Use the bodywork and interior from a classic car over a brand new chassis and suspension package and you have an intriguing alternative to the traditional kit car. Spyder Engineering's Elan +2 makes its case

LET'S BE HONEST. SOME KIT cars, well... they're not always terribly styled, are they? One might suggest that one or two are verging on the um... ugly. Now it may not be very loyal of a kit car magazine to point out such home truths but, hey, even when looking through the most rose-tinted of dark glasses, there are one or two very strange creations out there.

So if there's simply nothing in the traditional kit car market that fires you imagination, why not consider restoring a classic car? Since you're already reading  Which Kit rather than Practical Classics then you've probably discounted that option. Rotten chassis, endless welding, suspect handling, poor performance and outrageously priced spare parts - classic cars, don't you just love them?