[Wayne Maybury]

This thread is producing some interesting points of view. I don't worry as much about the word "kit" as I do in the way the word is used or the tone of voice or whatever. You all know what I am talking about. One individual comes up and says "Is that real or a kit?" in a sarcastic tone of voice. Another person comes up to you and politely asks "What make of kit did you use?". Big difference.

I think that what bothers me about the kit word is the implication by some that the car is inferior in some way. Most people look at a kit as some parts that come in a couple of boxes like a gas bar-b-q. Open box, insert part A into part B, tighten bolt, etc. Lets face it, for many people a kit car is one of those one-piece dune buggy bodies that were bolted to a VW floor pan years ago.

When I explain to someone that my car looks like a Cobra but the chassis was made by a company the specializes in the production of asphalt stock cars, they tend to then take the car more seriously.

I prefer to use the term component automobile or something similar instead of kit. As far as names go for these types of cars, look at the name of the group that puts on the Knotts car show, Association of Hand Crafted Automobiles (or something close to that).

Why does no one ever ask the Rodders if their cars are "kits"?

Wayne