Classic Motorsports Car Catcher: A Lotus 7 Clone for a Modest Budget

Looking for pure driving pleasure? These lightweight Lotus 7 replicas often offer some of the best bang for the buck. This particular example features a 2.0L 16V Ford Zetec engine with gear selection done with a short throw shifter. Leadfoot Muscle Cars is offering it for $29,900. If you’re looking for a functional daily driver, look elsewhere. But for a weekend smile machine, this car fits the bill nicely. Doesn’t exactly fit your needs? Leadfoot Muscle Cars has many more cars to choose from.

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Shaun
Shaun HalfDork
6/30/16 12:42 p.m.

Sweet! I'm going to look and see if folks make honda V Tak YO! motored versions.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
6/30/16 1:30 p.m.

You're looking for the WCM Ultralight, then.

Flight Service
Flight Service MegaDork
6/30/16 1:58 p.m.

Cant wait till someone does a EcoBoost version.

That should be fun.

Joe Gearin
Joe Gearin Associate Publisher
6/30/16 3:10 p.m.

That's a nice price for a well-developed car. Those Superformance cars were very nicely made--- not at all like a LoCost!

jstein77
jstein77 UltraDork
6/30/16 3:56 p.m.
Flight Service wrote: Cant wait till someone does a EcoBoost version. That should be fun.

That's a great idea - the little 1.6 from my Fiesta would be a perfect fit.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
6/30/16 4:16 p.m.
Flight Service wrote: Cant wait till someone does a EcoBoost version. That should be fun.

Caterham does an Ecoboost Seven.

Fitzauto
Fitzauto HalfDork
6/30/16 5:30 p.m.

I wanna build one of these so bad and put a 12a into it.

Kreb
Kreb UltraDork
6/30/16 8:07 p.m.

I agree that the Superformance 7esque is the nicest-finished one that I've seen. But for that money, you can get so much more performance in a used kit car that a Zetec seems mundane.

codrus
codrus SuperDork
6/30/16 9:26 p.m.
Fitzauto wrote: I wanna build one of these so bad and put a 12a into it.

20B :)

Flight Service
Flight Service MegaDork
7/5/16 1:26 p.m.

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