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Please.. for the love of God; Tribute pick this up and make a kit

Mitchelkitman 29 Aug 2020, 11:08am
Would need an IVA due to windscreen change?
Jeff H 29 Aug 2020, 2:37pm
Your prayers have been answered,

Tribute have the moulds to make these, I have seen one they sold to a body shop owner in Shaftesbury, I think he is using a SLK 230 as a doner.

IVA will be needed.
Jeff H 29 Aug 2020, 2:42pm
In fact looking at the pictures and the workshop it is the same kit lol
Omar 29 Aug 2020, 7:32pm
Jeff H wrote:
Your prayers have been answered,

Tribute have the moulds to make these, I have seen one they sold to a body shop owner in Shaftesbury, I think he is using a SLK 230 as a doner.

IVA will be needed.


Really?! This is great news!

R170 SLK or R171 SLK ? I really can't wait for this kit!

This ad (now expired but you can do some reading still)

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1222944

was based on a LHD SL and was up for £95,000, shame you can't see the pics, it was a good replica of the 300SL
smash 2 Sep 2020, 9:07am
You'll never get a "kit" - this is ultra DIY and huge amounts of work, hacking and cutting and fabricating hence the prices being commanded for these reps when completed usually in the 130 to 150k range.
JG 2 Sep 2020, 11:24pm
Agreed, would be a huge amount of work.

I know its difficult to tell just from the pictures and what flex is in the main tub just sitting on the floor, but not one panel looks like it will fit without major modifications. One for the brave.