Do It Yourself Porsche
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Do It Yourself Porsche
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#2That's not a DYI Porsche. That's literally a pedal powered car with a Porsche shaped body.
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#3"Pedal-Powered..."
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Somehow, I'm not surprised.
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#4For anyone interested in real, gas-powered DIY sports cars, look for Caterham (genuine kits, the best quality) or the multitude of Cobra spin-offs.
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#5"Pedal-Powered..." This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement from claimants including: [Funny or Die, Inc.], [Forbes.com LLC], [Audible, Inc.] Somehow, I'm not surprised.
Here is a working video of it on the streets of Vienna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm8Xo7OvM4A
It's novel but not fast or practical. I would like to see this with an electric motor assisting the pedal power.
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#6This was a neat post... Last year, on Reddit. I'm not sure that it's newsworthy today, especially Hacker News-worthy.
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#7For anyone interested in real, gas-powered DIY sports cars, look for Caterham (genuine kits, the best quality) or the multitude of Cobra spin-offs.
Or for that matter, most any Lotus 7 replica kit
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#8For anyone interested in real, gas-powered DIY sports cars, look for Caterham (genuine kits, the best quality) or the multitude of Cobra spin-offs.
Or for that matter, most any Lotus 7 replica kit
I think Caterham started off as a Lotus 7 replica. If I remember correctly, Lotus 7 was one of the only models that "open-sourced" their designs. That, and their "well-rounded" nature (cheap, sporty, easy to make), led to their huge popularity with the DIY community.
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#9This was a neat post... Last year, on Reddit. I'm not sure that it's newsworthy today, especially Hacker News-worthy.
HN is turning into a Reddit clone, with all the karma mongering included.
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#10Some 911 replicas built on VW chassis: http://www.covin.co.uk/home_page.htm
You'd probably be further ahead buying a real one though...
I bought mine over 10 years ago for http://www.octanenation.com/matt/cars/22/