OK Hans, now I see what you're meaning.
I agree that one of the wonderful things about kit cars is indeed that you will rarely ever see two alike and that they offer people the ability to build a car to their individual taste. In fact they generally encourage it which I too think is a fantastic thing and have always supported.
The Midas in it's day was actually praised for it's completeness and that included praise for it's interior being much more of production car quality than most kits. The Midas was certainly one of the best set of parts available in it's day in the kit car scene and was one of the very few that was not looked down upon being a kit. Even amongst the more main stream automotive industry it was very much admired.
I like to see a kit as a framework from which people can work on and add their character and style to them. It doesn't always work but then that's the point really as everyone is different and has a different opinion on things. I'm particularly pleased to hear that you are able to modify your car there in Holland as it's one of the European countries where it is very difficult to get to build your own car mainly due to legislation that wants us all in mass produced cloned boxes. Long may our individuality live!
I'm also doing a complete make over on my Bronze as I also feel that I can put a bit of a more modern flavour into the car. The dash, trim and lights are all on the list of things being addressed. I'd never say the original car was poorly designed though far from it, it's way ahead of many cars of it's day and the fact that they are still here 30+ years later has to support that belief surely
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I've just remembered something I used to say about kit cars and you're mention of the Rover 200 prompted me thanks Hans. What we are actually doing with Kit cars is taking mass produced boxes and improving on them! Now how good is that !