JohnDriver
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life is what happens while you make other plans
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Post by JohnDriver on Jun 3, 2011 14:54:40 GMT -5
just tried to subscribe to kit car mag. and was told its no longer in publication.  guess people think why build a car when a civic/mustang are so accessible.  my generation stinks... |
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Post by kitcarguy on Jun 3, 2011 15:21:41 GMT -5
I think it has been out of business for several years.
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Post by dawgdk on Jun 3, 2011 17:42:31 GMT -5
The only kit magazine available now is the "Kit Car Builder" magazine. They are a great magazine to read from and they come bymonthly !!!
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Post by spyderdriver on Jun 4, 2011 0:37:36 GMT -5
the books i like are to much money.
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Post by Jeff Troy on Jun 4, 2011 10:42:02 GMT -5
Maybe they should bring it back and call it Cobra. That's about all that appeared in any significant volume. Nice cars, but enough is enough. I still miss the days of VW kits, the simplicity of which makes Bradley cars so appealing.
Warmest...
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Post by kitcarguy on Jun 4, 2011 15:11:01 GMT -5
Hey Jeff I agree with you. I love looking at the old kit car magazines where it was a cobra here and there and vw kits for the rest
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Post by dawgdk on Jun 4, 2011 16:39:47 GMT -5
does anyone read MY posts ?
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Post by kitcarguy on Jun 4, 2011 22:01:24 GMT -5
We sure do dawg but case in point....LOL  |
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Post by dawgdk on Jun 5, 2011 9:49:17 GMT -5
That is a special once a year edition for the many company's that sell cobra's. If somesomething is selling wouldn't you want that action along with every thing else !!! I agree I liked the kit magazines that had pictures of all the old kits in it but these kits have done had their time in the spotlight so to speak!!!
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geddes66
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Now I am an instructor at the RTS-M, Camp Roberts CA. Teaching new Army mechanics.
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Post by geddes66 on Jun 9, 2011 20:48:31 GMT -5
The reason that kit cars died is several fold.
1. Increasing government restrictions in safety, pollution control and registration.
2. Shrinking number and increasing price of classic, now collectable, VW Beatles.
3. Increasing complexity of the kits, it is almost as hard as building a real car.
4 Skyrocketing cost of the kits Most will set you back more than 30,000 for everything.
5. decreasing variety of the available kits. 100's of cobras and 3 other ones.
I have gone to the AHAA (American Handcrafted Automobile Association) show several times. 3/4 or more is Cobras then the rest to include all one-off and older cars combined. IMHO it has nothing to do with the current generation.
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Post by spyderdriver on Jun 9, 2011 23:31:23 GMT -5
30,000?
hey i will make a mid engine chassis with good suspension, and a Bradley body and put a brand new engine in, for 15,000...
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my generation stinks...
