{"id":10811,"date":"2016-09-14T19:17:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T19:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=10811"},"modified":"2016-09-14T19:17:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T19:17:31","slug":"diminutive-delight-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/14\/diminutive-delight-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"DIMINUTIVE DELIGHT RETURNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/news_barchetta_595.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/news_barchetta_595-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"news_barchetta_595\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Back in 1991, famed designer, Peter Stevens, created the Barchetta 595, a deliciously beautiful take on a Fiat 500 with the roof cut-off, a proper \u2018speedster\u2019 style device. It was sold via the Dove Motor Company and about 10 were produced.<\/p>\n<p>Although un-doubtedly a beautiful thing, at 24K the price was a bit steep. We are talking 25-years ago, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Since them several takes on the theme have appeared but the original went to ground thought lost. Well, thanks to a Shropshire-based company run by Mark Hill, that\u2019s about to change as it\u2019s about to make a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s early days yet but Mark says that he\u2019s made some changes to the package and he\u2019ll seel the Barchetta 595 in rolling chassis form. It uses Smart ForTwo subframes front and rear although most of the mechanicals including engine and gearbox will be from the BMW \u2018Boxer\u2019 range of motorbikes such as the K100 and K1200, as used by Grinnall Cars on the excellent Scorpion III.<\/p>\n<p>Kit packages that include much of what you need to complete the car except bike parts, lights and pedal box cost \u00a35500 and it\u2019s estimated that a DIY example could easily be completed for under \u00a310,000.<\/p>\n<p>Until the company\u2019s website goes live you can find out more via <a href=\"mailto:msg1@live.co.uk\">EMAIL<\/a> or at the other end of \u00a007402 415 666 <strong>ENDS<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Back in 1991, famed designer, Peter Stevens, created the Barchetta 595, a deliciously beautiful take on a Fiat 500 with the roof cut-off, a proper <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/14\/diminutive-delight-returns\/\" title=\"DIMINUTIVE DELIGHT RETURNS\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}