Kit Cars

Ray Bell · 18 May 2001, 00:47 (Ref:93848)

This is a thread that should elicit some nice pictures and lots of information for those who don't live in England.

The British kit-car market is a well-established thing, Lotus started out that way and many others, with cars that the owner could simply assemble himself using bits from a donor car that had had its day but still had a reasonable mechanical package.

Early on the Austin 7 and Ford 10 were very popular (as the Ford's name implied...), with side valve fours that gave some power, and were better off in a car weighing half what the original did. Later, of course, the Anglia and Cortina supplied most of the motive power, but other cars had sensible power units, including Volvo, Ford V6, etc.

What is available now in this line?

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