MadaboutKitcars

Alfa has built some pretty cars over the years. We could fill this thread with Alfas. Might struggle with the glass though.

I reckon one of these would be a great donor for a Dino replica.

Bejaysus! Chris must already have a heap of ideas (though some of these are awesome!).

Some say he wanders around Asda car park with a rucksack full of glass mat and resin to take moulds off any car he likes the looks of,
Others say he laminates in his sleep.
All we know is,
He's called Chris !

Now here's a thought, there are casting resins which can be made optically clear. If you need an odd shaped piece of "glass", other than for the windscreen, you could make a mould and pour the resin in.

http://www.hapcoweb.com/ultraclear.htm

Chris tried the clear resins but it just didn't look right :

Haha! Good product though, it's really clear.

I really like this tread, the ideas and the cars mentioned, but I think Paul is right, I have enough development to do for this year. But the boat tail Auburn above has always been my favorite car........

I hadn't even noticed the exhausts.

Thats ok Gary.
Chris hadn't noticed its not an Auburn Speedster!!


http://www.decorides.com/images/blackroadster.jpg

You might want to think twice before doing a copy as there may be legal issues and we know that no-one likes those

http://www.auburnspeedsters.com/2nd_generation_auburns.htm

Wouldn't mind a look at a zagto db4 with a gto or db6 back end. Alfa Romeo spyder duetto 1965.

Also bin looking at some of the period cars. Renault alpine,Ferrari dino or tribute version with front engine with rear drive. Could use the boot then with curves of the dino. Bit more predictable handling. Aston db mk111 has a boot hatch like an etype.

I have a pristine Ferrari in the garage, do you think Chris would re-body it as that Japanese classic, the MX5?

Ideally it would look like a well used version

This is what I have got


and this is what I need Chris to make




It is a shame he is just too busy

My car looks just like that . With extra holes for ventilation :-)

Only mines silverish/whiteish/blackish brown

I would offer to swap but your is the wrong color

Sauber C9. If i could build this, i couldn´t build anything thet beats this! First car to break 400km/h in lemans. 5 litre twin turbo v8. 900 qualifying hp... The end!

Not quite a Sauber C9 but this is my daily driver. A nice normal looking SLK



with a 600hp supercharged 5 litre V8!

Very nice indeed. Powerfull and reliable but as a daily driver how are the M.P.G. ?

35.7mpg avg on Southampton to Stevenage

somewhat less when 'pressing on'

Nice!

What about a Porsche 911 with Porsche 356 Carrera body panels ? A sort of mix between old and new.



I don`t know if something like this has been done before.

im not sure but they do do some replicas of old porsche's with 1.4 polo engines what period im not sure. possible donor could be the toyota mr2 mk3. for me use of the boot is a good thing as it means use for short get aways with the mrs round country roads not just for weekends and when the hot yellow thing comes out from the clouds. the 24hr lemans looks good. bit of lowering required to get the right stance at the back but doable.

convertibles like the mx5,z3 have hardtops that could have a mold taken and the line from the b pillar could be softened to give the lemans look using that hardtop. suspension would require lowering 50-60mm. clever use of offsets and wider panelling might be able to help avoid putting spacers on for insurance company's that are sensitive to such modifications.

I love Porsche 356's, and i really love early 911's, but if someone started cutting up 911's to create 356's i'd have a heart attack.......