Lambo experts, this this real or a kit car?

[Dan Lorenze]

I have a buddy that has been posting pics of his new "Lamborghini" on Facebook, and he's really proud of it. I wouldn't normally question the authenticity of this car but I've shown this pic to some of my buddies at work (one that has owned Lamborghini's) and they all say it's a kit car. He's doing a whole bunch of work to it too, like ripping out the dash, paint etc.. Stuff you wouldn't normally do to a expensive Italian sports car.. Something about those wheels and the mirrors don't look right, maybe a Fiero.. lol You think it's real or a kit car?

 

[Wheeler]

I'm no expert, I'll let you decide.

http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/lamborghini-3-995-fast-italian-supercar-builder-article-1.1377236

 

[El Rojo]

It's a kit

 

[Jefftowz]

Do you have a picture from the rear, a real Murcielago is very wide in the rear...81 1/2 inches

 

[Ragged Edge]

It's a kit. Easy way to see, look at the little port window behind the door. Lambo does not have one in that shape.

 

[Hye Power]

Compare and choose I'm going with kit.

 

[OCMerrill]

Bolt pattern on the bottom lambo pic shows a larger lug bolt circle.

 

[Crazyhippy]

Look at the marker lights... KIT!

 

[spectras only]

Ask your buddy to show picture of the engine People with exotic kit cars don't have exotic engines in them

 

[Chipster27]

Hard to say, but the dash and that 1/4 window look like they are from a second generation Fiero. The dash "hood" above the instrument cluster on a Mercielago is arched. That one appears to be an old school Pontiac blocked/square hood. Ask for a pic of the dash because you want to see how high the speedo goes

 

[Sleek-Jet]

That's a Fiero...

 

[Mandelon]

Tell him you bought a Hummer.

The Humbug from Wombat Car Company.

 

[Enen]

I'd say kit car.

 

[Deano]

Looks like that thing has drum brakes.

 

[Rivertoys]

The offset on the wheels is completely different, yet the tires are in the same place. Cannot be the same the chassis... Also, as Jeremy (Top Gear BBC) would say, the big American marker lights are a clear give-away.

 

[Old Texan]

No matter how much money and time you put in one of those kits, it's still not a Lambo or even close......To each their own but in my opinion, calling it a Lambo is just making a fool of one's self. If ya gotta do it, call it a "Lambo Kit".:rolleyes

 

[lakemadness]

That is a kit, hands down. No question.

 

[shintoooo]

I would introduce him to RDP and then you should start a call out thread where we all berate him and make him feel like shit and then you "unfriend" him on Facebook.

 

[Cole Trickle]

He should have bought a used corvette

 

[lakemadness]

I would introduce him to RDP and then you should start a call out thread where we all berate him and make him feel like shit and then you "unfriend" him on Facebook.

How is that different than any other newbie?

 

[whiteworks]

As the saying goes, "there is an ass for every seat". Thats the coolest fiero Ive ever seen, as a lambo, not so much

 

[Racey]

I would introduce him to RDP and then you should start a call out thread where we all berate him and make him feel like shit and then you "unfriend" him on Facebook.

Hahahahahah easy man, he's not trying to drive the guy to suicide


Tell him to post engine pics

 

[Flynryan]

To me it still looks cool. I had a ac cobra kit and it was the funnest car I ever had. To each there own

 

[Rivertoys]

To me it still looks cool. I had a ac cobra kit and it was the funnest car I ever had. To each there own

Did you tell people it was a real cobra?

Not the same thing comparing Cobra kits to Lamborghini's IMO....

 

[lakemadness]

To me it still looks cool. I had a ac cobra kit and it was the funnest car I ever had. To each there own

Did you tell people it was a real cobra?

Not the same thing comparing Cobra kits to Lamborghini's IMO....

Yeah, two totally different situations. Kit Cobra is completely acceptable IMO. A Lambo kit is lame, especially when you are trying to say its a real Lambo.

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[Buoy]

Compare and choose I'm going with kit.

Side by side, there is absolutely no comparison. Don't look like the same car at all.

 

[koenig]

Some Cobra kits are nice cars. We have a company that does real nice Porsche speedster replicas called Intermeccanica (sp?) they are around $70K for a new one. Friend growing up Dad has two real Cobra's, a 427 and 289. Even in the 80's, he got nice kits whenever he took them out. His father was a ford dealer and ordered them new. Nobody wanted them in the 60's or 70's here, so they kept them.


The speedster kit place: http://www.intermeccanica.com/ Excellence the Porsche magazine praises these cars as the closest thing to an actual speedster.

 

[Hye Power]

Here you go for 2500 you too can be the proud owner of a Lamborghini, some assembly required.
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/4349991041.html

 

[Old Texan]

I agree on Cobra kits. Cobras in reality were kind of kit cars as the originals borrowed an AC body and the frame was fabbed and drive train was from Ford. Kits are more a generational improvement package using technology to make a better car.

The body style and major dimensions remain to keep the original idea intact.

The Lambo kit is more of a body to make something look like the original. Whole different deal.

Cobras have many kit formed vehicles that have exceeded the originals by a bunch.

Whole different deal entirely....

 

[454Rocket]

To me it still looks cool. I had a ac cobra kit and it was the funnest car I ever had. To each there own

Did you tell people it was a real cobra?

Not the same thing comparing Cobra kits to Lamborghini's IMO....

Some Cobra kits are nice cars. We have a company that does real nice Porsche speedster replicas called Intermeccanica (sp?) they are around $70K for a new one. Friend growing up Dad has two real Cobra's, a 427 and 289. Even in the 80's, he got nice kits whenever he took them out. His father was a ford dealer and ordered them new. Nobody wanted them in the 60's or 70's here, so they kept them.


The speedster kit place: http://www.intermeccanica.com/ Excellence the Porsche magazine praises these cars as the closest thing to an actual speedster.

Funny, Mike McCluskey was at my shop today...

 

[DaBank]

Look at the marker lights... KIT!

X1000

 

[Chipster27]

What ever happened to your friend, did anyone call him out?

 

[TBI]

Kit!

 

[mobboss]

its a kit, the one in the pic sits a little funny. and those wheels and offset are wrong.

 

[530RL]

Hahahahahah easy man, he's not trying to drive the guy to suicide


Tell him to post engine pics

 

[TBI]

I would introduce him to RDP and then you should start a call out thread where we all berate him and make him feel like shit and then you "unfriend" him on Facebook.

 

[shintoooo]

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LMAO. "That's not how it works"

 

[Chipster27]

LMAO. "That's not how it works"

 

[Jersey Mike]

So out of curiosity, how much do those "Lambo kits" run? I haven't had a chance to stop in, but there is a shop (2 bays, one of which is a truck wash.....weird to say the least) in Simi Valley that I always see the kits sitting outside. Some fully done, some partially.

 

[koenig]

Surprisingly Jay Leno has a cobra replica.

[video=youtube;ZAaF4oe9c8M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAaF4oe9c8M[/video]

 

[TBI]

I have a buddy that has been posting pics of his new "Lamborghini" on Facebook, and he's really proud of it. I wouldn't normally question the authenticity of this car but I've shown this pic to some of my buddies at work (one that has owned Lamborghini's) and they all say it's a kit car. He's doing a whole bunch of work to it too, like ripping out the dash, paint etc.. Stuff you wouldn't normally do to a expensive Italian sports car.. Something about those wheels and the mirrors don't look right, maybe a Fiero.. lol You think it's real or a kit car?

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Does he have any pics of it with the doors closed?

 

[Dan Lorenze]

Not that I've seen

 

[TBI]

Not that I've seen

 

[was thatguy]

I would introduce him to RDP and then you should start a call out thread where we all berate him and make him feel like shit and then you "unfriend" him on Facebook.

 

[was thatguy]

 

[RitcheyRch]

Definitely a kit car.