RE: Coachbuilt Beasts From The Decade Taste Forgot

[anniesdad]

The Koenig Testarossa was indeed "Da Shizzle" in it's day....240mph/1000bhp IIRC - not much change to now huh.

[TOM500]

Spotted by my anorak desk neighbour: That is not a 6 series BMW but a Merc SEC with gullwing doors. He's right.

[V8 TEJ]

RadoVR6 said:

I cant see it on that page but I think this is actually nice...

IIRC, that is a Reiger GTS bodykit which was available for lots of different cars in the late 80s/early 90s. Was seen as the bees knees in those days though complete with a set of Image split rims

That 600 merc above though, WTF! thats a Pullman, ruined. Ruined I say!

[Riggers]

TOM500 said:

Spotted by my anorak desk neighbour: That is not a 6 series BMW but a Merc SEC with gullwing doors. He's right.

no no - that's the Sbarro Shahin. The pic that refers to the 6 is the interior shot below

The outside of that car looks like this:

Nice, eh?

[TORQ]

As a kid at the motor show in Earls Court in the 80s one of the highlights was always the coachbuilt cars. Does anyone else remember seeing a 6 wheel range rover built for an Arab client which had a rag top roof and rear seats which extended upwards on hydraulic rams? The bench would rise above roof level so that the owner could launch his birds of prey whilst hunting.

A fairly elaborate way to go hunting with a hawk, gotta love it.

[TORQ]

Benny Saltstein said:

I had this book as a wee-lad, god knows where it is now and chock full of this kind of stuff.



The best I can remember was the mid engined Golf with the body raised to reveal the engine.

Great book! I also had it.

Found another similar one in the loft recently called Dream Cars. It was published by M&S full of stuff like this........

[TheOrangePeril]

Garlick said:

Me, with my 124. Yesterday.

[coanda]

Riggers said:

petrolsniffer said:

^^^^ I obviously have no taste either because i like that too

But that's the genius - these things manage to be hideous and wonderful at the same time...

That is the best bit of all - hideous and wonderful.

I like that 6 series, and I think I want Rainbow seats

[Skipppy]

h4muf said:

God,i'd love to tool about in this!



Pimp daddy

Didn't one of the early Transformer's look like this? (Jazz?)

[coanda]

Skipppy said:

h4muf said:

God,i'd love to tool about in this!



Pimp daddy

Didn't one of the early Transformer's look like this? (Jazz?)

I'm really jealous that somebody DID drive around in this car......

[anniesdad]

The Prognoviach had the best 911's in the '80's.

clicky

Until that pesky Condorman in his bloody kit car saved the world!

[soad]

anniesdad said:

Until that pesky Condorman in his bloody kit car saved the world!

Recall seeing that bit on telly somewhere long long time ago -
now my memory has been jogged up!

[Tin Hat]

I want the 928 targa

[Hoofty]

Skipppy said:

Didn't one of the early Transformer's look like this? (Jazz?)

Yes indeed. Original Jazz was a proper 935 turbo in Martini colours.



Which is a terrible disguise, if you think about it.

I've got a copy of Dream Cars somewhere too. The BB porsches were all brilliant.

[Schmeeky]

TORQ said:

Great book! I also had it.

Found another similar one in the loft recently called Dream Cars. It was published by M&S full of stuff like this........

Snap! That was a great book, still got my copy! My favorite was the Styling Garage MB 500 (p 188), stretched AND widened!

[bosscerbera]

Great web site!

I still have my copy of "Extraordinary Automobiles" too.

I recently acquired a set of these original Lorinser wheels for my W126.

[petergrimsdale]

As good an argument as any for the uprisings in the M East. Hard to imagine any of these behemoths were paid for with legit earnings.

[Stuart]

bosscerbera said:

I recently acquired a set of these original Lorinser wheels for my W126.

And I'll bet that the Duchess looks stately on them. Pictures please!

[Fulla]

Garlick said:

Me, with my 124. Yesterday.

It's Hammer time!

[bosscerbera]

Stuart said:

bosscerbera said:

I recently acquired a set of these original Lorinser wheels for my W126.

And I'll bet that the Duchess looks stately on them. Pictures please!

Just the bodywork left to do now; interior done; undercrackers done; most of the panels accumulated