Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

You can get a nice stratos replica, proper space framed, with the alfa v6 in it. The modern 3 litre makes more power and torque than the original engines never mind the cloverleaf multivalve v6. As those cars needed more power...

We used hunt out cheap old 850 when I was in my teens. Underpowered but a load of fun especially on gravelly ski field roads. My 2002 was lovely it was a very late tii with square tail lights pretty much all the available options including a 5 speed with dog leg first. It is one of only a handful of the many cars I've owned that I regret selling every time I think about it. At the time it was my only modern car and it was just too expensive to run. The flaw in that logic is revealed by the fact that less than 12 months later I was running a land rover and an Evo VI.

Mine had also had the dog leg first, did yours have the multiplate lsd too? The car was fun to drive with kelly steel branded tyres. Ran better afterI replaced the pump timing belt that snapped and timed the fuel pump up properly. Mine was on a P plate with the round lamp rear.

Yes LSD. Mine was in NZ. It was one of the final batch of 50 added on when the production had been set to end in 1976. A kiwi bought it ex factory drove it around Europe for 18 months then shipped it home. I got really lucky in that the manager of our local dealership had trained for a year of his apprenticeship with the BMW factory and knew the cars and the Kugelfischer injunction system intimately. He kept it running really sweet. I can't remember which tyres exactly we had on it in the end, pretty sure they were Pirelli. Apparently all of the last 50 were fully seam welded as part of the run was to be spares for touring car racing. No idea if that was true or not but mine certainly was. It even had a personalised plate "BMWTii"

Spotted on the M1 a few hours ago, was going Parp, Parp, Burble...

http://instagram.com/p/sXw28zjVM6/

My 02 was from essex, guy near a barn I rented had prepared it for 'rallying' by replacing all the shock with coil overs and utilizing longer springs. The interior was stripped and all the glass taken out. Painted with many coats of cellulose paint and sat in a shed for over a decade. Then I spent many an evening and weekend putting the thing back together. Mine definitely wasn't seem welded.

Was tempted to change the set up for ti and still have the inlet manifold and brand new pair of dellorto jetted to the set up and second hand set of webers that weren't. Still holding on to it as I know once the manifold is sold I won't get another.

The fun of being on first name terms with the guys at jaymic.

Aesthetically, Ive always liked most cars by Giugiaro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgetto_Giugiaro

You might like Marcello Gandini aswell then....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Gandini

He's amazing. Muira is prob my favourite car and I'd love to own an e28 m5

Yep, they've been around years. But I've never been that into the production model.
I meant this one:

Unfortunately since writing that post yesterday I have been googling and now know about the De Havilland Dino (MG-TF-based) replica (dimensionally convincing, but unfortunately only using the K series.) It's a good job I don't have 20 grand spare (and if I did it would be spent on an Aston Martin)

Anyone seen Ian Callums personal Jag MkII project? I saw the headline an thought, ooh this could be nice but the end result is a bit gash:

http://www.gizmag.com/jaguar-mark-2-update/33582/

Just something not right about rounded bumpers, squared brake ducts, louvres etc etc.

I agree, it's all wrong. Horrid photo does it no favours I'm sure.

Reminds me of that horrendous DB5 rip off currently being pedalled. Looks like a Chinese copy. Still with his portfolio can allow the odd fuck up. B-)

Fittingly a Fail article...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2591029/Speedback-New-British-supercar-unveiled.html

Pukes on self

This is a Stratos Zero btw

Dangerous game replicas / retro styled.

Take that Daytona Coupe electric thing.

That said Stratos Zero right look for lithium Ion imo.

Not sure would clear pedestrian impact test. (as said b4)

Can I have my legs back pls?

Instead of a replica based on an MX5, how about an MX5 with a V6 transplant and custom bodywork inspired by Italy?

But 'inspired by italy' just means hash up a 250GTO style front and rear, still looks off.
TVR Griffith better looking, two more cylinders and probably cheaper...?

oh, and Dat Console.

Ah, the E-E Type.

I agree, but in my head I think at least it's not trying to replicate a 250, even though it basically is.

and going back to Old School,

this is the last one of these I have and I don't think I shall have another. My feeling at the moment is that having spent 4 years living breathing and eating the Delage project that I do not have it in me to do anymore cars from remains through to finished, so after 10 years I advertised this set of parts (actually this is just a few of the big lumps - I have pretty much everything and a lot of it is restored such as all the instruments, lights etc) and they were bought unseen in under 24 hours from advert by an overseas buyer for a surprisingly large sum of money...

I was happy but now it is leaving I am a bit wistful especially about the engine. These are very special cars, they were allegedly 3 times the price of a Rolls Royce Phantom 1 when new. Only the most extravagant / optimistic manufacturer would produce the chassis seen here - it is their shortest wheel base / sporting model with an overall length of 4.52 meters. I planned to compensate for that by using this V12 engine from the same factory in place of the original. Any guesses?

Callum's Mk2 is horrible. How did the man responsible for the DB9 do that?
Hideous Max Power interior, ridiculously huge wheels, ugly louvres that don't resolve with any other line on the car, and those bumpers. Why are they squared off? Why do they not follow the curves of the front? And those vents are just minging.

@BQ

Exactly - hard to understand the motivations. When I first saw the pics I thought it was one of those recreations out of china that is based on a nissan micra or something.

Pretty much all retro recreations end up as ill-proportioned and poorly thought out glass fibre lumps. do not want.

Doubt Griffith cheaper. Do want.