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if you could buy any car in f/glass
mad-butcher - 4/4/11 at 08:42 AM

discussing this at work last night, if you could buy a fibreglass bodyshell of any car you liked, ( drawback is you'd have to make your own chassis ) what would it be.
I'd have a Metro 6r4 with a busa
tony

liam.mccaffrey - 4/4/11 at 08:59 AM

This is exactly what I'm doing wtih this car,

jossey - 4/4/11 at 09:03 AM

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Mr Whippy - 4/4/11 at 09:09 AM

why are you going to make me one...


nick205 - 4/4/11 at 09:25 AM

205 T16 for me please.

AWD of course and ideally I'd like one of those V8 Hayabusa based motors, mid mounted with twin turbochargers

alistairolsen - 4/4/11 at 10:41 AM

Bubble arched mk1 escort, done like the new Red Victor with the bumpers and all the detail moulded into the shell, done in carbon please.

Triton - 4/4/11 at 12:30 PM

Almost anything is possible as long as you have something to mould in the first place, beware copying though as that just aint cricket especially if it's something current.

I love the fact folk want a 'glass escort now the kit car industry has made them so damn expensive to buy even if you could find one... Ironic really using a Locost as a donor to make an Escort...wonder how long it will be before we have a 'glass RS500 Sierra based on an Indy, Mac1 etc...

Airhead - 4/4/11 at 01:09 PM

James - 4/4/11 at 01:48 PM

Without a shadow of a doubt:


Simply the Best
Simply the Best

James

contaminated - 4/4/11 at 01:52 PM

Triton - 4/4/11 at 02:54 PM

OOOOOOO the BMW gets my vote so far

whitestu - 4/4/11 at 03:29 PM

One of these please, with a supercharged 33 1.7 16v motor - I'd want a full glassfibre monocoque though.

1286 ti
1286 ti

DarrenW - 4/4/11 at 03:32 PM

For most cars a fibreglass version would be seen as a cheap alternative, however a fibreglass trabant would be a significant upgrade. Or after watching TG last night anything made by Lancia!

mad-butcher - 4/4/11 at 03:41 PM

Sure I remember seeing an rs500 bodyshell kit at Stafford or was it Donnington many years ago, Forgotten about the much loved Escort, Always loved the 6r4 but my god the T16 with that engine combination. Some very interesting choices so far

tony

coozer - 4/4/11 at 03:47 PM



http://www.oldfordautos.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/oldford?opendocument&part=9

Or, maybe a Reliant Scimitar with a 6 pot BMW diesel?

Triton - 4/4/11 at 04:23 PM

Hillman Imp full 'glass monoque with a screaming bike motor hiding in the back instead of imp motor would be natty

Rod Ends - 4/4/11 at 04:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by James
Without a shadow of a doubt:

Simply the Best
Simply the Best James

You're in luck!


Triton - 4/4/11 at 04:54 PM

Mini based Stimson minibug kitcar & fibreglass moulds on eBay (end time 12-Apr-11 16:48:30 BST)

Ninehigh - 4/4/11 at 05:33 PM

Couldn't say no to any choice here really, even the Trabant would be cool in a "not really" kind of way





With any motorbike 400/600cc lump to replace its own?

[Edited on 4/4/11 by Ninehigh]

Simon - 5/4/11 at 12:36 AM



ATB

Simon

whitestu - 5/4/11 at 06:45 AM

That R5 looks awesome! Great idea.

Stu

b14wrc - 5/4/11 at 11:04 AM

I would do either a Escort Cosworth or an Evo 6......

Body would be a mixture of glass and carbon

running twin engines, one in the front and one in the back!

Rob

nick205 - 5/4/11 at 11:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
That R5 looks awesome! Great idea.

Stu



Ditto - I think that might well have to be my 2nd choice after the T16 above

morcus - 5/4/11 at 10:51 PM

Either a Facel Vega Excellence or a Citreon SM.

How difficult would it be to build a fibre Glass replica of something from scratch?