more a loose collection of parts flying driving in close formation

Wasn't that originally applied to the Renault 4 ?

It's hard to remember them all, but I still see Duttons (Phaeton and Sierra), the Jago Geep, Lomax, Ginetta and Nova, to name but a few.

Yes its good to see some of the older kitcars at shows. Novas are an enigma, Nova owners (like me) would never claim them to be great kits, they have plenty of faults, like the driving position, the flatness of the screen, the floppy front end - but they can be made into good looking kits. Same with Dutton, I've a friend who created a lovely looking Phaeton. But most of these kits including the Spartan were pretty crap straight out of the box, they needed lots of builder intervention to make them look good. But that was the kit car scene at the time. And remember that the scrapyards operated differently then too. I used to roam the yards with a tape measure just looking for bits that might make the car look better like my Ford Anglia upside down tail lights, toyota Supra seats and my Ford Capri alloys.

Hustlers - those glass panelled Mini based 'vans'? I think those are extremely stylish, in a 1970s 'Futuristic' way. Spartans are just oddly proportioned.

There's only one kit car I truly despise, though. The Beau/FORD/.

Richard

Hustler? Greenhouse on wheels, flopped big time. The only kits I truly despise are 7even copies. At least Beaufords make good looking pimpmobiles.

I wonder what profession the Tatonka Bummer is aimed at then?

Some friends of mine got married about 6-7 years ago. Typical non-religious church affair, lots of flash, and the wedding car was a Beauford! I don't doubt they could have got a decent classic for what it cost. As they're not car people, they'll never appreciate the irony of how tacky their wedding photos will always look, Cheers, Bill.

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