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Nov 25, 2013 18:26:20   #
Lmarc Loc: Ojojona, Honduras
 
Does anyone know what this is? I took this photo at a car show but forgot to get the info from the little show card in the windshield. I looked all over the web and can't find one exactly like it. Is it a real production car or a kit?

:shock: :shock:

Whatzit?
Whatzit?...

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Nov 25, 2013 18:28:02   #
pbearperry Loc: Massachusetts
 
[quote=Lmarc]Does anyone know what this is? I took this photo at a car show but forgot to get the info from the little show card in the windshield. I looked all over the web and can't find one exactly like it. Is it a real production car or a kit?

:shock: :shock:[/quote

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Not sure what it is but nobody in my family owns one.lol

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Nov 25, 2013 18:34:40   #
Black Bart Loc: Indiana
 
Lmarc wrote:
Does anyone know what this is? I took this photo at a car show but forgot to get the info from the little show card in the windshield. I looked all over the web and can't find one exactly like it. Is it a real production car or a kit?

:shock: :shock:


Not sure but I think it is a kit car never saw anything like it.

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Nov 25, 2013 18:45:09   #
bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL
 
Lmarc wrote:
Does anyone know what this is? I took this photo at a car show but forgot to get the info from the little show card in the windshield. I looked all over the web and can't find one exactly like it. Is it a real production car or a kit?

:shock: :shock:


Mercedes McClaren?

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Nov 25, 2013 18:48:48   #
Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana
 
It looks like a Lotus to me but I can not find a Lotus that looks like that one.

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Nov 25, 2013 18:53:57   #
Lmarc Loc: Ojojona, Honduras
 
Ok, I THINK I've answered my own question. It could very will be a kit car called a Laser 917, made by a company called Elite Enterprises, not sure where they are at. I think it's based on a Porche. Not sure.

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Nov 25, 2013 19:00:47   #
Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
 
Well, if you can get it in a 1 ton, 4 wheel drive pickup, count me in!!.........
Pat

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Nov 25, 2013 19:10:04   #
Black Bart Loc: Indiana
 
Lmarc wrote:
Ok, I THINK I've answered my own question. It could very will be a kit car called a Laser 917, made by a company called Elite Enterprises, not sure where they are at. I think it's based on a Porche. Not sure.


That car is air cooled rear engine you can tell that by the build so you may be right.
I think it is a kit car of some kind.

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Nov 25, 2013 19:21:08   #
Ol' Frank Loc: Orlando,
 
Jay Pat wrote:
Well, if you can get it in a 1 ton, 4 wheel drive pickup, count me in!!.........
Pat


I like that idea. It would be a blast to go 4-wheeling in that.

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Nov 25, 2013 21:41:20   #
St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet
 
Lmarc wrote:
Ok, I THINK I've answered my own question. It could very will be a kit car called a Laser 917, made by a company called Elite Enterprises, not sure where they are at. I think it's based on a Porche. Not sure.


Images for a Laser 917 http://www.google.com/search?q=Laser+917&rlz=1C1PRFB_enUS461US461&espv=210&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ogmUUoGPKtHSoASrw4GoAg&ved=0CCwQsAQ

A Ride in Our "Batmobile" - a LASER 917 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns18C0zFEKs

1974 Replica/Kit Makes Porsche 917 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replica-Kit-Makes-Porsche-917-2-Door-Porsche-917-With-Porsche-914-Engine-V4-Race-Car-STREET-LEGAL-/151172210912?forcerrptr=true&hash=item233290e0e0&item=151172210912&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

Porsche 917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_917

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Nov 25, 2013 22:41:35   #
Lmarc Loc: Ojojona, Honduras
 


Thank you! Looks like you nailed it! :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Nov 26, 2013 07:07:19   #
Bboston75
 
If you want to see a real 917 go to the Simeone Foundation, a car museum in Philadelphia, near the airport. They have the famous "hippie car," a privateer that finished second to the factory 917 at Lemans. It's painted in a paisley scheme, hence the name. It was clocked at over 240 mph down the Mulsanne straight. The day I was there they drove it around the parking lot. Great museum of sports cars, all with a racing history.

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Nov 26, 2013 11:17:23   #
Tangoking Loc: Pa.
 
Hi,
This car is a 917 Porsche don't know what year maybe 1970s or later most of them are sports race cars look it up on www.wikipedia.org it has a great amount of info about the car
Take Care,
Tankoking

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Nov 26, 2013 11:34:59   #
Bboston75
 
As noted above, the car in the OP pic is a kit car designed to look like a real 917.

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Nov 27, 2013 01:03:05   #
flashgordonbrown Loc: Silverdale, WA
 
Lmarc wrote:
Does anyone know what this is? I took this photo at a car show but forgot to get the info from the little show card in the windshield. I looked all over the web and can't find one exactly like it. Is it a real production car or a kit?

:shock: :shock:


The 917 on the front of the car probably indicates Porsche. Just a guess, mind you.

flashgordonbrown

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