TE911 Posted 30September, 2013 Report Share Posted 30September, 2013 http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/camp-hill/cars-vans-utes/rsk-718-porsche-replica-kitcar/1028702002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarreraG50 Posted 30September, 2013 Report Share Posted 30September, 2013 Good Find TE911, I read the article in UC, if I had the space I would buy it, it was restored well, it's cool IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TE911 Posted 30September, 2013 Author Report Share Posted 30September, 2013 Thanks, yeah shame i don't have the space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamWolf Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Very rarely does a kit car hit the nail on the head. That thing looks superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Nice. I want the replica 904 that surfaced at Dutton's for about a split second a couple of years ago before being retracted from sale... Kerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarreraG50 Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Very rarely does a kit car hit the nail on the head. That thing looks superb! My next door neighbour has a GT40 Kit Car, but don't call it that, its a (I'm not kidding) "Hand Built Replica". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Oh I like that. LOL at hand built replica. So many jokes so little time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Very rarely does a kit car hit the nail on the head. That thing looks superb! Did you forget the italics? I take it you didn't look at the interior shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Did you forget the italics? I take it you didn't look at the interior shot? +1. you may be surprised to see how disproportional it looks next to a real RSK - this looks like a skinny 'stretch' RSK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murf Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 LOL - I look at it in terms of artwork. The original vs A print of the original vs A photocopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamWolf Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 I look at it in the terms of someone that built it in their shed. Pretty sure that'd never include most people in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Very rarely does a kit car hit the nail on the head. That thing looks superb! I look at it in the terms of someone that built it in their shed. Pretty sure that'd never include most people in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarreraG50 Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 If you read the UC article it was an absolute mess when the restorer got it. He spent lots of time& $$$$ getting it "right". OK it could do with some PORSCHE guages etc. but I've seen Purvis Eureka'sgo for this money (I know which I'd prefer).I'd still have it at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamWolf Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Sorry folks, I haven't had enough coffee today. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Maybe I was a little blunt. Yeah hats off to the guy for building it in his shed and all, but in my mind his time would have been better spent building a clubbie or something. Here is an RSK for proportion comparison. As hugh said, looks like it got put on the rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamWolf Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 The problem with kits to make them like the real thing is logistics. Same problems I encountered with my 'Manx' beach buggy. As soon as the floor is shortened or a custom frame made, it becomes a registration nightmare here in the Nanny Country. So with that in mind and the only alternative being an ICV I still think they did a good job all in all. Dash is butt ugly but the body lines look tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 ^^^ that pic is more like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Yep same applies to the Speedster replicas. To get them right, they need to be both shortened and the floor lowered considerably. Which as you say, you are no longer allowed to do. Can no longer import a finished car, as customs deem them to be new cars and need to pass ADR's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Cal likes left handed fine corse grain bread too much. . Stupid Cal. As John said for 26K (or less) it's just a good bit of fun. You're never going to fool anyone but should a 3ltr SC motor find it's way inside it you are going to have some fun. So relax and don't think to hard about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 Put a 3L in it and it just becomes a fast way to die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 I know! Cool huh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarreraG50 Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 I know! Cool huh! Very James Dean, way cool, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 A few of these were built in Melb some years back. 80s I think. It was after you were not allowed to cut & shut VW pans, that's why they are so long behind the front wheel arch. Also they are rear engine, not mid. $ were built??? Memory a bit vague on them now. Far as I know all were built with VW motors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB911 Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 I still have a huge soft spot for a 356 speedster replica, one may still find it's way into my garage.I think that a replica, with Porsche running gear would be the ultimate compliment to the brand. $40k for a nice replica 356 (or $26k in this instance for this RSK) against $150k + for the real thing, makes the replicas pretty appealing if they are done right.Cal, keep me in mind if your sources ever steer you to a truly exceptional 356 speedster replica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 1October, 2013 Report Share Posted 1October, 2013 A few of these were built in Melb some years back. 80s I think. It was after you were not allowed to cut & shut VW pans, that's why they are so long behind the front wheel arch. Also they are rear engine, not mid. $ were built??? Memory a bit vague on them now. Far as I know all were built with VW motors. Barry, I recall probably mid seeing a number of full page adds and maybe an article or two. All were with VW motors and running gear, but for the life of me I can't remember th name of the company. Would have been early-mid 80s. I thought it was "SK Spyder" but the google machine didn't help. Would have loved that in my late teens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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