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no not the Knight Rider kind  the put together kind!!! I know Horse gets to play with those big-boy toys... just wondered if anyone had one around the house? (or maybe in the driveway too!) 
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I've been looking into them lately as a possible project for next summer. My personal favorites are the Caterham Super 7 (mid-twenties unassembled) and the 1955 Porsche Spyder (James Dean death-car, for about 18K unassembled).
What are you looking at?
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Originally posted by SVT Colin:
What are you looking at? well - once i'm done with my mid-life crisis - i think i'll build a 427 Cobra
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Shouldn't that be "during my mid-life crisis..."  One of those would be fun. You've got an incredible amount of kits to choose from. Beck Spyder (just because it's so cool): 
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Oooh oooh! Manta CanAm or Marauder Lola! Stick with something tube framed unless the car you want to build is the same size as the donor vehicle. Otherwise I don't think they look good (out of proportion) as shown by that Fiero Ferrari posted here in Off Topic last week. Bleh!
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Originally posted by SVT Colin:
.........My personal favorites are the Caterham Super 7 (mid-twenties unassembled)....... Isn't that w/out engine & gearbox ?? Caterham's get a from me. Great little car.
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have the beginnings of our kit car sitting in the basement. 1964 Ford 390 FE Big Block (just recently finished stripping it down - will be balanced, blueprinted, and converted to a 427 for a Cobra Replica.)
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Yeah, I keep checking too. I'm afraid that just as the site goes down my car will burst into flames or something (knocking rapidly on wood)!
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Originally posted by The MarkO Guy: Originally posted by SVT Colin:
[b].........My personal favorites are the Caterham Super 7 (mid-twenties unassembled).......
Caterham's get a from me. Great little car.[/b]The base package is $19,800 (self-build) and includes a 5-speed and 105hp 1.4L Rover I4. I don't think that includes shipping either. The one I like is the Roadsport with a de dion suspension, a 160hp 1.8L XPower I4, and a 6-speed. It would be at least mid-twenties (self-build) with these options. 
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Guy at work has a Super 7, with a Zetec engine IIRC. Took him around 300 hrs to build. Get's a lot of attention in the parking lot.
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Funny you mention this; a buddy at work just finished his car: a 1993 (I think) McLaren. Looks like an older mustang convertable (90s) that has faint traces of a mercedes SL towards the rear.
It's a sharp car, but it's modeled off of the mustang. Has the 5.0 HO motor.
Are you in Mich? I hear McLaren just opened a dealership up in Troy.
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