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[The Elite]

Check THIS out, all you need is a Sierra and a bucket load of cash. 4x4 cossie powered 1 would be super sweet!

[dieseldean]

can't love it like eleanor cos its front end just don't look right. may as well start with 2x2box section chassis rails and build up than use a sierra floorpan

[Kevin Wood]

can't love it like eleanor cos its front end just don't look right. may as well start with 2x2box section chassis rails and build up than use a sierra floorpan

My thoughts too. You'll have a sierra that looks like something else. It'll still be a Sierra, and drive like one. I would (and did!) go for something that has a slightly more entertaining chassis to drive.

That strikes me as quite expensive, too, given that all you end up with is a bodyshell. You'd need a lot more bits to finish it (unless you plan to use the jellymould's interior, dash, wheels, etc.) .

Never really seen the point of replicas. Each to their own though.

Kevin

[dieseldean]

can't love it like eleanor cos its front end just don't look right. may as well start with 2x2box section chassis rails and build up than use a sierra floorpan

My thoughts too. You'll have a sierra that looks like something else. It'll still be a Sierra, and drive like one. I would (and did!) go for something that has a slightly more entertaining chassis to drive.

That strikes me as quite expensive, too, given that all you end up with is a bodyshell. You'd need a lot more bits to finish it (unless you plan to use the jellymould's interior, dash, wheels, etc.) .

Never really seen the point of replicas. Each to their own though.

Kevin

glad i'm not the only one that don't like fake cars! the credit should stop with ford for the shell and carrol shelby for his work on improving it

[JueV6]

can't love it like eleanor cos its front end just don't look right. may as well start with 2x2box section chassis rails and build up than use a sierra floorpan

My thoughts too. You'll have a sierra that looks like something else. It'll still be a Sierra, and drive like one. I would (and did!) go for something that has a slightly more entertaining chassis to drive.

That strikes me as quite expensive, too, given that all you end up with is a bodyshell. You'd need a lot more bits to finish it (unless you plan to use the jellymould's interior, dash, wheels, etc.) .

Never really seen the point of replicas. Each to their own though.

Kevin

Sorry Kevin, Just splitting hairs here.

The Westfield is a replica of the Lotus 7

Since the design of the Lotus Seven is so simple, over 160 companies have offered replicas or Seven-type cars over the years.[4] Such cars are often referred to as "sevenesque"[5] or simply a "seven" or "se7en". Sometimes they are also called clubmans. Some examples are:

McGregor Motorsport Ltd (New Zealand) Lotus 7 replica kits and manufacturers[1]
Marc Nordon Racing Vortx RT, RT+ and RT Super
Luego Sports Cars Velocity and V8 Viento in UK
Almac a kit car manufacturer in New Zealand
BWE Locust, Hornet, Grasshopper
Caterham owns the rights to reproduce the Lotus Super Seven
Dax Cars ltd
Deman Motorsport [2]
Westfield Sportscars produces several models
PRB Clubman - manufactured Peter R Bladewell in Strathfield, Sydney Australia.
Stalker V6 Clubman by Brunton Automotive
Raptor by Tornado Sports Cars
Donkervoort from Netherlands with Audi-Turbo-Engines
Höckmayr KFZ-Technik (HKT) from Germany also with Audi-Turbo-Engines
Hauser from Switzerland with BMW engines
Tiger Z100, Tiger R6, Tiger B6 & Tiger Cat E1 from Tiger Racing Ltd[3]
MAC #1[4]
MK Indy from MK Engineering (using Ford Sierra parts)
Mitsuoka Zero 1 from Toyama, Japan
ESTfield from RaceTech (using Lada parts)
Esther [5]
Several models from Robin Hood Engineering Ltd
Dala7 (a taller and wider design using Volvo parts) [6]
Rotus, originally built with components from Japan and a Mazda rotary engine
Gregory[citation needed]
Superformance S1 Roadster
Leitch Super Sprint, Leitch Industries, Invercargill, New Zealand
Fraser Clubman from Fraser Cars Ltd [7]
Vindicator Sprint and the four seat Vindicator Family by Vindicator Cars [8]
Irmscher 7[9]
Elfin [10], Australian manufacturer of the MS8 (V8 powered) and Type 3 Clubman
Lucalia Clubman, Lucalia Partnerships, Tasmania, Australia; mostly Japanese mechanicals (inline 4)
Super Martin from France
Pegasus Automobile from Germany.
FM Westfield from Flyin' Miata
Birkin S3, Lotus 7 replica
Cobra Cars produces the Garbí in Spain [11]



hmmm..... http://www.irmscher7.de/index.php

[Gaffers]

you can have a proper mustang from £16k  :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[waspy]

you can have a proper mustang from £16k  :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

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