violentblue
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| posted on 25/11/04 at 07:49 PM |
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1 off bodywork
heres some pics of some 1 off bodywork
a buddy went to a metalmeet 04 (big hobby metalworking convention) where he saw this
a few pics of my other projects
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Staple balls
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| posted on 25/11/04 at 08:22 PM |
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That's very impressive and gives me bad ideas 
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paulbeyer
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| posted on 25/11/04 at 11:25 PM |
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Oh look yet another Cobra inspired design. Yawn. 
7 out of 10 people suffer with hemorrhoids. Does that mean the other 3 enjoy them?
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kb58
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| posted on 26/11/04 at 02:08 AM |
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Yawn? Making anything that large by hand out of steel or aluminum deserves a lot of respect and admiration.
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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Tralfaz
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| posted on 26/11/04 at 03:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kb58
Yawn? Making anything that large by hand out of steel or aluminum deserves a lot of respect and admiration.
Agreed.
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RallyHarry
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| posted on 26/11/04 at 10:05 AM |
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Cobra replica ?
- Are you nuts, it's a Ferrari 250 clone !
Link to a picture of Ferrari 250 front
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sgraber
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| posted on 26/11/04 at 04:15 PM |
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The amount of work and skill required to make a body like that out of metal simply by beating panels is mind boggling.
Projects like that make me very humble.
(however.... and I am just saying this to possibly explain the "ho-hum" comment above.... too bad it's not an original design, or at
least a new interpretation of an old design. I think there becomes a difference between craftsman and artist...) </devil's advocate
off>
Graber
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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violentblue
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| posted on 26/11/04 at 05:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RallyHarry
Cobra replica ?
- Are you nuts, it's a Ferrari 250 clone !
Link to a picture of Ferrari 250 front
I believe thats what it is, the guy couldn't afford a ferrari so he's building one. definatly not a cobra.
now that my buddy knows how to do this level of metal work, the two of us might attempt something a little simpler than this, probably a hotrod of
some variety.
a few pics of my other projects
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Peteff
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| posted on 26/11/04 at 06:14 PM |
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I watched a documentary the other year about a tribe of bushmen. They were making barbed arrow tips out of fence wire by beating them against a rock
with another rock. They did have a file, the only one in the village, to finish them off with. I had to have a go didn't I. It took me bl**dy
ages even with real tools and a piece of rsj to beat them on. They have my utmost respect for their achievements even if it does look like a Cobra to
some.
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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Rorty
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| posted on 27/11/04 at 04:26 AM |
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A person with an artistic bent can create any number of artifacts and shapes that look apealing to the eye, and claim the results are as
desired/predicted.
However, it takes someone with true expertise to studiously make an exact likeness of someone else's work. (Speaking from experience.)
For a short-term, temporary exhibition, in a bloody tent, and working on uneven grass-covered ground, that's nothing short of superb work,
whatever the model of banger it is!
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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Rorty
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| posted on 30/11/04 at 10:52 PM |
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In a similar vein: Aston Martin DRR1
And a miniature version: Kiddy
Car.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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sgraber
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| posted on 30/11/04 at 11:07 PM |
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Wow! Wow, WAOW 
1/2 scale Aston? 10,000 Pounds? crap!
Now I feel like such an feckin amateur.
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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violentblue
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| posted on 1/12/04 at 07:23 PM |
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that aston is amazing, too bad its only 1/2 scale,
a few pics of my other projects
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Aloupol
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| posted on 1/12/04 at 11:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RallyHarry
Cobra replica ?
- Are you nuts, it's a Ferrari 250 clone !
Link to a picture of Ferrari 250 front
One says that all modern cars look alike each other, seems it's also true for legends
Fantastic job anyway.
[Edited on 1/12/04 by Aloupol]
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violentblue
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 03:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Aloupol
One says that all modern cars look alike each other, seems it's also true for legends
Fantastic job anyway.
thats like saying all women look alike because they all have similar curves.
a few pics of my other projects
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Aloupol
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 07:10 PM |
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quote:
thats like saying all women look alike because they all have similar curves.
Of course they don't
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 9/12/04 at 07:13 PM |
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i hope they tigged it together , gas welded ally , distorts like buggery .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Rorty
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| posted on 9/12/04 at 09:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Volvorsport
i hope they tigged it together , gas welded ally , distorts like buggery .
Gas welding ally panels and bodies was the only method of constructing them for years.
A classic/vintage car restorer I worked with in Somerset regularly built ally bodied cars using all the old school methods. I saw him make one-piece
ally front wings for an aluminium bodied Healy 3000 hill climber, and the original steel ones were made in two pieces because of the difficulty of the
deep compound curves.
He would quite hapily weld aluminium bodies and then heat and shring them to the final shape.
When he was finished, he would just give the aluminium bodywork a wipe over with some emery cloth and then spray on some paint. All his work was
faultless.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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