Carscoops Recycle Your VW Jetta Mk4 into a Mid-Engine Roadster with $9,900 DIY Kit-We know that you guys, Volkswagen lovers don't easily give up on your Volkswagen Jetta Mk4's (or any car that's running well, for that matter), but if you don't mind, and you're brave enough and technically inclined with plenty of free time to spare, Smyth Performance may grab your attention with its Do-It-Yourself (DIY) "GF3" home roadster kit.
Well, this Massachusetts-based kit-car supplier, which is also working on a pickup truck kit for the same Jetta model, introduced the final design of its Smyth G3F at the New England Dustoff event this month, after many beta testers.
Moreover, the kit turns everything around on the 2000-2004 Jetta, transforming the five-seater, front-engine, front-wheel drive sedan into a two-seater soft-top roadster with a mid-mounted engine and rear-wheel drive.
How about the prices? Smyth Performance prices the kit at $9,900 (about €7,600 at the current exchange rates), and for that you get all the parts, including body panels, front and rear sub-frames made of steel tubing, the top and detailed instructions – yes, you have to be prepared to get deep down and dirty with all sorts of tools to complete the car.
Smyth Performance says that if you do it right, the G3F will be a safe car.
The founder and CEO of the company, Mark Smith said that no home built car can come close to the overall safety of a production car these days but we come pretty close with the Smyth car and by keeping all the front end bumper steel and the highly collapsible front structure from the jetta, we really have the first kit car since the silly old fiero lambo replicas of old that uses factory crash engineering.
Furthermore, he also added that they may have been poser cars on the fiero but if they used the factory crash system from the fiero they were actually fairly safe.
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