Trick Cars and Kit Cars

Would you like a car that doesn't have a feature-matrix similar to your mob ile phone, a car without legislated requirements the size of a phone book, a car without wiring almost as much as your house, a car without a TV scree n in it ?

Well, this is a kit-car and most likely also doesn't have roll-up windows, doesn't have a hardtop, doesn't have A/C or heater, doesn't have a dashboar d or console. Well, the car likely just has a very simple dashboard.

Now it might be possible to license the kit-car in your state. Or license a home-built car in your state.

Then the Lotus 7 is famously in public domain and there are dozens of varia tions. I like a 7 that doesn't require a donor car and in a simple kit inst ead of a premium build:

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Here's a kit-car based on the AC Cobra with donor car required:

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Or a C3 Corvette aftermarket frame is available from several sources. That frame doesn't include the OEM subframe that mounts the windshield and swing s the doors. So a rollcage must be fabricated that replaces the OEM subfram e. The result of course is a car doesn't have swinging doors and might only have a simple windscreen and might look similar to these cars:

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One note, don't call the homebuilt C3 a "Grand Sport" and don't copy the C2 Grand Sport bodywork.

Or how about buying an older used car and just rebuilding the engine and tr ansmission ?

Okay, the underappreciated Solstice actually has a chassis construction far beyond much more famous sports cars and is a serious foundation for a proj ect car:

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Or the C5 Corvette has a chassis similar to both the C6 and C7 but the C5 i s from a simpler time of automotive manufacture while still having electron ic engine management:

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Any more tips ? Yeah, crate engines are available if building without a don or car.

Oh, the Lotus Elise fits in well here as a used car of note. It has an incr edible chassis construction and a power-to-weight ratio that might actually be too much. The interior of the car is not very far removed from a race c ar. It is a short wheelbase car:

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The Elise was sold in the U.S. for several years on a waiver.

And I'll add a one C3 link but there are several available:

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obile phone, a car without legislated requirements the size of a phone book , a car without wiring almost as much as your house, a car without a TV scr een in it ?

, doesn't have a hardtop, doesn't have A/C or heater, doesn't have a dashbo ard or console. Well, the car likely just has a very simple dashboard.

a home-built car in your state.

iations. I like a 7 that doesn't require a donor car and in a simple kit in stead of a premium build:

t frame doesn't include the OEM subframe that mounts the windshield and swi ngs the doors. So a rollcage must be fabricated that replaces the OEM subfr ame. The result of course is a car doesn't have swinging doors and might on ly have a simple windscreen and might look similar to these cars:

C2 Grand Sport bodywork.

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ar beyond much more famous sports cars and is a serious foundation for a pr oject car:

is from a simpler time of automotive manufacture while still having electr onic engine management:

credible chassis construction and a power-to-weight ratio that might actual ly be too much. The interior of the car is not very far removed from a race car. It is a short wheelbase car:

Beats me why people never did anything with the Toyota Van Wagon frame. The 82" wheelbase makes the wheelbases in the Lotus cars look large in compar ison. The mid-engine, RWD configuration, seems tailor made for a sports car .