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Hi. I am new to this forum (and indeed any forum), but having done a google search this forum seems to be the most relevant place to tell everyone what I am doing. I am part way through a body conversion using Bentley Continental GT panels on a Toyota Supra MkIV twin turbo. Its not an exact replica as it uses the Supra roof/glass and doors (with the addition of a swage line), but hope you will be interested in looking at my website ([url]www.tributeautomotive.co.uk[/url]) that has just gone live. I am expecting to start selling kits in the New Year and will be updating the website on a regular basis with more pictures and prices etc.
Hope to talk to anyone with an interest soon.
Regards
Chris Welch - Tribute Automotive
[url]www.tributeautomotive.co.uk[/url]
Obviously you are keen to publicise your own venture in the same way Gary is with his Sammio but umm, how can I put this without causing offence, it's poor etiquette to do so on his thread which does after all have 'Sammio Spyder Builds' as the title. It's a bit like cutting in when a bloke's dancing with his new girlfriend I'm sure others would be interested in your project and I'm sure the moderators would have no objection to you starting your own thread.
Good luck with it.
Gary. That latest version is bloody unfair. You know damn well that's what I want on a Chimaera/Griffith chassis
Paul ....I've known Chris for years , so its no worry....Welcome Chris , good to see you at the w/end..
Exeter went very well....lots of interest in the product ....I would have liked to get a finished 'new' style there , but never mind.....The magazines showed some interest in the concept to....so thats encouraging...
A customer , Peter , is dropping a 1968 Vitesse in for us to re-body for him....I'm looking forward to doing that one and will put pics up as and when....
Thanks Gary. Your cars are looking great. Just come out of the garage itching....wonderful stuff fibreglass! May you have many, many more orders.
Regards Chris
Go for it! I've always wanted to do a '49 Mercury Kustom on a TVR Cerbra body tub/chassis. It would give the Sammio the right sound.
Regards Chris
CHRIS ...NICE IDEA , NOT STRAIGHT FORWARD BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE....Worst bit is the TVR is 17'' shorter in the wheelbase than the Merc...overcomeable but a slight issue !!
We have been doing a bit more on the cream and pale blue cars this week...nothing really picture worthy...next week will see the start of modifying the cream cars rear to accept the MG/MORRIS style tail lights the customer wants ....( Think D-Type and you'll get the idea )...This is the first car to receive the new bonnet treatment and I'll have pics of that up next week as well....
Our first Vitesse donor is arriving next Thursday , I'm looking forward to starting that one soon....It's an MOT'd and taxed example with tatty body , so hopefully not too much to do before we can start modifying.....
Hi mate, i like it alot, and the car looks divine. Any chance of you taking me out for a spin in the sammio, I spoke to you at the kitcar show, nice man , say hello to mike too , love antony hoo hoo ahh ahh
Hi mate, i like it alot, and the car looks divine. Any chance of you taking me out for a spin in the sammio, I spoke to you at the kitcar show, nice man , say hello to mike too , love antony hoo hoo ahh ahh
Thank you.....I think I remember you from the show ...it was pretty busy but something about the way you write triggers a memory !
Weren't you the half-wit that stood on my stall all day Saturday ?
If you want to have a quick spin in the Sammio , you will have to be quick ....its going to Italy soon !
I'll pass on your regards to Mike .....
You really need to top up on the medication in the evenings , Mike and stop pretending you are the superior laminator known as ''Antony Zingzilla''
Sorry chaps , been a while since I posted on here...
Things have been crazy.....I have 3 turnkey builds in the shop at present , 2 more to do ....one of which is being fitted with a Rover V8 ( should be starting that one just after Xmas |) and at time of typing , we have 9 body orders , two done waiting for collection and 7 to do..!!
We have remoulded the body straightening her out a bit more and rounding her up a bit as well as developing a diffent screen treatment - ver similar to before , but a lot cheaper - screens should come down in price by about a third of the current listed price....I'm very price aware , the thing that stopped me owning a 50's style race car over the years was price of available examples - we are trying to change that by going back to how it was done at the beginning - kind of !!
I'm getting enquiries daily , we have another 3 potential body and frame package orders in the pipeline , people actively looking for donors etc...Lots of overseas enquiries and as a result of that , we can now do a LHD version of the body.
Complete Kit Car magazine are waiting for our new demonstrator to be completed ....by Xmas hopefully , to do a feature on the car....thats got to be a good thing - I've had cars featured in the past with little feedback , but I feel different about this one - we'll see !!
I have moved the project away from my Hot Rod website and started a new one.... [url]www.sammio-spyder.com[/url] should you want to take a look....
I'll put some pics up as soon as I get a chance !!
Anyone who has recently visited the website will know this already , but we are now able to supply LEFT HAND DRIVE versions of the SAMMIO....
We have just finished two that are hopefully on their way to Holland this weekend....
They take a bit of extra fiddling about and therefore slightly dearer than normal at £850 for the complete body package ....both bonnets still fit thjis body as well , so happy days !!
Looking good Gary, nice to see someone having some success in these times.
I've not forgotten my plan for the Chimaerati (Chimaera/Maserati lookalike, geddit?) either, I'm just struggling with a few small details like should I sell my other car to fund it? Where will I find a lightly crashed Chimaera? (The sniffer dogs are working on that one) and not least how will I sneak this past the missus? Somehow I don't think "Santa must have left it" is going to cut any ice.
Anybody want to buy my children? House trained, can wash up, do the dusting, all sorts.
We have been very busy - surprisingly so ...at point of writing , 5 turnkeys booked and 7 bodies sold with another 4 to do in January .....
We are taking advantage of the Estate being quiet to get some painting done ....we are nearly ready to do another BRG. example for a guy from Yorkshire , just finishing the body off now , I took the oppurtunity to get this one painted as well...this was the car that was used to develop the new front and also the one we remoulded to upgrade the bodies....fatter rear end , swoopier lines etc...
The bodies still come with a plain rear end leaving lighting choice up to the builder - we added IMP tail lights on little pods and a severely cut down BEETLE number plate light moulded in as well on this one....
The colour looks a bit orangey on my monitor , it is the Jaguar E-type and MK. 2 colour , Carmine Red ( Think, Inspector Morse's Jag ),....I think it really suits the new fronts....Mike has done another excellent job painting this one ......
Hi gary thanks for your time , im realy excited about my one , cant beleave how pretty the red one looks in the flesh. You ve got the styling just right mate , Ive been looking for years for a car like this, but to be honest i could not find much under fithteen grand, so this is a bloody good deal. I was ment to ask you gary, is there any chance i could buy one of the new metal grills your now making, and have it silver please. I will give you a ring tuesday and sort out the money. All the best keep up the good work
Hi, Gary looks great just got darken my monitor, like you said looks a bit orange. This is the first time I've ever done this forum lark. after the thaw my garage started to leak like a sieve so spent time clearing up the mess and redoing the roof but the cars alright.
Patton - sorry to hear about the garage....put some pics up of yours when you get started...please .....
Tribute - Thanks again....a totally different beast to a Cobra , but I know what you mean.....people looking for 50's style cars have another option now....we are about to start , next few weeks , a Rover V8 powered example for a Spanish Customer ....looking forward to that !
Southern - Thank you.....I can sort a grille out for you , you have seen one before I have quite finished them , but they will be pretty much what you saw....I'll add them to the website when I have one fully done...
If you want one , I can do painted silver , satin or gloss ( satin would be best ) for £55 or a powder coated example for £75....
Thats great, to be honest, i was going to make my own, but for the work and
working out you must of done they are a bargain. It will transform the front of the car. I will give you a buzz in the morning to pay. Keep up the good work.
That's IT. That's the one. That's exactly the car I envisioned when we first started chatting about this and now you've gone and done it. How could you? I really have to get stuck in to finding a donor now. If anyone knows of a Chimaera with poor body panels (probably salvage) please let me know.
For those of you who missed it earlier or in the other thread I'm hoping to end up with something like this:
That last picture has been a photo of a d24 since I posted earlier today. It was there when I just logged back in so I was a little confused about your post. As I was looking at it wondering what you were on about it changed into that magazine cover.
Hmm, bloody t'internet. Let's see if I can have a fiddle.
Edit: Fixed, I think. Maybe the site hosting the last pic objected to me linking to it?
I'm sure others would be interested in your project and I'm sure the moderators would have no objection to you starting your own thread. 
Somehow I don't think "Santa must have left it" is going to cut any ice.
