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[biggbn]

romft123 said:

biggbn said:

romft123 said:

The " faux Ferrari" guy.....Can you believe the BS he came out with......Its not a "tribute" at all you wazzock. Its a feckin BMW with a bit of bent metal on top.

Tribute is the name of the kit manufacturer. Wazzock you say?

Yes and he knows exactly that he is NOT using the "Tribute" as the manufacturer but as a tribute to ferrari....he is a wazzock.

Surely it IS a Tribute to the Ferrari both metaphorically and literally? Hey man, this upsets you, that's cool. Each to their own. Have a wonderful day, gbn x

[V8 Animal]

Fordson is a tribute?

[romft123]

biggbn said:

romft123 said:

biggbn said:

romft123 said:

The " faux Ferrari" guy.....Can you believe the BS he came out with......Its not a "tribute" at all you wazzock. Its a feckin BMW with a bit of bent metal on top.

Tribute is the name of the kit manufacturer. Wazzock you say?

Yes and he knows exactly that he is NOT using the "Tribute" as the manufacturer but as a tribute to ferrari....he is a wazzock.

Surely it IS a Tribute to the Ferrari both metaphorically and literally? Hey man, this upsets you, that's cool. Each to their own. Have a wonderful day, gbn x

Arent you the car owner?

[biggbn]

romft123 said:

biggbn said:

romft123 said:

biggbn said:

romft123 said:

The " faux Ferrari" guy.....Can you believe the BS he came out with......Its not a "tribute" at all you wazzock. Its a feckin BMW with a bit of bent metal on top.

Tribute is the name of the kit manufacturer. Wazzock you say?

Yes and he knows exactly that he is NOT using the "Tribute" as the manufacturer but as a tribute to ferrari....he is a wazzock.

Surely it IS a Tribute to the Ferrari both metaphorically and literally? Hey man, this upsets you, that's cool. Each to their own. Have a wonderful day, gbn x

Arent you the car owner?

I should be so lucky man, I drive an old 115k mile Mini and will keep doing so hopefully for another 115k miles!! I just hold a different opinion to you, and it would be a pretty dull forum if we didn't differ!

Edited by biggbn on Friday 29th March 20:05

[pingu393]

vixen1700 said:

pingu393 said:

Tribute make 507 looky likeys.

Ah right, I didn't know that.

A quick search brings up a build thread on the first of their '507's



Don't mind a change of body style like this, it kind of has a 507 look, it's not trying to be something else (Ferrari) and is better looking than a Z3. . Lower and exaggerate it a bit, change the colour and interior and it could actually look quite cool.

Build thread...

https://www.zroadster.org/threads/507-tribute-buil...

[Doofus]

If the BMW/250 GT was reserved at £22k, why did Derek make such a fuss about the winning bid of £23k being 'provisional'?

[Red9zero]

The "Ferrari" also had SUV tyres in it. I assume for the age appropriate profile sidewall, but seemed an odd detail to miss.

[Smollet]

Doofus said:

If the BMW/250 GT was reserved at £22k, why did Derek make such a fuss about the winning bid of £23k being 'provisional'?

He's done that before. Old age setting in perhaps

[biggbn]

pingu393 said:

biggbn said:

pingu393 said:

biggbn said:

It had the Tribute badge on it, the new owner made the point that he's not trying to pass it off as anything else. Reqlly don't see the problem. It actually looked like a nice car, decent proportions, nice interior. Still, each to their own.

It had the Ferrari name on the rear and there are prancing horses all over it, as well as a Ferrari badge on the front.

Alongside one that clearly says Tribute. Hey, each to their own. It's a Tribute car, and a good one for the money. I can see your point if there was nothing suggesting it was a 'fake' but it was on the back panel, clear as day.

I do wonder about all of this, some restorations have a tiny percentage of 'original' metal in them...they are surely also fake? Eagle E types and the like? Built from donor cars and modernised...restomods? Modern engines etc... I've always been of the mind that once you buys something, you don't owe anybody anything, it's yours to do what you want with, so I've no problem with any of the above, or kit cars, fakes, replicas whatever. Each to their own.

I 100% agree. I bought my mate's crashed car and reshelled it with a fibreglass dress .

I made the conscious choice not to put any badges on it. It's up to anyone who sees it to guess what it is. It does say BMW M POWER on the cam cover, though .

That sounds an absolute blast man, enjoy

[andyA700]

pingu393 said:

andyA700 said:

I liked the red Tribute car, but I think this is how it should have been done. The larger engine, the seats and particularly the wheels make a huge difference.

https://www.carscoops.com/2022/06/is-this-bmw-z3-b...

Check out my garage . If you want ooomph, you need M ooomph

That looks very nice and 100% practical. Nice wheels on it as well.

[andyA700]

biggbn said:

pingu393 said:

biggbn said:

It had the Tribute badge on it, the new owner made the point that he's not trying to pass it off as anything else. Reqlly don't see the problem. It actually looked like a nice car, decent proportions, nice interior. Still, each to their own.

It had the Ferrari name on the rear and there are prancing horses all over it, as well as a Ferrari badge on the front.

Alongside one that clearly says Tribute. Hey, each to their own. It's a Tribute car, and a good one for the money. I can see your point if there was nothing suggesting it was a 'fake' but it was on the back panel, clear as day.

I do wonder about all of this, some restorations have a tiny percentage of 'original' metal in them...they are surely also fake? Eagle E types and the like? Built from donor cars and modernised...restomods? Modern engines etc... I've always been of the mind that once you buys something, you don't owe anybody anything, it's yours to do what you want with, so I've no problem with any of the above, or kit cars, fakes, replicas whatever. Each to their own.

I totally agree with your post, particulalry the last paragragh. I saw one of the Noble P4 replicas back in 1990 and had a good chat with the owner, it was one of the most stunning cars I have ever seen.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[carl_w]

I quite liked the Tribute 250GT but why on earth didn't they start with a 6-pot Z3?

[zeb]

I quite liked the tribute car, clearly a lot of work went into it but it wasn’t something I’d want however. It’s clearly not masquerading as anything else so why the haters.? If the new owner likes it then that’s all that matters.

[Jordie Barretts sock]

zeb said:

I quite liked the tribute car, clearly a lot of work went into it but it wasn’t something I’d want however. It’s clearly not masquerading as anything else so why the haters.? If the new owner likes it then that’s all that matters.

It's not masquerading as anything else? Err, yes it is. It's masquerading as a Ferrari.

Otherwise it would look like what it is, a poverty spec Z3.

[daqinggregg]

Geoff-agmsd said:

That one was owned by me , i did the interior work , the dealer who bought it off me put the badges on , https://www.carscoops.com/2022/06/is-this-bmw-z3-b... .

Is it the same car? The registration numbers are different.

[Geoff-agmsd]

Yes it is the same car i kept the personal reg when i sold it .

[Randy Winkman]

biggbn said:

pingu393 said:

biggbn said:

It had the Tribute badge on it, the new owner made the point that he's not trying to pass it off as anything else. Reqlly don't see the problem. It actually looked like a nice car, decent proportions, nice interior. Still, each to their own.

It had the Ferrari name on the rear and there are prancing horses all over it, as well as a Ferrari badge on the front.

Alongside one that clearly says Tribute. Hey, each to their own. It's a Tribute car, and a good one for the money. I can see your point if there was nothing suggesting it was a 'fake' but it was on the back panel, clear as day.

I do wonder about all of this, some restorations have a tiny percentage of 'original' metal in them...they are surely also fake? Eagle E types and the like? Built from donor cars and modernised...restomods? Modern engines etc... I've always been of the mind that once you buys something, you don't owe anybody anything, it's yours to do what you want with, so I've no problem with any of the above, or kit cars, fakes, replicas whatever. Each to their own.

Exactly. I quite liked it whereas a Z3 is hideous. In my view one of the ugliest cars ever.

[biggbn]

Randy Winkman said:

Exactly. I quite liked it whereas a Z3 is hideous. In my view one of the ugliest cars ever.

I love the z3 man!!

[daqinggregg]

Geoff-agmsd said:

Yes it is the same car i kept the personal reg when i sold it .

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

[CooperD]

I didn't realise that the Tribute Ferrari chap was the White Rover guy. I remember that episode. Must have been a few years between the episodes.