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Hi Graeme,
It has a jag V12 5.7 and a man 5 speed. Which he just had re-built.It was priced to sell at 19 grand as he was going to Hong Kong for work. Probably the same problem as over here too old to be imported. Someone got a good deal. I was so close to having an engineer friend to go and look at it. Then my dream was shattered.
Is the red lambo in the film a real one? or is it the replica for sale? Have you a video of your car?
graham, the youtube video is an orange car and is real, I think the link I sent should be a guy working on it in his garage rebuilding it then he drives it, sorry I don't have a video of my car because its still a bare shell with only a small piece of chassis, so it don't move unless I push it lol.
Best Regards
graeme
Greame,
How long has it taken you to get almost nowhere let alone the money you have invested into it? When do you hope it will be finished?
Would it not have been cheaper in both money and sanity to have bought a finished or almost finished car?
I think looking at the different sites that that is why there are so many unfinished projects to buy, its dawned on people that the finished cost, let alone time, is almost or in some cases more then a real one and the after all of that they can't sell them at anywhere near the cost in parts and time of building them. As the one in the UK 19 grand the engine is a V12 5.3 not 5.7 as I had stated and the gearbox is a five speed Renault both of which he had rebuilt.
I asked him the performance figures and as with all other owners of these cars said he didn't know only that it was, and I quote, "s... of a shovel. What ever that meant. I presume fast?
He like other owners didn't seem interested in performance just that it looked great.
Greame,
How long has it taken you to get almost nowhere let alone the money you have invested into it? When do you hope it will be finished?
Would it not have been cheaper in both money and sanity to have bought a finished or almost finished car?
I think looking at the different sites that that is why there are so many unfinished projects to buy, its dawned on people that the finished cost, let alone time, is almost or in some cases more then a real one and the after all of that they can't sell them at anywhere near the cost in parts and time of building them. As the one in the UK 19 grand the engine is a V12 5.3 not 5.7 as I had stated and the gearbox is a five speed Renault both of which he had rebuilt.
I asked him the performance figures and as with all other owners of these cars said he didn't know only that it was, and I quote, "s... of a shovel. What ever that meant. I presume fast?
He like other owners didn't seem interested in performance just that it looked great.
Regards
Graham
Sorry I thought we were in the general chat section, after the post above I have no more to say at all, other than its been 27yrs 4 months 3 days 10 hours since I started to get nowhere ,and I think its time to give up and put all of it all in the scrap bin. I started this car as a hobby and its turning into a nightmare, when I started real cars were 300k and no one even thought of a replica. GrahamR you are right its not worth building.
This is Daves build thread, there is no problem with you guys chatting about replicas, I am interested too. Didn't know if it was better creating a new thread
Hi AcC8braman, I Have removed all of my posts so we don't clutter up Dave"s build thread, Graham R I would suggest you do the same, just click edit on your posts and then delete them ,and if needed start a separate thread of your own. I will also remove this post in 1 days time.
Best regards
Graeme
And to bring this escapade to it's natural end....
Bye Bye Big Red Car!
Well what have i learnt from this flight of fantasy....
1) I still LOVE the look of the Countach as much as i have since i was 10
2) I HATE working on them
3) I HATE driving them.
4) I'm SO glad that i've got this out of my system!
5) I now know a great deal more about cooling systems than i did at the start
6) I'm a hell of a lot less afraid to experiment and tinker with things than i was at the start.
7) I now know that i don't want another "replica". Now please don't get me wrong i'm not slagging replicas off in any way, not in a million years! Neither am i criticizing any of the guys who have replicas of Lambos / Ferraris / Lancias etc... But having owned this MasterCo i have realised that for-me, at this point in my life, one of the things i enjoy most about the whole Kit Car "experience" is having something that i can do whatever i want to with, tinker with, redesign etc.. without having some say "that doesn't look right"
8) Finally, i have gained a LOT more respect for the guys that build these from scratch, or even buy and renovate them. And i hope that i'll still be allowed to talk to a few of you at shows? Even those of you not called Dave!
