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Planning a Tribute Build

tonyt 7 Apr 2013, 10:27pm

Just me with the badge then?
tonyt 7 Apr 2013, 10:38pm
May have overstepped the mark here.
tonyt 7 Apr 2013, 10:44pm
The wheels are real.
fatbloke 8 Apr 2013, 9:20am
Does anyone know if there is a "Fauxrrari" badge available as that what I'm after.

If those are genuine Ferrari parts Tony they must have cost a fortune!
tonyt 8 Apr 2013, 5:52pm
The badges are as genuine as you get on Ebay! Not that expensive either, the wheels are a mix of Chromodora and Campagnolo (basicly the same) these are magnisum and very light, made for Ferrari, reported to have come off a 1982 308, the wheel centers were Ebay again and came from Italy possibly designed for Lancia Alloys but fit perfectly, think Ferrari had some involvement with Lancia 1970/80's, wheels cost me £150 on Ebay but had a 500 mile round trip to collect them and a adapters specialy made in the US, (Check back though the build) oh and the ss grill is off a Mk2 Ford Mondeo ST. So a right mix with indian boot hinges off a 1950 British car.
tonyt 12 Apr 2013, 8:15pm
Front corners more ice cream tubs cut, clamped and glassed
seanick 12 Apr 2013, 8:22pm
Have I seen that mod somewhere before??:hug:
tonyt 12 Apr 2013, 9:18pm
No wood in mine just ice cream tub, now removed. I may have sean something similar, somewhere?
tonyt 12 Apr 2013, 9:20pm

Rear end clamped up.
Hammy 12 Apr 2013, 9:43pm
tonyt wrote:
Front corners more ice cream tubs cut, clamped and galssed


Tony what mod is this mate
tonyt 12 Apr 2013, 9:51pm
Not realy a mod but a tweek, filling in the front underside corner looks better and gives strength.
tonyt 12 Apr 2013, 10:54pm

Back end supported and aligned.
tonyt 12 Apr 2013, 11:03pm

Front end still clamped.
Hammy 13 Apr 2013, 11:26am
Tony what are the clamps on the front for mate?
tonyt 13 Apr 2013, 1:26pm
They hold a piece of plastic across the corner so I could glass the corners in.
tonyt 16 Apr 2013, 11:31am
Anyone gat any ideas on how best to attach the grille short of just glassing it in.
tonyt 25 Apr 2013, 6:04pm




Not a barn find found this Jenson 541 on the A20 just outside Dover it was on its way to a new home in the south of france, but protested leaving blighty and threw a wheel, not a kit either but it is fiberglass and has TVR engine and running gear.
tonyt 25 Apr 2013, 9:28pm
Not sure if I will ever understand marques, in the 90's Rovers were the cars to have in France while Bm's and Mercs were the ones to have here in the UK, when in Germany and most of Europe thay used them a Taxis, an ex collegue of mine is apparently repatriating BMW M3's from the UK for track use as they cant get enough of them bizzar what have they done will them all?, we may have a retro British (kit) car industry on our hands, thats if the wheel does not come off!
tonyt 25 Apr 2013, 10:10pm
Nod to WCA as running gear was TVR.
WorldClassAccident 26 Apr 2013, 6:50am
Nod to WCA as running gear was TVR

And the rear wheel nearly came off my TVR too!
garyh 26 Apr 2013, 8:00am
I like how the wheel arches are made on the Sprite.