GTM Libra Restyling Concept

[Ferg]

Nice tries, but I won't bite twice.

[odyssey2200]

hmmm

GTM Libra.. hasn't that got a Fibreglass monocoque?

2 words


Stress Cracks!

[tomTVR]

Furyblade_Lee said:

I wouldn't quite agree that the Libra is "ugly"! Maybe only 90% pretty, but definately not ugly! In contrast, a TVR S3 does in fact look like my mother-in-law! And she aint pretty..... Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder. I could reel off about 40 ugly kit cars, but the Libra will not be one of them. It has not dated at all to my mind and is a credit to Richard Oaks.

I agree about the TVR but at least i can accept that and not kid myself. Besides i bought it for the noise!

[fuoriserie]

root 666 said:

Are those mk1 Cortina back lights?

Now,they really are design classics.

Lovely looking car but clearly no room for my zimmer.

Thanks......, but what is a zimmer ?
I like those Cortina lights.......it would be nice to see some digital alternatives

[ajprice]

A 'zimmer' is a zimmer frame, its a walking frame for old people!!

[fuoriserie]

ajprice said:

A 'zimmer' is a zimmer frame, its a walking frame for old people!!

Ok, I didn't know.......but do you need one ?

[dugt]

odyssey2200 said:

hmmm

GTM Libra.. hasn't that got a Fibreglass monocoque?

2 words


Stress Cracks!

my 1994 (ish) rossa has a fiberglass monocoque
and its fine

better than having it rust away

doug

[fuoriserie]

But what about the design idea sketches shown in the thread......

[ajprice]

I like the clear panel doors with the bar through the middle (maybe its reminding me of the door bars on a Crossblade ).

[fuoriserie]

ajprice said:

I like the clear panel doors with the bar through the middle (maybe its reminding me of the door bars on a Crossblade ).

That was exactly the idea, a door bar to protect from side intrusions, and clear polycarbonate glass, for more visibility......

[andy-xr]

I've not really seen any previous threads on this, so I have to ask...What are you doing with these drawings?

[fuoriserie]

andy-xr said:

I've not really seen any previous threads on this, so I have to ask...What are you doing with these drawings?

These were just my alternative design proposals, to what eventually got published on CKC....

[andy-xr]

OK, so to rephrase the question, whats your aim with them?

[fuoriserie]

andy-xr said:

OK, so to rephrase the question, whats your aim with them?

It would be nice to have something similar on the road, if its on a Libra chassis is fine, if otherwise it's fine too.

I can see different mid-engine chassis for those sketches..........are you interested ?

Edited by fuoriserie on Wednesday 10th December 21:53

[andy-xr]

Thanks, but no

Please dont think I'm knocking what you're doing, you've obviously spent a lot of time and effort on trying to develop an image from an existing chassis design. I'm just more curious as to why and what you're looking to get from them other than an image

I might have missed something along the way, so feel free to point me in the right direction. I dont read CKC as much as I used to, spending most of my free time fixing project/toys

[fuoriserie]

andy-xr said:

Thanks, but no . I'm just more curious as to why and what you're looking to get from them other than an image

I was asked to show some of my sketches of my gtm libra restyling proposal, and thought about posting some of the rough sketches I worked on.........nothing more than that really ......

Edited by fuoriserie on Wednesday 10th December 22:23