356 kit car?

[s0urce]

Sweet kit car! I thought for sure they would build a 356 on a VW Carmengia chasis. Interesting!

[Fidhle007]

Except in that same post I gave a link to a place that sells exactly what the OP was asking about. If my whole point was to shit on the thread I woudn't have done that would I?
I realize that the gods of the interwebs don't like it when there is a diference of opinion, but I went out there anyway. Anyway, since I haven't given anything usefull, except answering the questions asked by the OP and by later posters, I guess I'm done with this thread.

You haven't by any chance built a 318is with über-lightweight aircraft grade wiring, have you?

[RainierHooker]

Except in that same post I gave a link to a place that sells exactly what the OP was asking about. If my whole point was to shit on the thread I woudn't have done that would I?
I realize that the gods of the interwebs don't like it when there is a diference of opinion, but I went out there anyway. Anyway, since I haven't given anything usefull, except answering the questions asked by the OP and by later posters, I guess I'm done with this thread.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

Yes, my friend is a moron. I told him to be patient and do his research before rushing into a kit-car. He didn't take my advice and now he wishes he had.
I'm sorry if my opinion hasn't helped this thread, I merely tried to answer the question as to why I personally didn't like kit cars. I answered, and I got flamed. That's fine, I have thick skin.
Please don't take my posts as a derision against all kit cars out there. I know they have a place in the auto-world, that place just isn't my garage. If you want one, great, the same thrill that someone gets from building a kit is what I get from turning a tired old car into a gem. To each their own.
I'm a tech too. I have worked on VAG, BMW, Daimler-Benz and other cars since I was 13. I don't anymore since I now work on really, really expensive things like helicopters and airplanes. But I don't think that the fundamentals of auto-repair have changed much since I left that part of my life.

http://www.prismz.com/helio/

There you go, something you can enjoy too.

[Fidhle007]

Note the "as far as I'm concerned" that implies opinion.

"Where can I buy a kit car?"

"I think all kit cars suck."

It doesn't matter how you said it, you still weren't contributing anything useful.

[george graves]

^Dude, we've been nice. We've tried to reason with you. Now STFU. Here, I made a post just for you:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?p=1598872#post1598872

Now - go jerk off in your own thread.

[RainierHooker]

Note the "as far as I'm concerned" that implies opinion.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

Ok, so you're friend is a moron. So far you've brought nothing helpful to this thread. The bottom line is about having something that WORKS. EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE KEY, IT WORKS. Try that with a porsche...

(I'm a tech, I know how these things go.)

A wise man once told me never buy an old porsche unless a full parts car comes with it.

[Fidhle007]

As far as I'm concerned Kit Cars = Fail

...Please don't take my posts as a derision against all kit cars out there. I know they have a place in the auto-world...

Good to see you backpeddling... ;)

[RainierHooker]

Yes, my friend is a moron. I told him to be patient and do his research before rushing into a kit-car. He didn't take my advice and now he wishes he had.
I'm sorry if my opinion hasn't helped this thread, I merely tried to answer the question as to why I personally didn't like kit cars. I answered, and I got flamed. That's fine, I have thick skin.
Please don't take my posts as a derision against all kit cars out there. I know they have a place in the auto-world, that place just isn't my garage. If you want one, great, the same thrill that someone gets from building a kit is what I get from turning a tired old car into a gem. To each their own.
I'm a tech too. I have worked on VAG, BMW, Daimler-Benz and other cars since I was 13. I don't anymore since I now work on really, really expensive things like helicopters and airplanes. But I don't think that the fundamentals of auto-repair have changed much since I left that part of my life.

[Fidhle007]

I have a friend that wanted a Kubelwagen. He decided that he couldn't afford one, so he went and bought a kit to build one out of a Bug (a 'Kooble-Kar'). By the time the 'kit' was a car he had sunk more than 20 grand into the thing when he could have bought an original for five grand more (at the time). Now he regrets spending all the time and money on a kit when he could have had the thing that he wanted all along for not much more. He can't sell the Kooble-Kar for anywhere near what he has into it and as such has been kicking himself ever since for not just putting up the dough for the real thing in the first place. This is one of the circumstances that has made me shy away from kit-cars.
Like I said in one of my previous posts, if you plan on driving the thing hard, get a kit-car. If you want the satisfaction of a DIY, get a kit-car. But if you want a 356, get a 356. That's my opinion, and everyone is entitled to one.

Ok, so you're friend is a moron. So far you've brought nothing helpful to this thread. The bottom line is about having something that WORKS. EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE KEY, IT WORKS. Try that with a porsche...

(I'm a tech, I know how these things go.)

[Fidhle007]

As stated above it's about being able to enjoy your investment. You can a frame up all oem resto on a 356 and spend clear over $150k, and have an expensive conversation piece that never leaves your garage. Or you can spend 1/5th of that, and have a great looking car, that your proud of building, that you can actually show off and enjoy the shit out of. It's not about fooling people into thinking your rich, it's taking a great car and making it affordable while fueling your hobby at the same time.

You could have a very decent car for a tenth of that. Easily.

[HiTheNameIsBJ]

As stated above it's about being able to enjoy your investment. You can a frame up all oem resto on a 356 and spend clear over $150k, and have an expensive conversation piece that never leaves your garage. Or you can spend 1/5th of that, and have a great looking car, that your proud of building, that you can actually show off and enjoy the shit out of. It's not about fooling people into thinking your rich, it's taking a great car and making it affordable while fueling your hobby at the same time.

[RainierHooker]

I have a friend that wanted a Kubelwagen. He decided that he couldn't afford one, so he went and bought a kit to build one out of a Bug (a 'Kooble-Kar'). By the time the 'kit' was a car he had sunk more than 20 grand into the thing when he could have bought an original for five grand more (at the time). Now he regrets spending all the time and money on a kit when he could have had the thing that he wanted all along for not much more. He can't sell the Kooble-Kar for anywhere near what he has into it and as such has been kicking himself ever since for not just putting up the dough for the real thing in the first place. This is one of the circumstances that has made me shy away from kit-cars.
Like I said in one of my previous posts, if you plan on driving the thing hard, get a kit-car. If you want the satisfaction of a DIY, get a kit-car. But if you want a 356, get a 356. That's my opinion, and everyone is entitled to one.

[george graves]

All well and good. But if you are gonna plunk down $20-30,000 on a well done replica 356, why not buy that $24,000 original 356C and drive it around?

Dude, I'm tryng to be nice here. What part of "Kit Car" do you not understand?

If you don't like kit cars, maybe a kit car thread isn't the place for you?

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