(by PhiLOL) Designed by Americans for Americans in the nation’s epicenter for automotive design, Minnesota, the Elite Enterprises Laser served as a continuation of the venerable Porsche 917. It maintained the aesthetics of the Porsche racer while incorporating considerably improved engineering, such as the elimination of excess cylinders to reduce weight. This particular example’s provenance […]
Staring out the window in a state of stupefied quarantine paralysis (yes, that is a scientific medical thing, doctordel can back me up) and I said to myself; Self, we are featuring too many custom kit cars on DT. But I looked at the recent DT postings and noticed that I hadn’t posted a kit car in over two weeks and I thought to myself; Self, we aren’t posting enough custom kit cars on DT. So, I’m over here having teenage girl mood swings like I’m the main character in the next Twilight saga book and suddenly the little YOU’VE GOT MAIL ICON pops up on my AOL inbox and it was a 917 laser with a water cooled GM V6 mounted out back. Yes. This will do nicely. Find this 1974 Volkswagen Kit Car offered for $8,500 in Schenectady, NY via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
Another day, another hideous Poorch 917 replica…I know what yer thinkin. You’re thinking that the guys at DailyTurismo are hitting the bourbon early these days. No, not yet…the coronavirus drinking games are still mostly done after 5 o’clock…but what I can tell you is that I’d love the idea of driving something with a ludicrous […]
Why have I been featuring so many kit cars these days? Is wanting to drive a home built car that looks like a crappy version of something awesome a lesser known symptom of coronavirus? I thought I was coughing from the fumes from this leaky Volkswagen engine, but maybe its the COVID?? Is it social […]
Have you ever wanted to build a flat-12 engine by bolting two standard production flat-6s together into one Frankenstein’s monster-12? Yeah…me too! Been on my bucket list for a while, right behind building a street legal Tyrell P34 six wheeler replica…but someone actually got his two subaru EZ30 flat-6s and bolted them together to make […]
The VW Beetle based 917 Laser doesn’t look much like a real Porsche 917 and it doesn’t drive much like a real Porsche 917…but it offers an interesting combination of style and affordability that is difficult to match. It will perplex your Tesla driving neighbors to no end and is probably explicitly banned in your […]
I’m a fan of terrible cars, which is not so good for you guys because you’ve got to read this stuff and I write most of the articles, so you are going to need to suffer through some junk like this…crap, did I just say that out loud…double crap, did I just write that down. […]
I know…I know…Saying a Corvair powered VW-style kit car is like a Porsche 917 is the analogous statement to saying that Rosie O’Donnell is like the Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge — sure, they are both ladies (probably) and brunette..but um…yes, there certainly is a ride for every seat and a seat for every ride…or […]
Here are the three most important facts you need to know about this hand-built, Subaru-powered Porsche 917 tribute : 1. It isn’t a Laser. 2. It isn’t complete. 3. It has “two Subaru Tribeca engines bolted together to make a 12 cylinder boxer.” The project lit up the internet when it first listed on eBay […]
This is the part of the article where we normally give some background…the car was designed by so-n-so as a replacement for such-n-such…but not today. Today, the best I can give you is to tell you that drugs are bad. Mmmkay. Find this 1979 Laser 917 offered for $7,500 in Tucson, AZ via craigslist. Tip […]