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If that shopping is close to what it will look like Chris will have another winner

Sorry gents, I just can't keep up with the pace of change.

It's not close, it's spot on, even better in the flesh.

Hinges

The boot hinges are old Mini, from 'minispares' in Potters Bar.

They have been trimmed a bit to smooth them out and angled the bases a little to accommodate the curvature of the boot lid and body.

They look pretty correct to the original car. Nice find and thanks for passing that along!

Hopefully Chris will be able to offer the hidden hinge assembly the same as the 250swbc, very neat, looks less like a kit car and most importantly very quick and easy to fit.

The external hinges are key to complete the look of the car IMO. Like the door handles, pininfarina badges, and and chrome strips down the side they make up the jewelry of it all.

So when does production on the convertible start

This was at Prescott over the weekend , please see the attached photo's.

Looked quite original and not over restored at all. I wanted to get photo's of the interior but the owner wasn't about.

Some more of the same !

And three more !

Thanks for these photos.
Lovely to see in the flesh.
Short nose.
No exterior mirrors.
Refined door handles.
Good to see it looking used.

I don't suppose you got any other pictures of the 225 next to it did you ?

No nasty exposed boot hinges on this one.

I personally think that Chris's version is much lighter looking at the back and I also prefer the front.
Can't wait to see the convertible version.

Sorry I didn't take any of the 225. It was stunning having just been rebuilt/restored over a number of years. Try YouTube for the Prescott event, lots of posts so far showing many of the cars on display.

Hope to see the soft top version from Tribute soon ?

Any ideas when we might be able to place orders for a convertible kit ?

Interesting to note that the inside profile of the bumpers didn't follow the profile of the bodywork. Maybe we are working to hard to make ours fit.

I guess when people look at replicas they look at faults and differences, when they look at originals they character and differences

I think you are right and unless you had pointed it out I wouldn't have noticed.

There are other details which could be replicated to make your car stand out from the average such as the Frenched in indicators and bonnet badge. Quite an easy mod before paint but adds a lot to the final product.

My Z300s has frenched in rear lights and it looks great on the big curved rear end

Sighting

[SIZE="3"]Friday 17th June at 11.04am I saw THREE 275GTBs driving along the B4009 west from Streatley.

They were in a small group of 6 Ferarris; one in Azzuro / silver blue; one in Rosso red and one yellow . . .

Never seen more than one at a time before, so makes my week.[/SIZE]

It was a dream mate. Wake up!

Still no answer about the date for the release of the convertable

Tribute and Nubodi have gone very quiet on here. They were keeping us updated at least once a week. Some of the other regulars seemed to have gone too which is a shame.
When I sign onto this thread there are often 50+ visitors but maybe only 4 or 5 forum members on at any one time. This site still attracts lots of people so it should be worth the while of anyone posting.

I was down there a few weeks ago
The 275 still had some revisions to be made - all in the details.

Chris and Dan were busy making kits. They have numerous builds and developments on the go.

You have to remember, Tribute is a small company.
Development of new models costs money.
Selling kits generates money.
They have to balance the two.

You are unlikely to hear anything from Nubodi since the pram/toy ejection episode.