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Arash Farboud car on ebay
balidey - 30/6/09 at 12:26 PM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kit-Car-and-Racing-Car-Arash-LMP2_W0QQitemZ190317724184QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item2c4fd20218&_trksid=p3286.c 0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A7%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

and some history.....

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

I saw one of the farboud cars on the Autosport show a few years ago, but when you poked your head under the car you could see it was nothing but a crude metal spaceframe with a pretty GRP skin over the top. Not worth the price IMHO.

nitram38 - 30/6/09 at 12:31 PM

Looks like a very high price and very big risk too.....

UncleFista - 30/6/09 at 12:32 PM

Hmmm, that Wikipedia entry reads like a press release from his PA..

balidey - 30/6/09 at 12:36 PM

All Wiki pages should be taken with a pinch of sodium chloride.

From memory, Mr Farboud wanted an Enzo, Ferrari wouldn't sell him one, so he said 'Fine, I'll build my own but better'

And from what I heard he then spent huge amounts of his (or his families???) money failing to do so.

Mr Whippy - 30/6/09 at 12:39 PM

wonder how much it would cost to fix if you had even a small prang? Effectively written off? It’s not like you could go and get some spares

quote:


plastic racing side windows, Side sliders for window opening for the Toll stations



all that money and its got crappy sliding plastic windows

they have to be nuts anyway, 50k for a pile of bits!

[Edited on 30/6/09 by Mr Whippy]

jeffw - 30/6/09 at 12:43 PM

Engine is out of a Audi RS4 (B5 2.7 V6) so that shouildn't be an issue. Bodywork would be the biggest problem.

garage19 - 30/6/09 at 02:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by balidey
All Wiki pages should be taken with a pinch of sodium chloride.

From memory, Mr Farboud wanted an Enzo, Ferrari wouldn't sell him one, so he said 'Fine, I'll build my own but better'

And from what I heard he then spent huge amounts of his (or his families???) money failing to do so.


I belive it was a certain porsche that they wouldn't let him buy so he built a replica. I had a look round it and it was pretty nice.

I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with him about a year ago.

You have go to give the guy some credit for doing what we would all want to do if we had the cash!

Mr Whippy - 30/6/09 at 02:09 PM

tbh it looks more like one of these








speedyxjs - 30/6/09 at 03:18 PM

Id have it over a ferrari any day

Confused but excited. - 30/6/09 at 04:40 PM

^ Get to my age mate, you'd have it over an Austin Seven