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Title: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: 5s386 on June 08, 2026, 06:23:37 PM
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-byers-sr-100/ 
Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: 98SVT - was 06GT on June 08, 2026, 09:20:53 PM
He should have left it alone - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1960-byers-sr-100/

The Byers SR-100 is a highly sought-after 1950s American sports car kit. Designed by Jim Byers, it features a hand-laid fiberglass body built for a 100-inch wheelbase. Weighing just 125 lbs, the body was famously featured on the February 1957 cover of Road & Track, where publisher John Bond dubbed it "The World's Most Beautiful Sports Car".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FoBRNuP0f8

Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: 5s386 on June 08, 2026, 10:48:58 PM
CSX tag with CSX number
Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: Coralsnake on June 09, 2026, 08:00:57 AM
I agree would have been much a better presentation without playing pretend
Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: pbf777 on June 09, 2026, 11:55:43 AM
Quote from: Coralsnake on June 09, 2026, 08:00:57 AM. . . . . . without playing pretend

    But actually, isn't that what every "kit" (re-creation, reproduction, reincarnation, replication, continuation, clone, copy, fake, etc.) car is about?   ::)

    Scott.
Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: JohnSlack on June 09, 2026, 12:31:32 PM
Quote from: pbf777 on June 09, 2026, 11:55:43 AM
Quote from: Coralsnake on June 09, 2026, 08:00:57 AM. . . . . . without playing pretend

    But actually, isn't that what every "kit" (re-creation, reproduction, reincarnation, replication, continuation, clone, copy, fake, etc.) car is about?   ::)

    Scott.

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Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: 98SVT - was 06GT on June 09, 2026, 03:55:20 PM
Quote from: pbf777 on June 09, 2026, 11:55:43 AM
Quote from: Coralsnake on June 09, 2026, 08:00:57 AM. . . . . . without playing pretend

    But actually, isn't that what every "kit" (re-creation, reproduction, reincarnation, replication, continuation, clone, copy, fake, etc.) car is about?   ::)

    Scott.
Not in the 50s when this was created. This one does have some Pininfarina flavor but it's very much a homogenized euro look. In this era there were a lot of guys buying glass bodies to build sports racing cars for SCCA. 60s and 70s is when the cloning started. When I was writing for Kit Car we did a Cobra issue every year listing all the manufacturers. At that time 52 companies were making everything from bare body shells to completed rollers less engine/trans.
Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: pbf777 on June 09, 2026, 05:27:31 PM
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on June 09, 2026, 03:55:20 PMNot in the 50s when this was created. I was writing for Kit Car . . . . . . .

    I think you've drunk to much of the "Kool-Aid"!  ::)

    Scott.
Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: 98SVT - was 06GT on June 09, 2026, 10:02:17 PM
Quote from: pbf777 on June 09, 2026, 05:27:31 PM
Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on June 09, 2026, 03:55:20 PMNot in the 50s when this was created. I was writing for Kit Car . . . . . . .

    I think you've drunk to much of the "Kool-Aid"!  ::)

    Scott.
You lose a lot of timeline removing text. When I was at Kit Kar was the 80s. 
Title: Re: Rare CSX on BAT
Post by: pbf777 on June 10, 2026, 01:07:57 PM
     I think it's known as a "long-term effect"!    ::)
 
     I'm just joshing with ya!   ;D 

     Scott.