Birkin S3
Lotus 7 'Kit Cars'
So I was surfing the web looking for a 'commuter kit car' and started thinking that it would be awesome to have a car like Lupin the Third. This lead to a discovery that he drives a Mercedes-Benz SSK which there are no kits for, and costs about $120 million. So I decided that finding a similar design would be cool too. This lead to my discover of Birkin and Caterham. But I live in the US and the Caterham is well out of my budget, thus I looked some more and found Birkin America. And then to my disappointment their web page is just plain gone. I thought that I would have to figure out how to import the car from South Africa myself, and in frustration gave the number a call. I discovered that it had changed names to Texas Motor Works. So if your thinking that you would like to build (no turnkey) one of these you should give Dick Brink a shout. He's a really awesome guy. The kit should run you about $20k if you get the widetrack anyway. Just need some pavement. A. Rohde
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