Jim Kellison, founder of Kellison Engineering, could be considered the Bob Dylan of kit cars. Taking a concept that was initially fringe and backyard and turning out countless bodies of work, Kellison made over 20 different models available in either shell or turn-key form. Find this 1958 Kellison J4 for sale in Centralia, WA for $5,500 via craigslist. Tip from BuickFan
This is a BYOI party. If you want an interior, you're going to have to furnish it yourself in the most complete sense possible. Any vision you have can be realized; you even have creative control over the transmission tunnel and pedal assembly. Interior in general goes dead last or never in most of these builds, however, I'd strongly recommend throwing some plywood over that spinning U-joint, lest you get your motoring scarf entangled.
Matt, a self-proclaimed bottom-feeder of the classic car market, spends half of his time buying cars, half of his time retrieving them, and the remaining third on keeping them on the road.
I have to question how this was made? I worked in car prototyping for years and when ever you lay up a body you do a gel coat first. This looks like what we would call a chopper gun, shooting the resin and fibers. I wonder if someone got a hold of a mold and did their own body? Pretty easy fix, you could just brush on the gel coat and then sand it.
ReplyDeleteI have always liked these especially the hardtop version.
I kind of like the no gel coat look, it's sort of like an Eames chair. Make up a molded plywood interior to go with it.
ReplyDeleteSome of these cars during the "Kit Kar Kraze" got the proportions right. To my eye this one is kool.
ReplyDeleteFor an experienced wrench with time and money this would be a nice project. Or very cool yard art.
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