The Bomber... Just another Impreza?

[pincher]

I was looking for this thread the other day - as others have said, any updates?

[Swampy1982]

in for the "update needed"

[Shadow R1]

He is still around, posting only a few days ago in another part of ph.

I would suggest this thread is locked until the op sees fit to update it.

[andygtt]

frayz said:

james_tigerwoods said:

Don't know if this has been asked before, but this looks like a ground up build - What is the legality of this - Will it need an SVA?

No it's the same as a WRC shell.

Im afraid thats not correct.

It's clearly not originally a WRC car so to be genuinely road legal it will have to pass IVA as the original registered chassis is heavily modified and you have posted pics all over the internet to that effect (DVLA rules are clear for cars like this).

However like thousands of other cars its unlikely DVLA will ever find out or inspect the car as your keeping the engine and thats a red flag to them so i suspect you can take the chance and just not inform them and run it as previous.

Wouldn't put it past DVLA now or the near future to have people scan build threads and put the cars on a "checklist" for inspection... they already look out for engine changes to trigger VOSA inspections (hence loads of cars being sold with huge engines etc that are still registered as 1.6's etc).... the rules are not new, its just they are starting to enforce them so be very careful.

[SN Muffin]

Just read the entire thread. Bookmarked. This is awesome.

[anonymous-user]

Hate to be “that guy” but Frayz any update on this?

Nice Cayman by the way.

[HHP]

Frayz, any update on this. It is one of my favourite builds on here 👌

[Swampy1982]

Gutted, this pooped up on my watch list and thought there was an update!

[Shadow R1]

Shadow R1 said:

I would suggest this thread is locked until the op sees fit to update it.

I still think the same.

[Scobblelotcher]

Just to tie this thread up, the shell is up for sale on Facebook under ‘Frayz engineering’

https://www.facebook.com/147872928591718/posts/213...

[HumanSteamroller]

What a shame. I wonder why?

[soad]

HumanSteamroller said:

What a shame. I wonder why?

Buy it then.

Just because he can/needs must. Nothing last forever, chap.

[HumanSteamroller]

soad said:

HumanSteamroller said:

What a shame. I wonder why?

Buy it then.

Just because he can/needs must. Nothing last forever, chap.

I can't afford it. Doesn't stop it being a shame, does it?

[MikeGoodwin]

Been following this for years. I'm sure since you were on cliosport.net even back then. Best looking impreza I've ever seen.

[frayz]

Thanks everyone,

Yes as they say all good things must come to an end. Basically i bought this as a standard car when i was 21 and now im 35 and my life has moved on. Ive got a 5 week old little girl now and a Cayman R and i just dont have the time, funds or inclination to finish the build. Maybe i should have stopped before converting the shell to a WRC replica.

I built it as a 576bhp home built supercar chaser, which id did in anger for 4 years before i started the last evolution of it. I've had some amazing times and met some amazing people along the way.

If anyone is genuinely interested i'll be parting out the whole build or selling as a complete project for £15k inc everything i own for it, shell, engine box, genuine WRC sachs dampers, Syvecs ECU etc etc

Thanks for the memories and support.

Serious enquiries by PM only.

Edited by frayz on Tuesday 19th February 19:44

[Swampy1982]

Thanks for the update and congrats on the new addition to the family.

This was one of my favourite build treads so thanks for sharing everything. Good luck with your new chapter.

[PorkRind]

What a spec, what a car.. Super car Consumer and b road legend!

[HumanSteamroller]

Yep, thanks for the update and good luck to you!

[frayz]

Thank you gents,

Its not the ending i wanted for the car but hey... life goes on.

[Scobblelotcher]

frayz said:

Thank you gents,

Its not the ending i wanted for the car but hey... life goes on.

Good luck in the future bud, you contributed a lot to the community and I’ve always loved reading about your work on the various forums.

Also congrats on the marriage and the sprog!