Badly modified cars thread Mk2

[AstonZagato]

We have a winner:

[Captain Smerc]

That is very wrong .

[lucido grigio]

I like the BMW pickup that Chaos posted.

Shame that these are subject to IVA,making way more red tape to do such conversions.

Always been partial to a cut down car to pickup.

[justanother5tar]

lucido grigio said:

I like the BMW pickup that Chaos posted.

Yeah, me too.

Slam it on the floor and I'd happily drive it.

[aka_kerrly]

lucido grigio said:

I like the BMW pickup that Chaos posted.

Shame that these are subject to IVA,making way more red tape to do such conversions.

Always been partial to a cut down car to pickup.

I'm quite a fan of pickup conversions to. However the whole point of the IVA is to inspect & ensure that a rebuilt car is of a high enough standard to be safe to use on the road. If it's a good enough build getting an IVA is a relatively painless 1 off experience and then you'd be able to just MOT the car on a ongoing basis. I suspect though that chopping the roof of a BMW an welding a bit of 206 bootlid to fill part of a hole and leaving 2/3 the roof/boot area exposed hasn't done a great deal to improve the structure of a 30year old car:-(

[generationx]

AstonZagato said:

We have a winner:

Christ is that real? If so is it really an Aston?

Oh the horror...

[STO]

justanother5tar said:

Yeah, me too.

Slam it on the floor and I'd happily drive it.

Me too but, they should have used a more angular tail gate, like a mk 1 golf maybe.

[e21Mark]

shakotan said:

ChemicalChaos said:

Is that a 206 rear hatch on the back of this tastefully modified BMW?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/282374637058?_mwBanner=1

Advert indicates its currently not MOT'd, and has probably been de-registered by the DVLA for failing to undergo an IVA test under the Radically Altered Vehicle scheme.

Nasty surprise for the new owner, no doubt.

£2.5K?

[BarbaricAvatar]

generationx said:

AstonZagato said:

We have a winner:

Christ is that real? If so is it really an Aston?

Oh the horror...

I'd put money on that being a replica. Many bits are wrong for it to be a DB5 underneath all the st.

[AstonZagato]

BarbaricAvatar said:

generationx said:

AstonZagato said:

We have a winner:

Christ is that real? If so is it really an Aston?

Oh the horror...

I'd put money on that being a replica. Many bits are wrong for it to be a DB5 underneath all the st.

There's a thread running on it in the Aston section. Allegedly the photo was taken at the Aston Workshop in Beamish and the car belongs to a Saudi prince. He supposedly has multiple other Astons including a DB5 convertible.

[Agent XXX]

Would this count?

[ambuletz]

^might want to post a link that works.

[mgtony]

AstonZagato said:

We have a winner:

"Please do not touch the car". It's a bit late to put that sign in the window.

[shakotan]

aka_kerrly said:

lucido grigio said:

I like the BMW pickup that Chaos posted.

Shame that these are subject to IVA,making way more red tape to do such conversions.

Always been partial to a cut down car to pickup.

I'm quite a fan of pickup conversions to. However the whole point of the IVA is to inspect & ensure that a rebuilt car is of a high enough standard to be safe to use on the road. If it's a good enough build getting an IVA is a relatively painless 1 off experience and then you'd be able to just MOT the car on a ongoing basis. I suspect though that chopping the roof of a BMW an welding a bit of 206 bootlid to fill part of a hole and leaving 2/3 the roof/boot area exposed hasn't done a great deal to improve the structure of a 30year old car:-(

Actually, it isn't. There isn't any part of the IVA test that actually addresses any sort of structural integrity at all.

However, if you've gone to the trouble of spending amounts of time and money building something you want, a £600 test isn't the end of the world. PLus you don't need an MOT for 3 years like other 'newly registered' vehicles.

[dudleybloke]

[HedgeyGedgey]

Who's bidding on this

[phazed 11.83]

Oh my. That is someones pride and joy.......

I feel very sad.

[gwc1997]

HedgeyGedgey said:

Who's bidding on this

I'm sure that's put on eBay every other week without ever been sold!

[bomb]

AstonZagato said:

BarbaricAvatar said:

generationx said:

AstonZagato said:

We have a winner:

Christ is that real? If so is it really an Aston?

Oh the horror...

I'd put money on that being a replica. Many bits are wrong for it to be a DB5 underneath all the st.

There's a thread running on it in the Aston section. Allegedly the photo was taken at the Aston Workshop in Beamish and the car belongs to a Saudi prince. He supposedly has multiple other Astons including a DB5 convertible.

Thats correct. I have seen this car, and it is a genuine Aston, and its had the very best of Aston Workshop treatment.

[PorkInsider]

C63 Black Series

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/replica-c63-black-series...