What replica would you build..... if you ever did?
 

Just wondering, I have a crazy itch for a Countach... well every car really. Just wondered what other replicas people have fancied.

I love the RCR 917, XJ12, and the D-type GT40 would be cool too. Saw some very well done 330 P4, with Ferrari drivetrains... $$$$

A company is working on a Countach reproduction, the panels (all metal so far) can act as replacement for original cars a testament to the accuracy. The chassis is pretty sick bit of kit as well... far from the day of Fiero rebodies.

I'm going to need to do a lot of freelance to keep up with my want list.

A Seven of Nine love bot!

356 coupe to replace the bug for daily driver.

I would charge them for my lancing....a LOT ;).

I'm thinking about building a Lotus Seven with a Lexus 3UZFE alloy v8. One thing that I've learned is that weight of the car really matters. That and tires cost a ton of money. Light cars don't eat up tires.

Ford GT 40 MKII with an FE block 427. I think Superformance makes them.

Same here but I would prefer to build an alloy body version rather than fibreglass.

It would be a coin flip between a Cobra and a 550 Spyder .

...and in this color.

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I want an old jeep with a v6. I think new steel tubs are available?

Holy crap that is gorgeous!

Oh shoot.
I think it moved!
Had a '62 S90 that color.
Those were the days. :(

Good call.

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I love a lot of the replicas especially those from ERA replicars. However, today I'd want to build a Caterham CSR. Tomorrow, maybe something else (do "tributes" count?)

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but a CSR today in no small part because I might be able to finish it in time to enjoy driving it.

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That little black car Angela has, 550 with a flat six, or a Beck Carrera GTS, or whatever they call their 904

Those Lotus 7 knockoffs are truly astonishing. There is a kit that uses a Subie drivetrain, turns it into a mid-rear 2WD setup, can't remember who makes it, but that would be very not bad too.

Interesting question. It would be really tough to choose. I guess my top 3 would be a GT40, a 550 or a Caterham 7.

If we were day dreaming, maybe use the motor out of a modern mustang (the flat-plane crank motor) for the GT40. One of those cool flat-4s that's based on a flat 6 for the 550.

If there's a good 917, that would be really cool too. For that probably just a really great flat 6 of some description.

I was always kinda partial to the GS90, even tho it was just a Vette...


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Hah!

^This. But I would put a supercharged Coyote plant in mine.

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mE?
Beck 904 with a mild 911 engine. Beck can build it. I don't care who builds it. That's what I want.

I would love to build a 1964 Ferrari 250LM. There was once a kit car for it, but I think it was in England.

Definitely a Factory Five Racing Shelby Cobra with a stroked Coyote V8.

https://tremec-blog.com/scott-spencers-factory-five-cobra/

Not really knowing them, but on looks alone, I’d go for the following, in no order.

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And this is interesting.

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Super Performance Shelby Cobra and or a Ferrari Daytona like the one used in Miami Vice.
Already have a 356 Speedster.

Cobra for shear power and adrenaline. After that, a silver Speedster.

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Sex on wheels

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A C-Type Jag would be great

To build a GT40 with a Coyote motor wouldn't sound like a GT40

I thought I’d be happy (and I am!) with this......

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Then I visited RCR in Detroit and saw this....

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Then a buddy sent me this video.....uh oh....

https://youtu.be/jfLntBaNcms

When I built my kit car, having owned two pre- built ones prior, I decided that I wouldn't build a replica. My reasoning was that on a restricted budget the kits don't look exactly right, often the chassis were not torsionally rigid enough by today's standards hence really modern suspension and tyres would not work well enough for hillclimbing ,and the cost of reproduction body fittings was very high. I chose a full bodied kit with a trunk, rather than a Locaterfield Seven style for comfort distance driving to events, and something that would take a V8 because 22 years ago motorcycle engined cars had not come to the fore yet in the UK ( and there are nowadays plenty of 4 cylinder engines that will put out power like V8 s, at a price). Bear in mind that back then, competitive open kitcars had only a vestigial windscreen, below the height that required windshield wipers and a demister system to pass inspection for road use. There was a Caterham like kit available in the UK that would take a V8 ,and had 4wd. It was a formidable hillclimber, but what it's road comfort was like I don't know

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Goose’s bike from Mad Max.

Lancia Stratos
 

A replica 1970’s Lancia Stratos with a Ferrari V8 or a Toyota derived 2GR-FE V6 engine.


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People in the UK that built Stratos replicas usually used the Alfa V6 but I did see an unfinished one with the Honda V6.

I built a kit car, guess it could be called a replica of a 60's 2 seater enclosed bodywork Caterham type of car

Only car I've ever built for myself, was made up of parts from 21 different other cars ranging from a McLaren F1 to a Mini

Weighed 530kgs wet and had 185bhp, or 350bhp/ton. It's the only car I've owned that made adrenaline flow even before I'd even got it out of the garage. 130 mph without a windscreen and wearing ski googles made for an exciting ride.

I decided to sell it after I had a minor accident which end with me being an arms length from being decapitated by a strand of barbed wire

A SWB Audi Quattro Sport would be at the top of my replica to build list

Any pictures of your creation, Captain?

A Beck 550 with a Porsche flat six would be my first choice.

Given the current state of robotics I s'pose I could make do with this:

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Something like this, just a little more sedate:

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https://www.brandnewmusclecar.com/bronco.html

https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/category/Early_Ford_Bronco

Lots of cool options... I do love the FFR stuff, they are a great company from what I can tell. A guy at my work built a Stratos with the Alfa V6, it is the nicest build I have ever seen.

I think I would wander between a Cobra, GT40 and the Countach... I just love the 80's space shipness of the Lambo.

The Cobra would be the most affordable of the lot.

I would love a Stingray split window on a modern daily drivable platform.

Long referred to in my home (even by my wife) as Betty Borg.

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