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marine boy said:
We had to cater for all sorts of strange cutomer requests such as structurally modifiying the chassis to fit houses for lucky buddist crystal elephants. Sort of like a spirtual rollcage when karma decides to turn on the driver at the exit of a high speed corner.
...that is a lovely story, so very George...flemke said:
marine boy said:
We had to cater for all sorts of strange cutomer requests such as structurally modifiying the chassis to fit houses for lucky buddist crystal elephants. Sort of like a spirtual rollcage when karma decides to turn on the driver at the exit of a high speed corner.
That particular car may have been a pain in the neck to make, but it was specified by a very decent guy and true petrolhead, so perhaps he deserves to be cut some slack, eh? 
It was just an example of the type of requests we would get above and beyond can I have an ash tray fitted please. I thought he had great taste in cars as his was painted aubergine, only time the paintshop were given a vegetable to match the colour of. He even had a buddism symbol painted on the doors and bonnet in very slight different shade so you could only just see it's outline if the caught the light right.
He was a rock star who turned up in jeans and t-shirt driving an old blacked out AMG Mercedes, with no entourage in tow, you don't get much cooler than that. Hell I even looked after his lad and taught him how to make carbon fibre ninja stars while he did a weeks work experience with us.
Edited by marine boy on Friday 23 July 23:57
Edited by marine boy on Saturday 24th July 00:04
flemke said:
marine boy said:
We had to cater for all sorts of strange cutomer requests such as structurally modifiying the chassis to fit houses for lucky buddist crystal elephants. Sort of like a spirtual rollcage when karma decides to turn on the driver at the exit of a high speed corner.
That particular car may have been a pain in the neck to make, but it was specified by a very decent guy and true petrolhead, so perhaps he deserves to be cut some slack, eh? Edited by Police State on Saturday 24th July 01:10
marine boy said:
flemke said:
marine boy said:
We had to cater for all sorts of strange cutomer requests such as structurally modifiying the chassis to fit houses for lucky buddist crystal elephants. Sort of like a spirtual rollcage when karma decides to turn on the driver at the exit of a high speed corner.
That particular car may have been a pain in the neck to make, but it was specified by a very decent guy and true petrolhead, so perhaps he deserves to be cut some slack, eh? It was just an example of the type of requests we would get above and beyond can I have an ash tray fitted please. I thought he had great taste in cars as his was painted aubergine, only time the paintshop were given a vegetable to match the colour of. He even had a buddism symbol painted on the doors and bonnet in very slight different shade so you could only just see it's outline if the caught the light right.
He was a rock star who turned up in jeans and t-shirt driving an old blacked out AMG Mercedes, with no entourage in tow, you don't get much cooler than that. Hell I even looked after his lad and taught him how to make carbon fibre ninja stars while he did a weeks work experience with us.
HereBeMonsters said:
DickyC said:
HereBeMonsters said:
the E-Type is one of the most awkward looking cars ever made.
Speak... I... the... but... can't... What..? Say that again.
I love 'em.
Peloton25 said:
marine boy - since Gordon let the cat out of the bag on the McLaren PGTB in his recent EVO magazine article is there anything you recall specifically about that car?
Surely that project must have been big news around the workshop.
>8^)
ER
This would be interesting to hear about...Surely that project must have been big news around the workshop.
>8^)
ER
flemke said:
marine boy said:
flemke said:
marine boy said:
We had to cater for all sorts of strange cutomer requests such as structurally modifiying the chassis to fit houses for lucky buddist crystal elephants. Sort of like a spirtual rollcage when karma decides to turn on the driver at the exit of a high speed corner.
That particular car may have been a pain in the neck to make, but it was specified by a very decent guy and true petrolhead, so perhaps he deserves to be cut some slack, eh? It was just an example of the type of requests we would get above and beyond can I have an ash tray fitted please. I thought he had great taste in cars as his was painted aubergine, only time the paintshop were given a vegetable to match the colour of. He even had a buddism symbol painted on the doors and bonnet in very slight different shade so you could only just see it's outline if the caught the light right.
He was a rock star who turned up in jeans and t-shirt driving an old blacked out AMG Mercedes, with no entourage in tow, you don't get much cooler than that. Hell I even looked after his lad and taught him how to make carbon fibre ninja stars while he did a weeks work experience with us.
Flemke, why do you think it happened? Do you know that it happened before with the factory car? Are you still brave enough to keep driving yours, or we can talk about the price?
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There'd been one more factory demo road car, wrecked by fire in the customer's test drive, the same way as #067, pictured. Imagine, the fire will melt the carbon doors and block them. There'll be no time at all to put on slippers, to get through your wife in bed and to run away to safe place. Could it happened they had fixed it and sold to the customer?
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