V8 Retro classic ground up rebuild

[cwin]

uremaw said:

Two things.

(a) the video works

(b) oh my god that is awesome. Huge respect. You've created a beautiful monster.

Thank you,,,

[Bebee]

cwin said:

hopefull this link will work,,,

https://youtu.be/zqQf36lQDJQ

Cheers for posting that, superb, sounds like a Spitfire........... and not of the Triumph kind.

[arn22110]

Superb work Craig!

[andy43]

Another video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLaLiPAnkj4

I take back my comment about trying to weigh the back end down to improve traction. You haven't got a hope
That sounds evil.

[cwin]

andy43 said:

Another video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLaLiPAnkj4

I take back my comment about trying to weigh the back end down to improve traction. You haven't got a hope
That sounds evil.

TBH, it puts its power down really well, a wet sap covered drive is not the best for grip,

My son has a supercharged Atom that he instructs in and this will leave it in a standing start, I'm going to have to go stiffer on the rear springs as I can sit the back box on the floor in the first 3 gears.

The guy who live mapped it was impressed at the way it put its power down and did a small write up, I'll try to find the link,

[M3ax]

What a beautiful beast! I want it for commuting purposes...

[scottos]

Oh wow, what a machine! You've got the look of it spot on too, very subtle still.

Saw the pics of DT's facebook page so im happy to have seen this thread!

[Rocket.]

Congrats on getting it all done, what an awesome bit of kit.

If you do ever want to sell please pm me.(preferably in about 5 years time when the kids all done with uni !)

Edited by Rocket. on Thursday 25th January 20:47

[cwin]

Thanks for all the comments guys,, last few pictures I found, pondering now if to sell it or not ?

[cjm]

That looks great!!

[induction]

Your name seems familiar ,didnt do some dragracing years ago did you ,

[cwin]

induction said:

Your name seems familiar ,didnt do some dragracing years ago did you ,

I did a long time ago in the vwdrc.

[fourfoldroot]

I love the debumpered look. When i did mine I made up some rubber plugs for the rear bumper iron holes. Also went for the stick on front number plate, it's possibly not legal. Because the number plate lights are in the bumper over riders I found some little Led securing bolts which fulfills the lighting requirement.

[cwin]

fourfoldroot said:

I love the debumpered look. When i did mine I made up some rubber plugs for the rear bumper iron holes. Also went for the stick on front number plate, it's possibly not legal. Because the number plate lights are in the bumper over riders I found some little Led securing bolts which fulfills the lighting requirement.

Looks great, I was undecided when I came to choosing a colour but glad I picked BRG in the end..

[cwin]

scottos said:

Oh wow, what a machine! You've got the look of it spot on too, very subtle still.

Saw the pics of DT's facebook page so im happy to have seen this thread!

Who is DT, Scott ?

[Tazio77]

Think he means the DynoTorque pages Craig.

[daniel-5zjw7]

[quote=cwin]Thanks for all the comments guys,, last few pictures I found, pondering now if to sell it or not ?

Out of interest what sort of price would you ask for it? Must be relatively tricky to value!

[cwin]

daniel-5zjw7]win said:

Thanks for all the comments guys,, last few pictures I found, pondering now if to sell it or not ?

Out of interest what sort of price would you ask for it? Must be relatively tricky to value!

Good question...and you are correct something like this is always difficult to value. Before I built it I decided i wanted a really nice V8 convertible for summer ride outs and even for the odd Euro trip.. i considerd a nicely built cobra replica but I've built kit cars before and no matter how nice you build them they are still kit cars.
A decent Cobra replica is around 45- 50k and some considerably more.
I think this is much nicer and certainly drives nicer ( I've driven both ) so i think it's value is around 45 k considering it's not just a engine swapped old car and has had a full body off restoration with all new parts..

What do you think ?

Edited by cwin on Tuesday 30th January 17:50

[cwin]

I've decided I'm going to sell this in spring time to make way for a new project, if you know anyone who may be interested it will be in the classifieds soon.

[Rocket.]

Damn, too soon for me sadly but GLWTS.