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I would love to own something like this one day. Makes me wonder if something similar is possible for vintage sports cars.

spitfire 2y ago
You already can: https://www.gtoengineering.com/revival https://www.gtoengineering.com/revival Costs about $800K USD, which is a few tens of millions less than the real thing. Apparently you also see the GTO cars racing in the classic races, as a stand in when the owner owns the real thing.
- mauvehaus 2y ago
  I think some actual GTOs are driven in anger as well. I saw the Monterey historics in 2006, and I believe the cars were original per the rules. As an aside, I think the 250TR is one of the absolute prettiest cars ever built. Prettier even than the 250GTO. I'm equally unlikely to own either though.
  - bigiain 2y ago
    I used to work for a guy who owned a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS2 - one of only about 100 made. He did track days with it, and set very respectable times. (He also raced a 1969 Ford Mustang in the local historic class. He was a fairly fast driver for a club racer. Not professional race driver fast, but he certainly wasn't babying his cars.)
giantg2 2y ago
There are kit cars for some of the older models.
protocolture 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_Eureka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_Eureka This is a thing, and its based on a similar car.
- bigiain 2y ago
  I helped a friend build one of those ~30 years ago. Started out with a built 1640cc VW motor, ended up with a Mazda 13B rotary. Years later, he offered it to me for free. I turned it down.
  - protocolture 2y ago
    Smart. I recall them being nothing but problems. My father had a fake lotus racing car in the same vein. Mostly made out of beetle bits and what I suspected was a bathtub. Motor came from a Toyota, with lots of modifications. I know it did drive, but my memory only includes pushing it up a hill so we could try starting it using gravity.
arprocter 2y ago
There's the whole restomod scene, although there's only so much lipstick a pig can take I wouldn't expect them to handle like a modern vehicle, and that's before the lack of crumple zones
iancmceachern 2y ago
They've been doing it with cobras, old jags, Porsche, a few others. You can essentially buy a brand new, better, one.
_DeadFred_ 2y ago
I really want to build a Beck Speedster kit car with a Subaru engine one day. I haven't been able to justify the price though. I'm reverse midlife crisis ing. The older I get, the less I can justify a crazy outlay on a car.
- santoshalper 2y ago
  I know what you mean, now that I can afford the car of my dreams, it's not my dream anymore lol. Just missed it by about 10 years.
  - _DeadFred_ 2y ago
    You are still obligated to buy it just so that the new/younger versions of you out there can have something to dream about/lust after :)
- 650REDHAIR 2y ago
  Buy someone’s half-finished project for pennies on the dollar!
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yobbo 2y ago
You could look into the world of Lotus Seven replicas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Seven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Seven

spitfire 2y ago

You already can: https://www.gtoengineering.com/revival https://www.gtoengineering.com/revival Costs about $800K USD, which is a few tens of millions less than the real thing. Apparently you also see the GTO cars racing in the classic races, as a stand in when the owner owns the real thing.

mauvehaus 2y ago
I think some actual GTOs are driven in anger as well. I saw the Monterey historics in 2006, and I believe the cars were original per the rules. As an aside, I think the 250TR is one of the absolute prettiest cars ever built. Prettier even than the 250GTO. I'm equally unlikely to own either though.
- bigiain 2y ago
  I used to work for a guy who owned a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS2 - one of only about 100 made. He did track days with it, and set very respectable times. (He also raced a 1969 Ford Mustang in the local historic class. He was a fairly fast driver for a club racer. Not professional race driver fast, but he certainly wasn't babying his cars.)

giantg2 2y ago

There are kit cars for some of the older models.

protocolture 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_Eureka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvis_Eureka This is a thing, and its based on a similar car.

bigiain 2y ago
I helped a friend build one of those ~30 years ago. Started out with a built 1640cc VW motor, ended up with a Mazda 13B rotary. Years later, he offered it to me for free. I turned it down.
- protocolture 2y ago
  Smart. I recall them being nothing but problems. My father had a fake lotus racing car in the same vein. Mostly made out of beetle bits and what I suspected was a bathtub. Motor came from a Toyota, with lots of modifications. I know it did drive, but my memory only includes pushing it up a hill so we could try starting it using gravity.

arprocter 2y ago

There's the whole restomod scene, although there's only so much lipstick a pig can take I wouldn't expect them to handle like a modern vehicle, and that's before the lack of crumple zones

iancmceachern 2y ago

They've been doing it with cobras, old jags, Porsche, a few others. You can essentially buy a brand new, better, one.

_DeadFred_ 2y ago

I really want to build a Beck Speedster kit car with a Subaru engine one day. I haven't been able to justify the price though. I'm reverse midlife crisis ing. The older I get, the less I can justify a crazy outlay on a car.

santoshalper 2y ago
I know what you mean, now that I can afford the car of my dreams, it's not my dream anymore lol. Just missed it by about 10 years.
- _DeadFred_ 2y ago
  You are still obligated to buy it just so that the new/younger versions of you out there can have something to dream about/lust after :)
650REDHAIR 2y ago
Buy someone’s half-finished project for pennies on the dollar!

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yobbo 2y ago

You could look into the world of Lotus Seven replicas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Seven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Seven