Best kit available?

[aaronjb]

I think you're thinking of the Faroux BMW based Daytona kit from Dutch Holland... Faroux Sportscars - Home

[dave]

I think you're thinking of the Faroux BMW based Daytona kit from Dutch Holland... Faroux Sportscars - Home

That's the one I was thinking of.

[Insano]

Thanks all, lots of reading to done!

Regarding the choice for "best replica kit", I read somewhere that the Pilgrim was relatively easy to build, anyone agree/disagree with that statement?

Also read somewhere that the Crendon (i think, might have been GD) was more "modern" and thus had better handling. Thoughts on this?

What about the AK? Handling, ease of build, etc?

Cheers

Insano

[KevinW]

I keep trying to forget this thread, but our swedish friend keeps drawing me in again with another worm on a hook I cant ignore......

For the record, Pilgrim have sold more cars than pretty much all other cobra rep manufacturers this side of the atlantic.
Main reason: its historically been cheaper than the competition to build one of their cars, so mass sales.

None of the currently available kits are that hard to build as far as I am aware, whether its Pilgrim Dax AK GD Crendon etc, provided you have some DIY skills behind you and you have a sensible approach to the odd problem that will be thrown up.

Since the internet kicked off, there are communities of people all available to help out with each of the niggles these kits have to be overcome - I beleive they all have them, one way or another.

The GD can be a more modern offering, ( as can the Dax) although GD's latest shell, imho, is really pretty authentic. The chassis is backbone, similar in design principle to the RAM.
But you can build retro or modern - your choice.

The Crendon is definitely a retro car aimed at anorak enthusiasts like me that want their car as close as they can get to a '65 experience. Compared to Pilgrim they are the other end of the spectrum - pricing structure is totally different, will cost a bit more to build, but has lots of nice design features wrt maintenance etc that I happen to like.

In case you havent looked already, here are a list of the main UK offerings, in alphabetical, rather than in any particular order of preference or recommendation :

Home�-�AK Sports Cars
Cars - DJ Sportscars International Ltd.
cobrettiviper.com
Home : Crendon Replicas
Fiero Factory Limited- The Euro 427 -not sure of this is still operational
Sports Cars from GD Cars, Gardner Douglas Sports Cars
Hawk Cars - manufacturers of the 289, 427 and HF Series
Pilgrim Cars

Enjoy!

ps - your next question i expect will be hardtops.

Hawk do a nice authentic FIA fastback as well as the traditional bubble top.
But there is a very nice one here, that fits, or can be made to fit, a variety of different cars:

DB Replicas - Removable Le Mans Hard Top

- most other cars have a soft top or just a tonneau.

And the question after that:

mpg : anything from<10mpgs to >30mpg (if you feel lucky), purely depends on engine and driving style.

And the quesiotn after that:

Yes cna be driven every day, but only if you have deep pockets and a very hardy personality.
Mainly best reserved for high days and holidays.


......... NEXT....?

[FatBoy]

......Gearbox?.......

[KevinW]

Sodja!

[Insano]

Was thinking about the diff actually...

[wilf]

Yes, you will need one of those. Put it at the back.

[Mario149]

Yes cna be driven every day, but only if you have deep pockets and a very hardy personality.
Mainly best reserved for high days and holidays.

First post, yay! I've just joined after being referred over from pistonheads (Dax 427 help). Looking at possibly getting a cobra in the new year (it's current equal frontrunner) so have about a million and one questions. But, don't worry, I'm going to have a day or so of forum searching first to see if I can find the common answers. That said, I do have one after reading the above snippet from KevinW:

Why deep pockets? Is it just a fuel cost issue? Or are they inherently expensive to run as they get through parts/consumables?