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Chris,

You posted that at 4.26am this morning, if you are up that early you could get down the workshop and crack on with my kit

PS.is it done yet ?

Progressing with the build today. Managed to get the genuine side repeaters on and the headlight assemblies (I know they do not have Lucas P700's on the original but they look so good). Also got the front indicator assemblies on (I prefer the white lenses to these clear ones though). Also the inner headlight trims were dull finished (genuine Lucas) would have preferred chrome but this would be easy to change at a later date. This colour is really growing on me.

We bolted on one of the new hubs, a freshly painted wheel, chrome spinner and new tyre just to see what it looked like. Good so far.

Next we did some work on the rear end. The indicator lights were fitted and the nice personal plate supplied by the customer.

The rear lights were fitted along with the indicators. The rear reflectors were next. These have to be millimetre perfect or the whole rear looks out. We spent a lot of time getting these right, eventually relying on eye to get perfect. They were then bolted on.

Nearly finished now. The boot is perfectly aligned after much fettling and spacing. Rear starting to look good. The red you can see in the photos is a red silk Ferrari cover which is protecting the paintwork till its fully hardened (about a week or so).

Now we have to get the lock mechanism to work properly so the 'bear claw' lock mechanism is aligned with the original BMW striker/loop. It takes a bit of tweaking and oiling for it to work smoothly. The brackets are hidden underneath secured with polished dome mushroom head allen bolts (much nicer than a hex head and washer setup). I know most will never see this but its all in the detail!

Over the weekend I should do the rubbers, carpets, boot prop and badge script. Would do more but off to London to do a show review for Kitcar magazine. First 'sort of' day off in many months (even worked on Christmas day!)

Excellent progress, looks really nice.

The car looks good, really good. I love the lights and the little details. Colour is terrific too and the wheels (being comparatively skinny) look much better than I thought they would.

One thing (I'm not carping, just being constructive), is there any chance a rear number plate could be made that actually fits the aperture? The extra border at the side could be filled and the plate appears to overlap the lower edge by a few mm.

Looks great, you must paint the inside of the boot lid though.

Would look fantastic with a blood red interior against the gray.

Of course we paint the inside of the bootlid! You have seen enough of our work now to know that?

On all the others we have done the numberplate fits the aperture (see red Kalifornia pictures). Plate was supplied by the customer.

Very impressive!

Re. plate: fair enough, I'd not noticed the issue on other cars.

Look forward to seeing it altogether, everything looks terrific so far.

Looks flipping good ! Do like that colour. And one thing I never realised was how huge a boot you end up with this kit.

Looking forward to the next lot of pics

Don't worry, these are only show plates. The road legal yellow one will fit perfectly.

Well this car on your stand at Stoneleigh will, I suspect, be responsible for a massive amount of kit sales for Tribute, irrespective of their price hike and confusing reluctance to remold from a fully corrected body. Excellent work - Brynn must be like a dog with a dozen tails!!

Nubodi - Well done, your finishing touches to the car already look great.

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Smash - Why is there confusion?

For a start, the corrected body is with Nubodi in Reading & Tribute are in Dorset.

Plus taking a new mould also runs the risk of doing this to the buck.



And in this case, the "buck" would actually be a customer's car, that already had hours spent on it.

Note: I'm not trying to have a go at you, just highlight that this is not a simple "no brainer".

Cheers, Paul.

Just my opinion of course. I'm confused because the price is now in line with a full body AND chassis kit for an AK Cobra (£4150 net) and the quality currently isn't comparable for that price point.

No need to use a customers car. Remember that the actual physical material cost of a kit is probably a few hundred quid of grp. Then think of it in sacrificial terms. And if you take the opportunity to fine tune some of the details for greater accuracy you could probably push the kit price envelop even further up the ranks.

To me , to allow customers the ability to produce consistent quality home builds, improving residuals and the manufacturers reputation it is a no brainer. Only my opinion though!

Tribute have said on another thread that the molds will be the originals with a few "improvements" . I assume the out sourced company will be a pro laminating shop so you would hope the quality should be very high.

Can't wait to see it as a whole finished car rather than the snippets..I bet the owner is very chuffed to say the least!!,

This is the way to go for the period look. Its hard to see but do the arches cover the spinners too ? If not will the narrow 1.9 rear axle be enough ?
How well does this hub / wheel combo sit on the front ?

We are getting the machined wheel bolts back on Monday so we can bolt on all four hubs to get a better idea of fit and gap. Its difficult to see how it will all look just putting on one wheel at a time.

Usually we remove the air con fan and cowling to give a more 'period' look. But our customer wanted air con for the hot (hopefully) summer months and possible touring in southern Europe. We had to take off some material from the lower scoop of the front bottom edge of the bonnet to accommodate the fan.