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Very Shiny Seven
Duncan_P - 2/6/08 at 08:58 PM

Whilst randomly looking for something else on the net this evening I stumbled upon this very shiny caterham.

Workmanship is just simply stunning, loving the CF floor among other things. Just a mere 4000 hours spent building it!!!

This may well be a repost, apologies if it is but I did a quick search and didn’t turn anything up.


Jon Ison - 2/6/08 at 09:01 PM

I ain't gonna argue with the quality of that build.


Dangle_kt - 2/6/08 at 09:02 PM

$60k on ebay - gulp

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/290-HP-and-1140-Pounds-of-Automotive-Insanity_W0QQitemZ270210222959QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270210222959


nitram38 - 2/6/08 at 09:02 PM

Workmanship is excellent.
I don't like the bits that stick out of the floor like the bell housing


mookaloid - 2/6/08 at 09:04 PM

Very nice indeed - I think the badge on the nosecone is off centre though



pif - 2/6/08 at 09:07 PM

well i' never seen it before and it looks stunning. couldn't go anywhere in it mind, be dazzling everyone and forever cleaning it.

spending the rest of your days saying "look but dont touch"

puts mine to shame. the cat sleeps in mine in the garage and the kids climb over it and past to get in and out of the garage. still stunning though


Duncan_P - 2/6/08 at 09:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Very nice indeed - I think the badge on the nosecone is off centre though



lol, didn't spot that but just lost all respect for the guy looking back over the pics again and realising that he wears socks and sandals


Benzine - 2/6/08 at 09:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pif
the cat sleeps in mine in the garage


mine too, thought I was the only one


Davey D - 2/6/08 at 09:37 PM

YUCK!! that car does absolutely nothing for me

all i can think about when looking at it is cheap chrome plating


ravingfool - 2/6/08 at 09:51 PM

nice looking, but couldn't touch it let alone drive it. What a waste of all that time, they've taken a car that is all about the essence of driving, and made it completely undriveable

A Ferrari would be more practical and less time consuming!


andyd - 2/6/08 at 09:53 PM

Nice exhibit of pedantic building but that's about it. Yeah I'm impressed but honestly... can anyone say they'd pay that much for that example vs one that they wouldn't be afraid to actually drive for a great deal less money?

Show piece IMHO.


onzarob - 2/6/08 at 10:07 PM



I feel that a 7 esque car is a driving machine, not a show pony

stunning detail but the concept is lost


tegwin - 2/6/08 at 10:13 PM

Um....I think not..


Doesnt the Chroming process seriously weaken metal?...

If its a Chromed mild steel chassis....


Liam - 3/6/08 at 12:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
If its a Chromed mild steel chassis....


I think it's nickel plated actually!

Completely lost on me. I just feel sorry for all those parts (especially the engine ) trapped in a car that will probably cover about 10 miles in its lifetime - on and off trailers.

Not to mention the fact i wouldn't be seen dead driving a mirror anyway. I can't decide whether it belongs in Miami Vice or some pimp/gangster video. Hmm - perhaps a pimp/gangster video set in 80's Miami

Hideous!

Liam


RK - 3/6/08 at 02:21 AM

Caterhams can easily go to $80,000 here new. They are in no way considered cheap little cars in Canada, unless you build cars for a living, it's going to cost you.


Werner Van Loock - 3/6/08 at 05:54 AM

It's a bling bling car, but i'm not too impressed with some parts on there, the upright looks like welded alloy to me, dont want to run that kind of power thru there


aaron bassett - 3/6/08 at 07:21 AM

i tyhink it was made by a very skillfull person and wish mine will be a 10th as good as his i will be happy


scoop - 3/6/08 at 07:47 AM

That is nothing less than amazing. i wish it was mine


nick205 - 3/6/08 at 08:46 AM

Not my cup of tea TBH, but then again if it is his thang to clean and polish rather than fettle and drive then why not.

I too regularly find our cat asleep in the passenger footwell of the Indy, then I did put a bed in there for her


DIY Si - 3/6/08 at 03:51 PM

Can't see the point in that at all. The rear wheels don't even fill the arches properly either!
Also, why have a full CF floor, then go and cut holes in it for all the things that are meant to be above the damn thing?


t.j. - 3/6/08 at 07:35 PM

"Chrome won't bring ya home"

Nice but not my kind off car anymore.


Mark Allanson - 4/6/08 at 08:02 PM

All that shines is not gold!!

We have used this stuff, very good until you get really close

http://www.alsacorp.com/products/mirrachrome/mirrachrome.htm


Alan B - 4/6/08 at 10:46 PM

This may be controversial...but IS the workmanship sooo outstanding?

To me lots of expensive parts and expensive plating/polishing is not neccesarily quality workmanship.....many dubious details have already been picked on already...

Don't confuse bling with engineering.

I'm definitely in the "not for me" camp...


PaulBuz - 5/6/08 at 08:16 AM

As a show piece it's very nice. But as has already been said, completely impractical for the road.


jacko - 6/6/08 at 06:51 PM

Not as nice as Trev D 's car