Fauxrarris And Other Kit Car Replica Shite

[Supernaut]

Likewise. It summed up the ethos of the forum quite well. I often wonder how many people who were on there in the early/mid 00's are now members here.

As far as I know:

 

me

RantingYoof

chatsharris

fatharris

 

I'm sure there are more though.

[Snipes]

I was, but can't recall under what name.

[Guest Hooli]

I was a member but hardly ever posted as it was dying by the time I found out about it.

[Aston Martin]

Me too...

[fordperv]

I never signed up to BB I didn't like alot of the cuntish attitudes of some of the members, yes there was a lot of worthy content but there was also a lot of cars that didn't deserve a roasting at all

[Tamworthbay]

That is TRULY gopping!!!!

 

reminds me of the fad in the 90's of throwing a 6R4 bodykit on any metro in range...but failing to get the correct wheels, so big chunky kit, sat on 145x12" wheels!!!

 

edit - here ya go!!

And a four door, just like... er.... all the factory 6r4s...........

[overrun]

That was a BarryBoys Shed Of The Year and everything.

I knew it was gonna be that Metro, before I even read the previous page!

[Pieman]

As far as I know:

 

me

RantingYoof

chatsharris

fatharris

 

I'm sure there are more though.

 

*waves*

[Wack]

There's some good ones too.

 

This is a Mazda MX-5 Zero Mazda by Great British Sports Cars. It's clearly a Lotus 7 / Caterham lookalike but I think it look good.

 

This is a Mazda MX-5 SPR1 by Widow Sports Cars. The headlight arrangement is basically the same as an Ascari but those are obscure enough to the point that it doesn't matter.

 

This is a Mazda MX-5 Manta Ray by Simpson Design. (I can't find a high-res photo of the front)

 

This is a Mazda MX-5 Catfish by Baur Ltd.

Of the MX5 kit cars this is the one that floats my boat

 

Italia 3 SWB

 

[Braddon81]

I went to a launch event for the Covin 911 replica back in 1985. I did for some years harbour the idea of ripping a Beetle apart and building one to impress the all ladieeees in to hoodwinking I owned a Porsche Turbo. But once a Beetle always a Beetle....

If built properly they can look very convincing.

Most most ended up like this!

[Braddon81]

It didn't bother Roxette either in to using a Karma/Magnum Dino kit for their Joyride video back in the very early nineties!

[fordperv]

I went to a launch event for the Covin 911 replica back in 1985. I did for some years harbour the idea of ripping a Beetle apart and building one to impress the all ladieeees in to hoodwinking I owned a Porsche Turbo. But once a Beetle always a Beetle....

If built properly they can look very convincing. 11070_0.jpg

Most most ended up like this! _20180716_182756.JPG

I used to get amused that they did a cvh conversion for one of these I quite liked the idea of one with an rs turbo lump in

[Pillock]

As far as I know:

 

me

RantingYoof

chatsharris

fatharris

 

I'm sure there are more though.

I was a member until a local shitheap owner registered to send me some threats because his insurance company had seen the pics I took of his car and the bodykit and alloys were news to them.

 

At this point I realised on the BB site was a picture of my car, sat outside my house, and in a small town that's a silly thing. Especially when my house was a silly, recognisable shape.

 

So I just stopped going on and hid behind the sofa for a bit.

[DodgeRover]

I quite fancy a Colvin nein!

[pompei]

The character who is selling the Dino replica (George) has been selling weird and wonderful things on ebay for years. He is not a million miles from here and once my dud eye is better I am going to take a trip over to look at his stuff. The sixty grand replica Dino sticks out like a sore thumb from the rest of his gear. He's also got a Banham Frogeye which looks interesting.

[Felly Magic]

Another pop video featured a fake Ferrari, that horrid song 'GTO' by Sinnita, the fake Fezza was probably more Ford Cortina than Ferrari.

 

Edit, turns out it was a rteclothed Datsun 240Z, LOLZ, Sorry love, he loves his plastic Datsun more than he loves you

[Pieman]

I was a member until a local shitheap owner registered to send me some threats because his insurance company had seen the pics I took of his car and the bodykit and alloys were news to them.

 

At this point I realised on the BB site was a picture of my car, sat outside my house, and in a small town that's a silly thing. Especially when my house was a silly, recognisable shape.

 

So I just stopped going on and hid behind the sofa for a bit.

 

That was a proud moment, it proved that the site was providing a service to insurance companies allowing them to check up for uninsured Barries!

[Fat_Pirate]

I too was on Barryboys, it was so toxic!  I took the piss out of another member and his expensive but idiotic rally-replica Mitsubishi Evo thing, he became very agitated but that was the dog-eat-dog nature of it.

[Vince70]

This is autoshite we need our kit cars to try and emulate cheap shite cars so how about turning your shite MX5 into a shite Z3 wannabe.

I hope it’s a 1.6 auto for added shiteness.

[Cheezey]

I don't mind replicas as long as you don't put the badge on. You tend to find though that 355 look MR2s have too many prancing horses on them.

[Pieman]

I too was on Barryboys, it was so toxic!  I took the piss out of another member and his expensive but idiotic rally-replica Mitsubishi Evo thing, he became very agitated but that was the dog-eat-dog nature of it.

 

That's why I used to enjoy it, you could say whatever you liked and get away with it!

[Guest Hooli]

Like it was a forum full of adults not easily offended babies. Gone are those days on the internet, much is the shame.

[Ghosty]

I think 3VOM has mentioned he was on Barryboys.

 

That Yorkshire Car Centre place in the first post always seems to have some weird kit car for sale. Last year they had a blue Banham X99 for sale for ages.

 

It had no roof, and was on metric Metro steels with no centre caps.

[xkjagnz]

I had one of these

but then again I also had one of these

and much, much worse - one of these

so I'm a bit of a sad kit licker I guess

 

also was a barryboys member (still am AFAIK)

[Snipes]

- I have a strange hankering for a Ginetta G32. I read a group test and it got trounced by a MK1 MX5, SW20 MR2, FWD Elan etc but I still like them.

[garethj]

Pointy plastic wedges are for winners, here's my old one next to a much more expensive pointy plastic wedge

[sierraman]

On Pop Plus rims as well for extra success.

[overrun]

That's why I used to enjoy it, you could say whatever you liked and get away with it!

As long as your grammar and punctuation was up to standard.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I had one of these120 1 (1).JPGbut then again I also had one of thesencf.pngand much, much worse - one of theseg26.jpgso I'm a bit of a sad kit licker I guessalso was a barryboys member (still am AFAIK)

The plastic trio I can accept, but those rims on the SLC ?

[chatsharris]

*waves*

I thought that was you, but I didn't want the embarrassment of being wrong. I believe there are a fair few of us that have drifted over, I drifted because Barryboys didn't really work on the computers at work and my laptop is way beyond gone. I still contribute to the running costs though, I met a lot of good people from there.