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Post by RMB » Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:50 pm

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Post by Neens76 » Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:47 pm

I don’t know if I like it or not but you have to give him kudos for maximum effort

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Post by Pondrew » Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:50 am

Saw this linked recently. It was a classified ad....the price was £99,999.00! :o :o :o
I wonder what the reserve is now?
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Post by Vanne » Mon Feb 03, 2025 1:25 am

Aww sad to see this up for sale. Pretty awesome job he has done so far i must say.
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Post by Meds » Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:37 pm

Yes this guy documented his progress on the FB Z4 groups. Initially he got a load of flack (from the typical FB morons) but once the project progressed people noticed the huge amount of skill and time put into this, the opinions changed and the haters disapeared.
Many folk didn't approve the 'Z' side profile being removed.
That's a serious amount of work involved. The carbon work looks faultless.
It's a hard sell, though, being an auto, too.
The guy used it to showcase his work for fture projects.
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Post by Pondrew » Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:49 pm

Meds wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:37 pm Yes this guy documented his progress on the FB Z4 groups. Initially he got a load of flack (from the typical FB morons) but once the project progressed people noticed the huge amount of skill and time put into this, the opinions changed and the haters disapeared.
Many folk didn't approve the 'Z' side profile being removed.
That's a serious amount of work involved. The carbon work looks faultless.
It's a hard sell, though, being an auto, too.
The guy used it to showcase his work for fture projects.
I read from the ad that there is still a lot of work to do to finish it. So it needs someone who knows about building/ restoring cars which makes the sell even harder IMO.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.

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Post by Zedebee » Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:27 pm

Pondrew wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:49 pm I read from the ad that there is still a lot of work to do to finish it. So it needs someone who knows about building/ restoring cars
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Post by coldel » Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:35 pm

Personally a no from me. Would have been better if they took an E86 and made the targa from that somehow. The rear arches look terribly out of proportion to the rest of the car.
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Post by Ed Doe » Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:32 pm

It's not my cuppa, but fair play there's a LOT of work gone into that.

It's got a lot of Ferrari 812 Superfast cues in the rear-end (ooh-errr matron!). It doesn't quite work for me, but fair play, someone's gone to a lot of effort!
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Post by Meds » Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:40 pm

Love the front bumper.
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Post by Jollygiant » Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:08 pm

Meds wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:40 pm Love the front bumper.
That's the best part. Oh and he's taken too much off that steering wheel IMHO.
I saw him building on one of the FB pages and there is lot of filler in it and its big no from me, I never said anything as each to their own and if he's happy with it good on him.

Quite why he's selling it now I don't know, it's cost him a fortune in making moulds etc.

I actually left said FB page as he was posting pics of several times a day and it got annoying.

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Post by Worcester_spoon » Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:22 pm

Admire the effort, dislike the output. Looks like a Zed that’s eaten too many pies.
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Post by Pondrew » Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:32 pm

Zedebee wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:27 pm
Pondrew wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:49 pm I read from the ad that there is still a lot of work to do to finish it. So it needs someone who knows about building/ restoring cars
:poke:
Yep. I am definitely out then. :lol:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:32 pm

I can appreciate it must have taken loads of time, effort and money to get it to that stage, but I'm not really a fan of how it looks.

In any case you'd have to be pretty brave to take on an unfinished one-off project!
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Post by BumpyZ4 » Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:49 pm

I like the dash with the A/C vents lower and the touchscreen radio on top.
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