Mooncraft Koshiden Gt

Mooncraft Koshiden Gt

Author
Discussion

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
What do you guys think of this Mooncraft one-off sportscar ? and you wouldn't believe on what platform chassis it's based..smile




Edited by fuoriserie on Monday 26th May 14:39

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
rear view...



fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
a few more......smile





Gingerbread Man

9,173 posts

215 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Bit to bubbley.

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Gingerbread Man said:
Bit to bubbley.
more of a 60's design.....with 90's technology

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
a few more images......









fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
and this car has something to do with it..........smile





Ferg

15,242 posts

259 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Don't like that at all, Italo.

But by coincidence a friend of mine who is building a Triumph Stag Coupe has used the rear window from the same donor car to weld into his hardtop......

Must be something about the little things!! smile

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Ferg said:
Don't like that at all, Italo.

But by coincidence a friend of mine who is building a Triumph Stag Coupe has used the rear window from the same donor car to weld into his hardtop......

Must be something about the little things!! smile
Ferg
it's a very creative design though, how many Suzuki Alto 650cc rebodies have you seen ?...smile

What car has that same rear window?, I was trying to figure it out !

Edited by fuoriserie on Monday 26th May 15:26

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Design and Build process images..















fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all








fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
last images.....






Davi

17,153 posts

222 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
I'm trying to find something I like about it.

...









No, Unfortunately I'm failing miserably. Truly awful. Only made worse by the fact that the donor would leave it as impotent as it looks.

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Davi said:
I'm trying to find something I like about it.

...









No, Unfortunately I'm failing miserably. Truly awful. Only made worse by the fact that the donor would leave it as impotent as it looks.
The donor has a turbo engine.......and should be pretty light, without the rear seats....biggrin

cptsideways

13,578 posts

254 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Errr thats hidous, maybe if it was the 50's it might be passable. Like the donor car though!

Joe T

487 posts

226 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Looks like a lot of work with the donor, shame they couldnt lengthen the front profile a bit, or make the nose a bit more pointed, less stubby.
The rear looks a bit long, reminds me of the Opel GT.
Got to say though seen a lot worse, I wonder what it weighs.

Cheers

Joe T

Fran Hall

135 posts

213 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Looks a little Costin Nathan.ish.....

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Joe T said:
Looks like a lot of work with the donor, shame they couldnt lengthen the front profile a bit, or make the nose a bit more pointed, less stubby.
The rear looks a bit long, reminds me of the Opel GT.
Got to say though seen a lot worse, I wonder what it weighs.

Cheers

Joe T
Joe,
I agree with you, they could have made the proportions a little more balanced.

These are the dimensions:

Italo






Edited by fuoriserie on Monday 26th May 18:32

stig mills

1,208 posts

208 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
Thanx for going to all that trouble posting Italo.
I would assume that if its a one-off then its pleasing to the eye of the designer. Not something that would appeal to the mainstream kit buyer possibly but none the less it looks a quality job and done to someones personal taste. I always enjoy hearing people putting cars in pidgeon holes. "It looks like this or that", "reminds me of x etc". In this case I'm having trouble finding a comparison. Is that a good thing? If its not comparable then it must be unique which is hard to achieve. Well done that man!

fuoriserie

Original Poster:

4,560 posts

271 months

Monday 26th May 2008
quotequote all
stig mills said:
Thanx for going to all that trouble posting Italo.
I would assume that if its a one-off then its pleasing to the eye of the designer. Not something that would appeal to the mainstream kit buyer possibly but none the less it looks a quality job and done to someones personal taste. I always enjoy hearing people putting cars in pidgeon holes. "It looks like this or that", "reminds me of x etc". In this case I'm having trouble finding a comparison. Is that a good thing? If its not comparable then it must be unique which is hard to achieve. Well done that man!
A link to the build :

http://www.mooncraft.jp/yuratakuya/garage/koshiden...

and from what I gather from the website, but can't read or understand japanese, it's a one-off bespoke sportscar.