Alan B
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 02:46 PM |
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It may look a bit like this......
I pushed my rolling chassis outside after pulling the molds off. I then photographed and added some nice wheels and a bonnet in paintshop....gives you
some clue
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timf
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 02:56 PM |
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looks good Alan
but hate to say it it needs some sort of rear spoiler not to big just to finish the rear off.
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Alan B
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 02:58 PM |
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Yeah possibly...easy done though....
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Mave
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 03:29 PM |
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Time for a new avatar then Alan, it even looks better in real life, than it did on that drawing!
Very good job, I'm very impressed with your work. I'm starting on the bodywork of my Seven next week. Wish me luck...
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Alan B
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 05:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mave
Time for a new avatar then Alan, it even looks better in real life, than it did on that drawing!
Very good job, I'm very impressed with your work. I'm starting on the bodywork of my Seven next week. Wish me luck...
New avatar as suggested....
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locoboy
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 07:01 PM |
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Alan,
as they say in the midlands........its looking bosting mate!
It looks really small next to that tree trunk, is it small or is that just a typically bigger and better yankee tree 
ATB
Locoboy
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Alan B
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 07:08 PM |
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Col....
Both...little car, big tree....LOL
Cheers.....bosting huh?
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locoboy
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 07:33 PM |
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to bost something is to break or to crack it................bosting = cracking, not in the soul destroying grp/plug cracking kind of way but in the
"looking gooooood" kind of way
ATB
Locoboy
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Berwyn
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 07:37 PM |
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Oh , that will be BOOSTING then ? as in "gone in 60 seconds" Boosting cars.
BTW, Very nice job mate !
24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 08:01 PM |
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bosting huh?
That's how we talk round here. It would be spelt bursting though.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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robinbastd
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 09:23 PM |
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Tis a properjob me'ansum, as us straw chewing yokels say down here.
It looks wonderful in the flesh (a cue for smutty comments from Alan)
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/7/04 at 09:42 PM |
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or dong dappa as some would say up ere!
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spunky
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| posted on 20/7/04 at 12:58 PM |
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Dawdy mush, done a cushty job of that screeve Chav.....
That would be Newark gypo speak for a really nice job mate, a great looking car.
Gypo=trailer trash...
John
The reckless man may not live as long......
But the cautious man does not live at all.....
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Terrapin_racing
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| posted on 20/7/04 at 01:24 PM |
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Looks great Alan - what colour are you set on for body - will you fit rear diffuser/undertray as well as wing?
cheers
Rob
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sgraber
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| posted on 20/7/04 at 06:49 PM |
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Fahrgiiing Awwwwesome Duuuude! (West Coast USA surfer drawl...)
It does look teeny. But very sporty and much better in the flesh than in your old avatar and the avatar looked great. So you have done a fantastic
job!
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Alan B
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| posted on 20/7/04 at 08:51 PM |
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Thanks all (I think..LOL)
The wheelbase is the same as the MR2 (around 93" IIRC) but of course the overhangs are much less...so it's small, but not really tiny
IMO....
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turbo time
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Very Very nice indeed. Now it just needs some hundred-spoke daytons and hydraulics.
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pbura
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| posted on 21/7/04 at 03:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by turbo time
Very Very nice indeed. Now it just needs some hundred-spoke daytons and hydraulics.
No, because Alan would have to take those off of his Tchebbie
Way to go, Alan! 
Pete
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Alan B
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| posted on 21/7/04 at 01:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Terrapin_racing
Looks great Alan - what colour are you set on for body - will you fit rear diffuser/undertray as well as wing?
cheers
Rob
Rob, red is still the favourite so far.......not sure yet about which aerodynamic aids I'll be fitting.....something to think about I
guess...
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derf
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| posted on 21/7/04 at 03:45 PM |
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well if you want to go fast red is the FASTEST color available, but you should also look into a bright orange or yellow.
I really think though that your car would look good in yellow, not bumblebee yellow, more of a neon yellow.
see if you cant get someone to photochop it into yellow.
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kb58
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| posted on 21/7/04 at 04:27 PM |
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Color is a tough deal. To make it worse, are you painting it to please yourself or to please everyone else (as in, putting it forward as
advertising.)
For the body shape, silver is The correct color as it shows off the curves and lines the best. But, it doesn't have the
grab-them-by-the-throat-and-throw-them-to-the-ground attention power...
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sgraber
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| posted on 21/7/04 at 09:42 PM |
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I think it looks good in all kinds of colors! 
 
Meerkat fruit loops
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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cymtriks
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| posted on 21/7/04 at 10:13 PM |
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Very dramatic wedge styling.
It looks very high at the back. That's not a critisism, just an observation. Does it really need to be so high at the back to clear the engine
or is this a styling effect to emphasise the wedge profile?
Curious.
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derf
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| posted on 22/7/04 at 01:00 AM |
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I definatly think that the yellow and black look the best
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Alan B
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| posted on 22/7/04 at 01:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cymtriks
Very dramatic wedge styling.
It looks very high at the back. That's not a critisism, just an observation. Does it really need to be so high at the back to clear the engine
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Yes, pretty much. It really isn't that high in the flesh...just enough to clear the engine..
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