Is there still an interest in Chalon kits ?

NO!

IIRC, Ron aka Slits has been desperately looking for one of these.

not enough to buy the molds and start producing them....

Just my opinion.

Some people really like this body style. I am not among them.

SURE, I think you should convince your boss to borrow mass amounts of $ up front, and just go ahead and make 5,000 kits.

I think beauty is in the eyes of the owner ! Their are some purest's in the world that are stuck in the mud & don't wish to see any further then the nose on ones face . I wonder how one would see if the cholan style was the 914 factory look & what they say about that ... :shades2:

Or, instead of being "stuck in the mud & (not) wish to see any further then (sp) the nose on ones (sp) face" maybe they just don't like it. Looks like someone took a 914 and tried to make a Fiat X-19 out of it. It blows chunks. Has nothing to do with purity, originality, lack of free thinking. It just sucks.

A little advice, and you can ask Pat Garvey about this, there are very - very few purists here.

I would be more interested to see the 9014 kit but remoded a bit.

Leo, find Allan Mittleman and I'm sure he will sell you the rights+molds to his Chalon enterprise

Not to mention the way you rape I mean hack, I meant "modify" the car to glue on the kit.

Rob, don't beat me up, we still build the X1-9 exhaust header for the spaghetti tuner market
Can you spot the X1-9 header in the pic ?
Clue: it's a sidewinder engine.
Marty

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Marty,
Nothing wrong with an X-19. I just don't see the point in making a 914 out of an X-19 or making a X-19 out of a 914...

Not sure I could pick out the header though. I've competed against an X-19 but never driven or sat in one.

To each his own I guess but there would be a heck of a lot more Chalons if they had been popular in the day... Well, that and the economy can have an effect.

No: The answer to the OP's question.

Rare is the day that I agree with Andy on anything because I am a "fu..ing idiot", but I do agree with him here.........

Pat, that was actually Rob, not Andy.

Get back to work! You have progress to make and pictures to post!

I don't hate the Chalon kit. I've seen a few that I though were kick ass. They are very few & far between though. Can't say I'll ever own one but I'm not saying I never will

Pat, I have no problem with your wanting your car to be original. I wish I had one that was completely original. My problem is with your occasional feeling that everyone's car should be original. You're not an idiot. You're just obsessed

Chalon kit = Fugly

I think the orginal post photo proves how a nice set of Fuchs makes ANY Porsche look good. Even that. Sorry, no interest in 80's wana be fast looks for my 914, even though so much of the '80s stuff is now cool again

I don't care for the Chalon look & think there would be more demand for a complete 916 kit (flares, rockers, bumpers & a roof). Do wonder how a Chalon would look without the ridges on the sail panels & unshaved front fenders though

The OP assumes there ever was any real 'interest' in the Chalon kit. Well, except for Slits of course.

Ugly! I have a kit that was cut off a car though.. I bought it for $100 bux to hang on the wall for kicks. It may be too ugly for that!

The OP is Leo at AA. My guess is that they are sitting on 5 kits that they want to get rid of, or they have the opportunity to buy 5 kits cheap and want to know if they can make money on them.

I will not join the bashing club, but there are probably a few out there that, had they realized where the original post came from, would have replied "Please, where can I get one?!?!?!" only to inexplicably lose interest shortly after the kits were offered again.

IMO the one pictured in the first post is the best one I've ever seen! I wouldn't own one, but if I did it would be THAT one.

About as much as there is in Automobile Atlanta...

I don't really like or hate the Chalon kits. They might actually look better if something could be done about those darn sail panels. Heck, find a way to make them functional scoops for air intake. But if I ever own a Chalon car, it won't be from AA.

READ eyes of the owner not your's ! Because you think they blow chunks , that must be it ! It's a fact opinion's are like A - holes everybody's has one (some) more then one! I truly like both stock is very sweet looking ride and I've seen some modified flared out that are a total head turner ! Never claimed that all were purest's u need to read opinions a bit clearer ... ( )

The cool part of the chalon is the flares. If you can make it with the stock turn signals intact (no slant nose) and get rid of the sail panel extension... It would look like a 914 with Carrera flares.

I like the looks of the Chalon, minus the sail panel fins, but I won't own one because I don't like fiberglass on a street car. Rockers and spoilers aside, I have seen too many cracked parts on aging kit cars and Chalons. I also like the looks of the GT or 916 better.

Just my opinion, but it looks like a slant nose had sex with Crocket and Tubbs.

I hate the look of 98% of 80's big bumpered Porsches though and think updating the clean lines of any early car is heresy, so I'm certainly not the target for this.

I own one and love the way it looks. It will be a streetable track day car and Vintage Racer once finished. Something a little different and certainly unique. It's a very sturdy kit and I haven't found any rust on the fiberglass body yet! Does anyone know if Chalons we're raced in SCCA Production class back in the day?

It's a very sturdy kit and I haven't found any rust on the fiberglass body yet!

I have access to an original Chalon kit with instructions and vin plate.

Who is interested?

You guys don't quit, do you?

The consensus here is that Chalon kits don't interest the majority of people. They're even less interesting when sold through AA.

If you want to sell something, please use the Classifieds forum like the rest of us.

You guys seem to do a rousing business in vin plates. Got any for a -6?

Kelty360 we carry the id plate for headlight box, 914-6

b91470110600

Thank you for your guidance we really appreciate your opinion and instinctual business acumen.

I wonder if a ugly women gets this much attention!

Seriously? Are you new? They should have briefed you....

I own one ('73 chassis) and it is fitted with a 2.4L MFI T engine. I will pull the drivetrain and sell you the entire roller for $500.00 (with CA non-op paperwork as in LEGAL vin).

otherwise

I will pull the drivetrain and burn the body (if the Fire Dept isn't looking)!

No problem. I have plenty more opinions regarding your own business acumen from the one and only time I've dealt with you all. Just remember, I didn't burn your bridges - you guys did that all by yourselves.

Leo, your probably a good guy and don't deserve all this flak but your boss is about as popular as "a turd in a punch bowl" with this group. And, if your a 914 guy we're here for you. Unfortunately for you, we have members that wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire. It's that bad. Hang in there; we will still be here after you get your fill of it.

Pretty sure Leo "is" the boss man... the pseudonym has been bantered around for a while. The GFH III vernacular isn't too difficult to spot. (Hint: look for the passive-aggressive patronizing remarks or see below...)

I once loved the Chalon kit. But that was 1982. I was 12.

Lionel?