Reply to "Oh no!!"

I'd add to the list of 'Why?' with Maybe he sees a business opportunity here. With about 350K Fieros built from '84 to '88, there's bound to be a load of 'em still out there for people to 'convert' to one kit or another. This guy has created a 'Pantera' kit and time will tell whether he makes some money at it - when the last real Panteras are in museums, there will probably still be 10K Fienteras ;-) driving around with hot-rodded engines in the back.

As Michael said on the realbig mailing list - when you pull into a gas station and someone asks if it's a kit, you can now say ""No man this is a real one" and smile" - kinda nasty, they probably will be too embarrassed from that first mistake to ask the next question on their mind - a real what???

Over the summer I overheard a couple of people talking to each other at car shows I was at with the 'expert' telling his buddy (or his son in one case) that it's a kit car based on a Fiero - I kindly set them straight.

:-)