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blackace
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 Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 3:54 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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I was wondering if anyone had a plans for kit cars available for sale or copy.
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MrMom
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 6:37 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| Many years ago I got a set of plans to turn your bug into a woody wagon. I have a copy of them.... |
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blackace
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 6:51 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| Do you have any pics of what the kit looks like. How much for the plans? |
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MrMom
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blackace
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 8:13 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| It's not exactly what I am looking for. Do you have any other plans?? |
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MrMom
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 4:19 am Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| It's like this, about all the "kitcars" out there are made of fiberglass, and are from a manufacturing co. I have only see one "book" on how to build your own body. I don't really know what you want to build, but good luck. Do you really know what goes into making your own body? You better have a lot of money, or be about the best bodyman this side of the Mississippi. |
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71 square
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 4:43 am Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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hey...not really mate...if u put ur mind to it...and used a lot of planning and fibreglass...u could do it...its not hard at all....if u know what u want then do it...but u'll need moulds which could take ages and be quite expensive...once u have got the basic shape...i'd say its just a matter of laying on the fibreglass with resin and sanding smooth..then putting either a lot of body putty..or use a spray putty...
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blackace
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2003 7:10 am Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| Acutally that is what I do. I am a bodyman in New Jersey and been in the business for 15 years and think I am well equiped. Thanks for the info though. I am looking for plans for a VW based kit or Lamborghini plans. They are a few ways to create a fiberglass body molds, fiberglass over foam etc... |
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bljones
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:09 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| check out q riley enterprises. they have plans for foam core bodies for VWs |
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blackace
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 6:54 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| Plans like what Robert Q. Riley Enterprises offers www.rqriley.com for their kits, www.lamborghinireplica.com, or www.kitcarworkshop.com. These site offers plans for their cars. From basiclly start to finish. I have purchased a set of plans from R.Q. Riley for the Boonie Bug and it tells you the dimensions of the frame body, length etc... This is what I am looking for. From what undersrtand I think that IFG www.ifgonline.com used to do this as well but not sure. |
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type34inKY
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 11:07 am Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| Sounds like a confusion of symantecs. rqriley does not have kits- they sell the plans, but not parts to complete, right? So that's not a 'kit' car, it's a fabrication plan. |
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blackace
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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| True they do not sell parts to complete a kit. But the plans use a donor car as any other kit car would except that you are not buying a kit such as the body, etc... You are still creating a kit car in a sense. A majority of kit cars require some form of fabrication as some point or another. What about a 31 Ford or Lamborghini?? If you fabricate the frame or body isn't that still considered a kit car. You have not purchased a kit. YOU created the kit... Although a 31 Ford would not be condsidered a kit car more of a Hot Rod instead. I have also seen plans for a 31 Ford build up and Lamborghini. Same as what R.Q.Riley sells... That would not be considered a kit car????? |
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type34inKY
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 8:26 pm Post subject: Kit Car Plans |
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Just my opinion, but what I think most people would find as acceptable definitions...
In my book if you buy a replica or custom body, it's a kit car.
If you bought a Lamborghini Diablo with a trashed chassis and created one from scratch out of oak wood and put a BMW v-12 in it, it's still a Lamborghini.
If you bought a Diablo replica body that was not produced by Lamborghini, then it's a kit car, even if you fabricated brakes, suspension, frame and a powerplant from scratch- because the end product is based on a manufactured body.
If you build a Diablo look-alike body from foam and hand-laid fiberglass and put it on a VW chassis, that is not a kit car- it's a custom bodied VW. If you create a mold and start selling the body, then it's the prototype for a kit car. |
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