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Title: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: Papabear on June 04, 2008, 06:25:57 PM
“Modern”
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1949

and

 “Old school”
http://www.thecheatersgang.com/xav34.htm

I prefer the old school.
Both have their own talents, but to make that coupe from a four-door… Wow!
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: john9001 on June 04, 2008, 07:29:27 PM
that first one is amazing, they took a ugly car and with allot of hard work made it even uglier.
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on June 04, 2008, 10:27:44 PM
First one should be called Bugs Bunny. :lol Anyway, even if it does require skills, I'm not impressed by swamping an existing car in "foam" and shaving it off for a custom shape. As far as the number 2 car, metal work is surely not easy, but you kick in a tree and there's 20 of those chop/cut/rebuild falling.

What knocks me out is those guys, that start from a drawing on a napkin and build the whole dam thing from ground. BTW, the front grill is made of glass  :eek: in house.

(http://blastolene.com/B702/images/760.jpg)

(http://blastolene.com/B702/images/761.jpg)
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: moot on June 04, 2008, 10:31:58 PM
If only we lived twice as long.. we could have a dozen years at least, doing nothing but pet projects like that.
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: lazs2 on June 05, 2008, 08:30:52 AM
moot.. that is why you teach the kids.   If we lived twice as long.. most people would use the time to build wealth and to make sure that everyone else needed to work till they were worn out.

lazs
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: Fishu on June 05, 2008, 09:36:15 AM
What knocks me out is those guys, that start from a drawing on a napkin and build the whole dam thing from ground. BTW, the front grill is made of glass  :eek: in house.

That just isn't going to work in Europe if you want a road legal car. Thanks to the EU directives a certain amount of the original body must exist. Otherwise it's a new car build that needs to meet a whole bunch of EU directives and pass a bunch of checks. Lot's of paperwork and cash involved. This pretty much keeps all the small timers out of the way of the big automotive corporations.
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: Jappa52 on June 05, 2008, 11:45:45 AM
Don't know how fun it would be to ride but it sure looks cool

(http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Photos/Jesse_Jame_Aero_Bike.jpg)

(http://es.motorfull.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/radial-hell-2.jpg)

(http://es.motorfull.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/radial-hell-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: Papabear on June 05, 2008, 01:30:59 PM
The radial engine bike is quite interesting. Again, there is some talent there.

As for having two lifetimes for pet projects… I don’t know if even then I would tackle a project like any of these. I would think I could put that extra time to better use! Perhaps I could spend it putting thousands upon thousands of post on an internet bulletin board… Hmmm.
Title: Re: Two approaches to making a custom car…
Post by: john9001 on June 05, 2008, 02:45:37 PM
that motorcycle was not made to ride, it was made for the "gee-aww" guys.