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Post by chrisbailey on Sept 10, 2007 21:14:53 GMT
hi, i was looking at the Dutton website, and i found this, its a german website for the duttons, however this bloke is rebuilding a eagle ss, The germans realy do put alot more money and time into old kitcars, all we seem to do is build new kitcars, 2 years later get rid of em. www.dutton-club.de/DC-frameset.htmlgo to the gallery, and look for the red eagle! He is using a maserati engine and gearbox!!!!!!! and it all looks very very very nice!!! and if you notice, they have alot of very tidy kitcars!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2007 19:23:38 GMT
Crikey! A Maserati engine in a Dutton! Is he mad?
I happen to think that there is an increasing realisation that old kitcars are fun to rebuild. I've done an 80's Ginetta, A GTM Rossa and now an 80's RV. OK none of them had exotic engines but it is still fun to do an old kit justice using up to date technology.
I really hope that more old kits come back to the shows and none more so than the old Eagles.
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Post by chrisbailey on Sept 28, 2007 19:16:09 GMT
Not only are they fun to rebuild, but some kits are out of production i.e nova, eagle, duttons etc, and they are some of the most recognisable cars there is (in kitcar terms) I recently seen a nova painted in gt40 racing colours featured in a hip hop music video, People are taking on restoration projects alot more now, i think it because they are cheap and kitcars in general are getting alot more publicity, years ago before stoneleigh went BIG, kitcars were rare to see on the road, on a summer day now, you can bet to see loads. The germans take the old kitcars because they are not allowed to import new cars without permission and extorsionate taxes, the cars have to be 25 years old to get in free. I am surprised there are no german kitcar producers, the rate they take them from this country, you woulda thought there would be a huge market for them.
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