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In Memoriam—11 November 2009
David Hartman R.I.P.
A.H.A./Knott’s Berry Farm Show colossus

We learned just today that Dave Hartman, Editor of the A.H.A.’s The Fuel Line newsletter, passed away from kidney failure on Friday, 6 November 2009, in Long Beach, California. If you've attended the Knott’s Berry Farm ‘Fun in the Sun’ show at any time over the years, you no doubt encountered Big Dave and his dark blue GT40 replica. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Send your condolences to his fiancee Margaret Chaffee.

WANTED: Wombat (aka ‘Hummbug’), unbuilt kit or unfinished car. Contact John York at (804) 798-5268 weekdays (EST), or email: JohnAlexYork@CS.com [please include your telephone number(s) in your email].
Ashland, Virginia
25 January 2010

For Sale: Hummbug...one of 180 of these on-road/offroad beasts sold. Teal finish (premium Dupont Spectramaster 4-part paint), black upholstery. The BIG Picture: Click Here! Includes removable soft top and doors, luggage rack, leather seats, 36 oz./yard carpet. It boasts a rugged Rancho rebuilt transaxle, full instrumentation, 1,700 cc engine bored 0.030" over, Weber progressive two-barrel carburetor, electric fuel pumps, Bosch 90 amp alternator, Bosch 009 mechanical-advance distributer, headers with heater boxes, cellular booster antenna and Hella driving and fog lamps. 9.5x30Rx15" dual-groove mud & snow tires, Mickey Thompson Classic Two mags, effective rear end ratio 3-speed with overdrive. Second fuel tank, cargo area behind seats. BIG 3/4-rearview shot: Click Here! Kenwood tape deck with Polk speakers. Quick acceleration and lots of top end, mid-twenties mpg. Have receipts. There are a few minor items you might want to finish: I didn't see any need to install the front skid pan, the wiring in the passenger compartment needs to be tucked away and out-of-sight, and one piece of carpet was not installed. In-Your-Face frontal shot: Click Here! $13,500. Contact James at (530) 570-1699 PST, or email: JHH271455@ATT.net
Cohasset, (northern) California
9 December

For Sale: 1952 Jaguar XK120 roadster replica by well-respected Antique & Collectibles, of Buffalo, New York. Guards Red/saddle interior. The BIG Picture: Click Here! It is a factory-built car, built on a custom 2x4 tubular steel chassis. Under the hood: 2.3L Ford 4-cylinder powerplant... this is the rugged/virtually indestructible OHC engine engineered and manufactured in Germany and used in smaller Ford cars (including the German-built Mercury Capri) in the 1970s; engine upgrades include a mild street cam, 4-bbl. carburetor and manifold, and ceramic-coated headers and exhaust. It cranks with a mere touch of the key, and runs and propels this little beast beautifully. It was produced in 1982, and is titled as a 1982 Jaguar. It was fitted with genuine Lucas "tripod" headlights, and was "restored" in 2001–2002 with a new interior. BIG Photo of cockpit: Click Here! I drive it as a second car, and it qualifies as a daily driver in every respect. It turns heads and elicits “thumbs up” signs wherever we go. In-Your-Face frontal shot: Click Here! Asking $29,900 obo. Contact Randy at (630) 464-1531 CDT cell, or email: MagHatch@aol.com
Lillian, Alabama (near Pensacola, Florida)
12 January

For Sale: It's a doozy! A breathtaking reproduction of the famed 1936 ‘Maharajah Duesenberg.’ This Duesy measures a majestic 20 ft. (6 meters) long bumper-to-bumper, and is fully outfitted with a V8 powerplant, power steering, power brakes, air conditioning... all the modern creature comforts carefully cloaked in 1936 opulence and mystique. The period-correct interior is executed in fine Italian leather, tangerine in hue. BIG Photo of cockpit: Click Here! Attention to detail is second to none. It's constructed on a (low-mileage and rock-solid) 1996 Dodge Dakota chassis. This motorcar is fit for a king... or a maharajah. Building this Duesy doppelgänger demanded three years of full-time effort; I've since been advised by experts that it might well be the all-time finest replica of the ‘Golden Years of Hollywood’ era of exquisite motorcars. Put succinctly, there was only one original ‘Maharajah Duesenberg,’ and only (this) one reproduction, and not likely to be another. It's yours for $180,000 obo. Contact me at (818) 606-0623 PDT, or email: TopRSGun@Gmail.com
La Cañada, (southern) California
17 April

1934 Ford 3-window coupe reproduction. PPG Aqua Blue/matching two-tone interior. Outfitted with the very best: 350" Chevy V8 powerplant, Edelbrock carburetor, Jet Hot Coated headers, GM350 automatic transmission, Ididit steering column, Pioneer stereo sound system, a color-matched travel trailer replete with a king-sized igloo COOL ROLLER ice chest... also color-matched! This beauty has been entertaining eye candy for motorists and streetrodders in Kansas and Missouri.
Wichita, Kansas
1 January

‘Marlene’ roadster Deluxe Kit by Classic Roadsters Ltd. Here's a photo of a finished 'Marlene' of the same color: Click Here! White coachwork/blue fabric top/blue upholstery. Here's what automotive writer Curt Scott had to say about the 'Marlene' in the early 1990s: “Reminiscent of the styling of the legendary 500K Mercedes roadsters of the 1930s, the Marlene 500K is today one of Classic Roadsters’ most popular models. Even the name is reminiscent of the sentimental lyrics of the German (and Allied!) wartime ballad ‘Lili Marlene,’ that poignant tune ironically sung in German by (Swedish-born German) Lale (“Lolly”) Anderson, and in English by (German-born American) Marlene Dietrich. CR’s own literature points out, however, that the name was derived from the fact that in 1936 Daimler Benz was commissioned to design a personalized model for sultry international film star Marlene Dietrich, and thus for a historical touch the title “Marlene” seemed an appropriate sobriquet. Downsized a bit, and lighter and more nimble than the Teutonic original, the Marlene is the marvelous motorcar for enthusiasts who appreciate the timeless styling of the 1930s Daimlers, but require more durability and economy and practicality for everyday driving.” (end of quote). This Classic Roadsters unbuilt kit, still in its original shipping container, is the ‘Deluxe' Edition’ (specc'd for all standard Ford component parts). $8,800 obo. Contact Shelley at (626) 797-xxxx
Pasadena, California
4 October
26 November 2007: Mark our Marlene kit SOLD! A lucky fellow from Texas is now the new owner, and the shippers are on their way there today. Take care and have a great holiday season! Shelley Powell

For Sale: J.P.R. Wildcat (Jag XKE replica). Triple black. The BIG Picture: Click Here! Professionally built in 1991 with the best of all components and equipment. Under the hood: 350 Chevy, GM350 transmission, Ford 8" rear, 3:55 open gear. Edelbrock intake Holley 650 carb, headers, twin electric fans. In the cockpit: vinyl seats and top, walnut dash, premium Ididit tilt steering column, Stewart-Warner mechanical gauges. Other details: HPC-coated dual exhaust; Spax coil-overs all-around, curb weight 1,908 lbs; Painless 18-circuit harness; chromed 14" wire wheels, only 200 gentle miles since completed. $25,000. Contact Terry at (440) 327-6451 EDT, or email: Green.is.Mike@Gmail.com
North Ridgeville, Ohio
28 August.

2007 CalSpyder, brand-new and unregistered. Rosso Red/saddle tan cockpit. The BIG Picture: Click Here! An earlier version of the CalSpyder featured in the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." We're the company who builds the CalSpyder, and we and recently completed this car for a customer who wants us to sell it for him. He has over $85,000 invested in this brand-new car, sparing no expense to build a first-rate road-cruising sports car. Under the hood: 300 horsepower Ford 302 small-block V8; engine bay area is lined in machine-spun aluminum. BIG Picture of powerplant: Click Here! Geartrain: Tremec T5 "World Class" 5-speed gearbox and limited-slip differential. Chassis specifics: The Calspyder has its own custom frame fabricated in 0.120" wall, mild-steel rectangular tubing and designed for maximum stiffness, including torsional stiffness which is critical in a roadster to reduce road shake. In the front, Ford Mustang II rack & pinion double-wishbone front suspension with QA1 12-position adjustable coil-over shocks and anti-sway bar; 11" Ford disc brakes; in the rear, Jaguar-style IRS with inboard disc brakes and QA1 coil-overs. 72-spoke 15" chromed 'knock-off' wire wheels and adapters are fitted with 215/60x15 Michelins (MX4V Plus). In the cockpit: supple leather interior with covered one-piece dash, seats, door panels and top rolls, tunnel, footwells, rear quarter panels and gearshift & handbrake boots. Fully carpeted interior and trunk. BIG Photo of cockpit: Click Here! Convertible top: fully-functional black hood is fitted along with a padded tan tonneau cover. This beauty is now in the hands of a proud new owner, but give us a call if you’d like a CalSpyder built to your specifications! Contact Classic Cars by Renucci LLC at: CalSpyder@hotmail.com
Tempe, Arizona
11 December 2007: That sleek red Calspyder has now been SOLD! We had numerous enquiries (and are still getting them!) so great exposure from your site. Many thanks! Regards, Mike Renucci

Wanted: a finished or unfinished Veep or Scamp kit (Volkswagen Beetle-based all-steel replica of a WWII Willys Jeep). I'm also seeking the building plans and assembly manual for these kits, which were manufactured in the early and mid-1980s. If you possess or know someone who possesses one of these kits (or finished/driveable car), and/or the assembly manual, contact me, Curt Scott, at (661) 251-0806, or email: KitCarPublisheer@kitcar.com
Santa Clarita, California
6 June, 2007 (that means we're starting our search on the 63rd anniversary of D-Day!)

1952 Allard J2X replica by Hardy Motor Works. British Racing Green/saddle-tan Argentine leather interior. 1963 Chevy Impala SS 327 V8 (4-speed Rochester carburetor, mild street cam), 4-speed gearbox, Ford 9" rear. Exquisitely detailed and finished. Completed in 1996, only 23,400 miles, driven mostly in local parades and club expeditions, always stored in garage. You also get period-correct Craftsman toolbox and several (also period-correct) mechanics tools, and a circa-1948 Texaco gas station water/radiator can, all in excellent shape. $33,900 obo. Contact Paul at (910) 256-xxxx
New Topsail Beach, North Carolina
18 June
27 May 2006: Mark my Allard J2X SOLD! I can't believe it! My first call came only about 3 or 4 hours after my ad went up on Kit Car! I received a total of 17 or 18 inquiries, several of them very serious.... but it was the very first caller who purchased it less than a week later! Thank you, Kit Car, for a job well done! And thank you for your website's wonderful car photography tips! Paul Nestler

1955 Mercedes SLR. Yes, someone did get one of those classic SLRs (this is #002). I bought it from the dentist in Detroit who went to Florida and picked it up; and he paid $17,000 for just the body and chassis. And now it is available to you. Engine just finished by Kim Barr Racing Engines (Ford 302, bored-polished-titanium-dynoed - 298 hpusing a 4 bbl carb!) Auto tranny just rebuilt. Car needs to be built - custom tubular chassis with a body that is really great (inner fenders and firewall in body)! Most parts included: hardtop, windshield frame, inner doors, head rests. Need to clear out of the garage--first $9,650 gets it. Phone Bob at (214)520-xxxx
Dallas, Texas
3 June

Classic Roadsters Sebring MX kit. Why buy someone else's car when you can build your own? Completing my kit will allow you to build your big Healey correctly at a much lower cost then purchasing a new kit directly from Classic Roadsters. This kit includes the complete body package plus many extras but is lacking the frame and sub body support kit. Items include: complete body kit (burgundy), interior (Royal kit), leather-(tan), carpet (burgundy), outside trim (tan canvas top, boot & tonneau cover), chromed parts (bumpers, light & front grille surrounds, etc), electrical (full CR harness & all lights), windows (all & roll-up CR kit), seals (complete CR kit), hard top (complete-burgundy), extras (new Mustang shocks & CR conversion kit for non 8.8" GT rear). Art Morrison suspension (chromoly upper A-arms, lower control arms, oversized strut arms, front and rear coil-over adjustable shock mounts & front and rear shocks & all tabs to convert tube rear to 4-link bar & ball joints & coil springs black powder coated) If you're interested in building one of these cars, study what I am offering then study manufacture information on the Classic Roadsters web wite to realize the savings that are available by purchasing my kit and then supplementing it with a new frame and sub-structure parts-package from CRL Make me a reasonable offer and this kit can be yours.
Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina
30 May
Dear Kit Car: Mark my Sebring MX SOLD... before I could even get my photos to you! I want to inform you that I had several inquiries about my partial Sebring MX kit which resulted in a sale this past week. Your knowledgeable information on what the dollar amount I should expect allowed me to price it at what it probably was worth. This produced interest and a sale instead of scaring potential buyers off. Once again Thanks so much and good luck in your continued efforts to keep the Kit Car industry clean. Best Wishes in the future. Peter Crumley

1952 Jaguar XK120 kit by Eagle Coach Work. Red/black interior. 75% finished, engine, gearbox, and suspension all installed. Driveshaft shortened and balanced. Mustang II/Pinto donor. Starting new business and must sell. $8,800 obo. Call Terry at (803) 548-xxxx
Tega Cay, South Carolina
12 May

Classic Roadsters Duke, 1937 Jaguar replica. Red/tan convertible top. Box-frame custom chassis. 302 Ford engine. 3-speed automatic transmission. Hurst shifter. Complete new brake system. 6-steel spoke wheels new tires & new shocks. Edelbrock manifold, 4-bbl carbueretor & dual exhaust. Solid oak dash and steering wheel. Tilt wheel. It is fast and handles great. Less than 1,600 miles. $12,500.
Plato Center, Illinois
6 May

Bugatti type 55 Roadster. Red/black upholstery. Built in 1988-'89 on VW chassis. 3-speed, Classic vintage series instrument gauges, AM/FM radio, running boards with step plates, side-mounted spare tire. Low mileage, priced to sell at $7900. Call (231) 652-xxxx
Newaygo, Michigan
3 May

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British roadster/replicar Prestige Showcase icon placeholder. Replicas of Jaguar SS-100s, XK-120s and XK-140s, MG-TA, MG-TD and MG-TF's, Austin-Healey 100 and 3000 models and other British open roadsters.

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Premium neoclassics Prestige Showcase icon placeholder. Clenets, Corsairs, Diamantes, Excaliburs, Gatsbys, Spartans, Tiffanys and other dazzling neoclassic motorcars, styling drawn mostly from the heyday of fine motorcar design--the 1930s.

Harbor Freight

Harbor Freight: It's not a kit car-specific site, but this URL harbors nothing but lots of tools and related consumables for motorcar enthusiasts of every ilk! This Camarillo, California-headquartered tool retailer offers you Golden State locations in Bakersfield, Camarillo, Chula Vista, El Cajon, Escondido, Fresno, Garden Grove, Hemet, Hesperia, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lomita, Modesto, Newark/Fremont, Orange/Tustin, Pasadena, Redding, Riverside, Sacramento (2 locations, north and south), Salinas, San Bernardino, Santa Maria, Santa Rosa, Simi Valley, Stockton, Upland, Vallejo, Visalia and Westminster!

Harbor Freight also has retail locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (4 locations: Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh), North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (4 locations: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and (whew!) Wisconsin.

GRINDER GRANDE: One honkin' bench grinder
Photo below hotlinked to a larger image of HF's 10" grinder.

I ordered Harbor Freight's 10" bench grinder a couple of weeks ago. As you can see, my trusty old green six-inch/ 1/2 hp Packard grinder that all too often is just underpowered is still there. I use my bench grinder probably more than any other single power tool in my shop, and it's always frustrating for it to keep slowing down and stalling on me.

This 10" grinder (HF's item# 6510-0VGA) boasts a full 2 hp and slower speed (it's 1,750 rpm, vs. 3,450 rpm for my 6" grinder), and it's quiet and almost vibration-free, no doubt a bonus-effect of the slower speed and all-ball-bearing construction.

It's powerful... you're not likely to persuade this grinder to grind to a halt. It comes with two 10" grinder wheels (one medium, one relatively fine), as well as tool rests and eye shields (flimsy eye shields, so I'll stick to wearing goggles), and HF carries all the other optional stuff (a variety of 10" cloth buffing wheels and an 8" wire wheel, HF item# 46765-0VGA). And it's only $99.99 (no doubt marked down from $100--smile), and shipping is free... not a minor consideration, since it weighs 75 lbs.

This mega-grinder is not stocked in HF's retail stores, so you must order it from their website or their catalog. But as you can tell, I'm very pleased with it!

It's like a bench grinder on steroids. I find myself grinding (and wire-brushing) things that don't even need to be ground or wire-brushed.

The photo above is hotlinked to a much-larger photo of The Honker.

A disappointing follow-up to my favorable review
of Harbor Freight's 10" bench grinder:

I mentioned in my review (above) that the grinder's eye shields are quite flimsy. One was cracked upon delivery, the other broke the first time I used the grinder. Flimsy.

I phoned HF’s CustSvc Dept. on 6/24/03 and explained to the lady who answered that I’d like to contact HF’s President or perhaps VP/Marketing re arranging some sort of incentive for you as a KitCar visitor to purchase HF products, the lady I spoke to adamantly refused to give me any contact info at all, and insisted that I email "Customer Service" (her department, CS@harborfreight.com) with my request. She displayed open hostility to my request.

Although the "CustSvc Dept." didn't really seem to me to be the appropriate destination, just the same I sent the email that same day, requesting that someone in HF management contact me for my suggestion that you be offered some special discount or other incentive for coming to them from KitCar, and further requesting a replacement of the eye shields (preferably better-constructed shields).

As I anticipated, no one in HF's "CustSvc Dept." ever bothered to reply... not to my request for the KC-based incentive for you, nor to my request for replacement eye shields. So precisely one month later, on 24 July, I wrote a letter to HF's President E.A. Smidt; in that letter I made the same two courteous requests. It's 9 September 2003 today. I've never received any reply from Mr. Smidt either. And I think I've waited long enough and patiently enough. Sigh.

In the meantime I stumbled across additional problems... not with the grinder itself, but with the accessories I purchased for it. You see, the grinder has a 20mm arbor, instead of the SAE standard 3/4" arbor. 20mm is 1mm larger than 3/4". Translated: none of the 10" cloth buffing wheels I purchased from HF would mount on the grinder. I don't (and I'll bet you don't) possess a 20mm drill bit to perform the necessary reaming operation. And Harbor Freight doesn't carry it. I was forced into the snail-paced process of grinding out the centers with my cone-shaped grinding stone in order to mount the wheels. I'll bet that your tool chest doesn't include a 30mm socket either... and that's the size you need for the arbor nut on each end of the grinder. And Harbor Freight doesn't carry it.

Then when I finally was able to mount and use one of the cloth buffing wheels, the cloth immediately began disintegrating and flying all over my shop. Flimsy. Contrast that experience with my Sears Craftsman cloth buffing wheels that I've used on my 6" grinder for years... with nary a single instance of shredding.

I would advise HF of these product-quality aggravations I experienced, except that it self-evidently is HF policy... from the top on down... that no one need bother to even read customer communications, much less reply to them. Not even to a long-time customer's courteous request for "customer service." Sigh.