"It was a father-son project as my oldest son is a fitter and turner, my middle son is a spray painter, my youngest son is an upholsterer and I'm a motor mechanic," he said.

"It was good bonding for us over a couple of years."

The 63-year-old's 1988 Lamborghini Countach replica has now been registered for 15 years and Mr Plunkett is enjoying it more than ever.

"I remember the first day I got it registered and we were going to New Norfolk for a ride," he said.

"This car went flying past us, we got to the overtaking lane and this bloke was in the passenger seat and this wife was driving.

"He had climbed right over the back of the car and he was taking pictures out the back window."

Mr Plunkett said the project cost almost twice as much as he estimated because it was difficult to manufacture some parts.

"You'd build something and it wasn't quite right, so you'd have to throw it away and start from scratch.

"The gearbox and stuff like that was just challenging to get it all right.

"We tried to keep it as close as we could to the original.

"It was a good experience with a lot of challenges."

Mr Plunkett said replicas still turned heads and could sell between $60,000 and $120,000.

The vehicle has a Holden 253 V8 engine in it with an Audi automatic transaxle.

"It is a awesome-looking car for its age . . . it is something right out of left field," he said.