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[rdrcr]

Some of you may have seen these cool little replicas crafted by the CycleKart Company in April's edition of R & T. But in case you hadn't, here is a link to their site .

I thought that something like this would very cool for the young racer at home. A great parent and sibling joint effort... as they are either home built or purchased ready made... I'd also think that these would be quite collectible - eventually...


Pictured from front to rear, (I think) is a Bugatti Type 59, Mini-Magnette, Delage and an Alfa P3

[dretceterini]

Here is a link to their site? where

In all seriousnes, just how expensive are they??

Stu

[rdrcr]

dretceterini,

Ooops... sorry, It's in there now!

I think that the cost for the replicas in kit form is around $1,500 USD. I don't know how much you value your time, so that figure is up to you!

In finished form, they might run $3,500+ but again, I'm not certain...

[bobbo]

OH!
MY!
GOD!

And I have a friend (and closet vintage racing junkie) who is a mechanic at the local Honda dealership . . .

Bobbo

[schuy]

Can you freely drive these on the road?

[dretceterini]

OK, who wants to loan me some money?

I MUST have the 600cc motorcycle engined Alfa 158/159 looking car (scroll down on the site)....if Patrick Italiano doesn't get there first!!

[Ray Bell]

You can download plans, by the look of things...



Looks good... six speed box, too.

[dretceterini]

All that is needed is to enlarge the motor to 750cc to run with the H-Mod guys in vinatge races...OK, maybe not...but it sure is great someone is doing something like this..

Stu

[lynmeredith]

OK, I need one of these. I have a cunning plan. 1) I am a certified senior citizen. 2) I own a walking stick. I think that, for a consideration, my doctor will attest that I need some sort of invalid carriage (what's the politically correct term for that?). This will be the answer to my friend Chris from up the road who has an electric scooter-thing that he drives along the cycle tracks and frightens the life out of me on a regular basis. I will talk to the motor registry and health department tomorrow. I need one of these.

Lyn M





I bet this offends someone

[Catalina Park]

In NSW (Australia) there is a grey area in the rules of motor vehicles that if a vehicle has less than a certain amount of power (200 watts I think) it is not a motor vehicle!
In my town there are scooters with small two stroke engines running around town and the police are powerless to do anything, there is even a guy with an oversized skateboard with engine!
They created the rules to cover motorised wheelchairs and those scooters for the elderly and disabled and now everyone can take advantage of it!