Comments on: New Mantaray Kit/Turnkey http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/10/20/new-mantaray-kitturnkey/ Kit car and homebuilt vehicle blog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:58:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tom Alvary http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/10/20/new-mantaray-kitturnkey/comment-page-1/#comment-17427 Tom Alvary Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:24:13 +0000 http://www.priceofhistoys.com/?p=1837#comment-17427 OK, by accident I stumbled across what the coupe is, and it is a very special car indeed. Called a Toyota Sera, its a JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) beauty based on Paseo/Tercel/Starlet mechanicals and made in the early 1990s. Gorgeous big glass greenhouse, including some fabulous "butterfly" doors, and its a stock Toyota. Wow. There's one for sale on ebay right now, which is how I stumbled onto it, and it seems cheap at $7500: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___Other-Makes_W0QQitemZ280282402235 OK, by accident I stumbled across what the coupe is, and it is a very special car indeed. Called a Toyota Sera, its a JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) beauty based on Paseo/Tercel/Starlet mechanicals and made in the early 1990s. Gorgeous big glass greenhouse, including some fabulous “butterfly” doors, and its a stock Toyota. Wow. There’s one for sale on ebay right now, which is how I stumbled onto it, and it seems cheap at $7500: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors.....0282402235

]]> By: Ross http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/10/20/new-mantaray-kitturnkey/comment-page-1/#comment-15965 Ross Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:31:53 +0000 http://www.priceofhistoys.com/?p=1837#comment-15965 Hmmm... a kit car that doesn't look like a lumpy fiberglass and bondo turd. Where's the plywood hood and the 30 batteries under the back seat for the electric conversion? Hmmm… a kit car that doesn’t look like a lumpy fiberglass and bondo turd. Where’s the plywood hood and the 30 batteries under the back seat for the electric conversion?

]]> By: Ross http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/10/20/new-mantaray-kitturnkey/comment-page-1/#comment-15963 Ross Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:27:15 +0000 http://www.priceofhistoys.com/?p=1837#comment-15963 Oh wow, a kit car that doesn't look like a lumpy bondo and fiberglass turd. Oh wow, a kit car that doesn’t look like a lumpy bondo and fiberglass turd.

]]> By: Tom Alvary http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2008/10/20/new-mantaray-kitturnkey/comment-page-1/#comment-15832 Tom Alvary Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:49:56 +0000 http://www.priceofhistoys.com/?p=1837#comment-15832 Hey, What are those sedans in the pictures? The look kind of like the Solectria Sunrise, or maybe a Honda del Sol based kit car? And the rear of the other roadster- to my eye it is much prettier than the Mantaray. Very interesting... Hey, What are those sedans in the pictures? The look kind of like the Solectria Sunrise, or maybe a Honda del Sol based kit car?

And the rear of the other roadster- to my eye it is much prettier than the Mantaray. Very interesting…

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