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Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« on: March 01, 2016, 06:59:09 PM »
Rare MCA kit car on eBay, possibly one of the only ones Ladislav hasn't owned?  ;D

£995. Bargain.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIT-CAR-FIAT-ENGINE-/272149791956?hash=item3f5d6444d4:g:Hj4AAOSwUuFW0yXX

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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2016, 05:33:42 PM »
This has also been noted on the thread "MCA Sheffield". I've contacted the seller to request he put the buyer in touch with us - unless it's anyone on here already?

[come on, Ladislav....   own up.. !!! ]  ;D

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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2016, 07:40:49 PM »
 Lol it wasn`t me selling it ;).
 I have emailed the seller, but he never got back to me.

 Looks like it`s now sold.
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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2016, 11:21:25 PM »
Has anyone heard any more about this car?  I have been in contact with the seller. "Classic Richard" in Wakefield, who called me and said he was being messed about by his buyer. I said let me know if the sale falls through and I'll promote it here to Club members.

The next day he texted me to say the sale had finally collapsed so the car was now up for sale again. I said please email me further info, regarding history, what parts are present, working/not working etc, since Wakefield is some distance away for many of our members so we can't just pop along the road to have a look-see. Then I'll pass that info on to the Club.

Then silence. No more messages, no email, nothing more on eBay...  anyone heard anything ?


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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2016, 09:01:20 PM »
Has anyone heard any more about this car?  I have been in contact with the seller. "Classic Richard" in Wakefield, who called me and said he was being messed about by his buyer. I said let me know if the sale falls through and I'll promote it here to Club members.

The next day he texted me to say the sale had finally collapsed so the car was now up for sale again. I said please email me further info, regarding history, what parts are present, working/not working etc, since Wakefield is some distance away for many of our members so we can't just pop along the road to have a look-see. Then I'll pass that info on to the Club.

Then silence. No more messages, no email, nothing more on eBay...  anyone heard anything ?

that will be because i bought it

the car was on my door step but the weekend i wanted to go see it i was at the Practical Classics restoration show so when i returned home Richard said it had sold but a week later i got a phone call saying the buyer had messed him about

so im now the proud owner of it

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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2016, 08:59:27 PM »
Excellent stuff, good for you. Do tell us what state it's in. From the eBay photos it looked like there were no seats or interior trim. What about the engine, wheels etc - is it all there or are you starting on a hunt for parts?

On another post you called it an ugly duckling, but I think it looks quite smart, certainly not ugly.

It's good to see it come into the Club fold, and maybe feature on next year's Club calendar?

So, Ladislav....  you and Amam.... who's going to be first to get their MCA up and running, and coming to shows so the rest of us can see the cars in the flesh?   ;D


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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2016, 09:28:22 PM »
Excellent stuff, good for you. Do tell us what state it's in. From the eBay photos it looked like there were no seats or interior trim. What about the engine, wheels etc - is it all there or are you starting on a hunt for parts?

On another post you called it an ugly duckling, but I think it looks quite smart, certainly not ugly.

It's good to see it come into the Club fold, and maybe feature on next year's Club calendar?

So, Ladislav....  you and Amam.... who's going to be first to get their MCA up and running, and coming to shows so the rest of us can see the cars in the flesh?   ;D

The story goes....it was built locally and was built using his wifes 1987 fiat 126 deville which had got a bit rotten but sadly his wife died part way through the build and there it sat in his garage ever since until richard found it 24 years later

The car is complete on the mechanicals side of things, it has steering (steering rack - which im happy about), brakes, engine and electrics all connected up but as you say the interior was never finished and the seats which were included in the kit have gone missing sadly (not sure what car they came from), theres some little things like indicators and door latches too which need finishing off

it is basically a brand new car, the gelcoat boat is perfect. Ive been looking for one of these for ages so im really happy with it, according to the chassis it was made in 1992 and its the 26th one made

the fun of it will be getting it registered, luckily ive got a pile of paperwork with the car with the receipt from dash sports cars for the kit and the log book for the donor car which will help me with the DVLA

Hopefully next week i will post a thread up with photos, im having a move around at the moment as i work on Classic Reliants as my love of quirky fiberglass cars comes from, my daily driver is a kitten van. I help with our owners club and help run a few forums too so i enjoy club scenes

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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2016, 11:07:44 PM »


 i work on Classic Reliants as my love of quirky fiberglass cars comes from, my daily driver is a kitten van.

What a find on the MCA! Well done  :yahoo:

You *do* like rare cars, don't you - the Kitten van was a curious beast, I've only ever seen one or perhaps two in all my life, and I speak as a Kitten owner myself for 34 years - bought a DL Estate brand new in 1974. I never understood why Reliant made so many changes for the van version - different headlights, different rear lights and more than a few other small variations like the door handles iirc, etc, for a model that was never going to sell in large numbers anyway. Far more sensible just to sell a Kitten estate without the rear side windows and simplify production, parts supply, documentation etc etc. IIRC they only made about 700 Kittens in total, so if you take out the saloon and the estate there could only have been about 30 or so vans - no doubt you'll have the exact numbers to hand. I presume you're in the Kitten Register, are you? Ah, this all brings back old memories. We towed a trailer tent all over Scotland with it one year, 1200 miles complete with dog and one-year old baby  :D

Like the baby Fiat bug, the Reliant bug never really leaves you. After selling the Kitten I worked my way through two Scimitars and now have stewardship of Middlebridge 61. And the Ogle design still runs through them all.

Good luck on the restoration.

(sorry for the marque hi-jack!)

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Re: Rare MCA Kit Car on eBay
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2016, 08:54:25 PM »

What a find on the MCA! Well done  :yahoo:

You *do* like rare cars, don't you - the Kitten van was a curious beast, I've only ever seen one or perhaps two in all my life, and I speak as a Kitten owner myself for 34 years - bought a DL Estate brand new in 1974. I never understood why Reliant made so many changes for the van version - different headlights, different rear lights and more than a few other small variations like the door handles iirc, etc, for a model that was never going to sell in large numbers anyway. Far more sensible just to sell a Kitten estate without the rear side windows and simplify production, parts supply, documentation etc etc. IIRC they only made about 700 Kittens in total, so if you take out the saloon and the estate there could only have been about 30 or so vans - no doubt you'll have the exact numbers to hand. I presume you're in the Kitten Register, are you? Ah, this all brings back old memories. We towed a trailer tent all over Scotland with it one year, 1200 miles complete with dog and one-year old baby  :D

Like the baby Fiat bug, the Reliant bug never really leaves you. After selling the Kitten I worked my way through two Scimitars and now have stewardship of Middlebridge 61. And the Ogle design still runs through them all.

Good luck on the restoration.

(sorry for the marque hi-jack!)

well i found the kitten van on ebay years ago as a wreck full of water and it looks like this today (and my friends)

the kitten van was built using the prototype moulding so it uses the round front lights not the square ones, it also has different mountings for the left hand drive rear door mountings because the mould was from a LHD car for the netherlands market, they build 300 kitten vans in 1977 and 1978, they made about 2000 kittens from 1974 to 1982, the fox was the model which they only made 700 of

I like the middlebridge scimitars very much, my friend has a SE5 scimitar auto and overdrive model, we generally have a stand near the RSSOC at the NEC

and yes sorry for reliant take over lol