Build one from kit form and the car you see here, Dowsetts Classics ’ Tipo 184, could be on a track for less than $25,000 at today’s exchange rates, plus the cost of the second-generation ...

In 1972 the kit was offered for sale, sans the donor Mini, for £395, or £4,557 today, which would be a bit over $6,000 today.

Author: Richard Heseltine Photography: Manufacturers The British kit car industry thrived in the 80s – here are some of our favourites. Marcos Mantula Marque co-founder Jem Marsh revived Marcos ...

A lot of CMC's kits used Ford parts instead of VW, leveraging the slew of old Pintos and Mustang II's that were clogging up used car lots in the '80s. This one, however, is based on parts from a ...