MadaboutKitcars

I am drooling over this one!
http://petrolicious.com/what-do-you-think-of-the-effeffe-berlinetta

Piaggio mp3 I think. Stripped of all plastic leaving the frame and dials. Does look qwerky but also slip stream and retro. Cafe racer. Front headlights. The last one had one side door

I was thinking as you do,on a Sunday morning in bed. What else could a z3 be made into. What about a 70's muscle car of the Aston type. Dbs v8 1970's . Hard angular lines.

I'd like a 240Z.

A 240z ! Now you're talking ....

An xjs would make a good donor for this.

What happened to me toads porker

Ken blocks mustang looks quite mean,low and wide

Drooling



As well you might. Lovely.

I tried to tempt Chris with this, but there is no way he can take it on.


Does anyone have any ideas on a close approximation?

It is an Alfa Giulietta SZ Coda Tonda by the way. I prefer the round tail to the cut off one.

Well the tiny pic one could be done with the back that was on mine if Chris hasn't smashed it up and dumped it.the time it looked like the Maserati. And angled it down a bit prob best on a z3 as the front is shorter

I'd start with a 356 Coupe , if it was me ...

Or, a VW Karmann Ghia for the doors, glass and roofline.

I agree - porsche 356 coupe with a lightly modded z300s front clamshell

Thanks chaps. Chris suggested the Porsche as a start. I can see how that might work, but the hunchback would be a bother to deal with as I would love to do it on a Z3 or MX5. I think WCAs short nose version comes close at the front, but the lights would need to be recessed a la MX250.

Given that I may not have to modify the mechanicals too much, that only leaves the bodywork to resolve - still a big ask for a complete novice. Any suggestions on how to learn about glassing other than the university of You tube? Also, where to find the Porsche Coupe shells at a reasonable price (I've checked the kit suppliers).

I could do my original idea of a kobra rear with wheel bulge extensions towards the doors to smooth out the muscles look, WCAs short nose with modified lighting housings and something like Roadster's targa top (more glasswork learning curve).

Probably would look nothing like I imagine though.

Barber - learning fibreglass is easy - mastering it needs practice.

Confidence grows fast as each project gets completed.

Spend £15 at Halfords for a David's fibreglass kit (same people as P38/ P40)
and play.

If you take the plunge you can buy from a glassfibre supplier and the prices get better and so does the choice of products

This version of Alfa does have deep wings which would allow the z3s suspension set up. Long as it rolls into the arches bit like the disco volante. Porsche shape does lend itself to this to a point. Bit like the yellow car but with Alfa grill shape.

Zagmad, thanks, I Think the front could be done on a z3 with either the swb 250 narrow/short, per wca or the 275 with recessed headlights. The big challenge for me is how to do the back half and get the narrowing in width and short drop of the round version vs the more gradual one of the cut off version. Which the 275 on the z3 or mx250 on mx5 have. The porche coupe rear has more like the drop i need, but has a humped profile for the engine, so needing a rework of the whole central section top to bottom as you look from the back.

this is hard.

Might be worth getting pics of all the profiles of all the available models that could be contenders and see if they can be scaled down to meet your vision. The round back has a deep line flowing front to back

Would a mr2 roadster be a good start to make a classic Porsche 912e replica. Giving it a boot would make it more usable. Specially like the mr2 1993 shape it had its engine then a kind of boot space then the bumper.

Will get back to this soon. On family hospital duty for a few days. There is always something.

I'd love to recreate this. This is from the film Harold and Maude, they drove the one they built off a cliff :-(

What about the 1930's BMW 328 (sorry if it has been mentioned before) on a Z3 base?

That is a nice looking car. Gangster.

Seeing the E Type creation reminds me

Having several XJS cabriolets hanging around and having chopped the body up on the SE5 to form the G46. It then occurred to me that the rear top half of the SE5 along with the tail gate grafted onto the XJS would make a great Eventer type car.

I did a drawing of this but do not know how to post it anyone fancy doing a photo-shop of the beast I describe

An XJ-S Eventer style car would be great. A couple of months ago there was an Aston DB7 'shooting brake' style, fibre glass body for sale on Ebay. I believe this was based on a Scimitar body.


This approach using the majority of an XJ-S could be a wonderful approach. I am all ears on this suggestion....