The Clénet Series I and II, Between art and kitsch
Alain Clénet was born in Angers, France, in 1944. He followed a design course in Paris and emigrated to the United States in 1974, to Santa Barbara. In 1979 he started making his own dream car in –…
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Replicars. Taste or bad taste?
The Replicar trend started - where else? - in the US of A. In 1964. Excalibur and Ruger presented their beautiful replicas of the Mercdes SSK and the Blower Bentley.
What is this?
"Ugly, very ugly." could be an answer. Reader Ruud Kamphues photographed this "Dingest" in San Diego and has been woken up regularly since then. It looks like a USA kit car to us. A Clenet or Excalibur perhaps? Or something made on dark evenings in a drafty barn by a bunch of drunk Rednecks... Any suggestions?