Price Of His Toys » Lightning TS http://www.priceofhistoys.com Kit car and homebuilt vehicle blog Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:57:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Lightning TS Corvette Replica http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2009/03/03/lightning-ts-corvette-replica/ http://www.priceofhistoys.com/2009/03/03/lightning-ts-corvette-replica/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:29:26 +0000 Shannon Larratt http://www.priceofhistoys.com/?p=2831 As used car prices come down, sometimes kit cars cost more than the car they emulate… For example, you can buy a beat-up Lamborghini Countach for close to the same price as a top-of-the-line replica (which arguably is a better car, but that’s an entirely different and more complex argument). But a rare British kit car called the Lightning TS really takes the cake.

The Lightning TS, of which half a dozen exist, is a “copy” of a seventies Corvette, built on Cortina running gear with a 2L Pinto engine. It captures some of the lines, but none of the muscular charm of a real Corvette. There’s one right now on eBay (#270351775187, and also here) in Scotland with a buy-it now price of £3,500 (ie. $5,000 US). Stateside you can buy a functioning used Corvette for less than that (I understand they may be more rare in Scotland), and if you want something Corvette-like but small, you can also get a charming Opel GT for the same price. Sorry, I don’t know what sort of fool would buy this Lightning TS.

I feel dirty now… I hate to say anything bad about kit cars.

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