"replia" silver arrow on TV
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Did anyone else catch the piece on the news about the "replica" silver arrow - which is in fact a scratch build based on a 2CV?
Thought it was great to see a scratch build making it onto the news, WTF are they doing calling it a replica?! Looks as similar to a Benz SA as my Xantia!
Having seen the car in the flesh, it's a great, nutty piece of engineering, but calling it a replica then showing the "real thing" made it look crap.
Thought it was great to see a scratch build making it onto the news, WTF are they doing calling it a replica?! Looks as similar to a Benz SA as my Xantia!
Having seen the car in the flesh, it's a great, nutty piece of engineering, but calling it a replica then showing the "real thing" made it look crap.
Chris71 said:
Nope. That's not Greg Murell's "Flyer" is it? Doesn't look at all like a silver arrow, but it's as close as any other 2CV based car I can think of. It looks more like a hot rod - think Cruella De Vil in miniature! (I think it's an awesome little design - no W154 though!)
Not that one (which is fantastic design work)pics of it here - http://www.slowcarclub.com/06-2cv-special.htm
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great fun, great use of a 2CV - just lousy reporting which (IMO) does nothing but make us home build enthusiasts look, well, a bit stupid. In no way shape or form is that a "replica"!
Can you spot the difference?
Edited by Davi on Monday 7th January 14:57
Davi said:
Chris71 said:
Nope. That's not Greg Murell's "Flyer" is it? Doesn't look at all like a silver arrow, but it's as close as any other 2CV based car I can think of. It looks more like a hot rod - think Cruella De Vil in miniature! (I think it's an awesome little design - no W154 though!)
Not that one (which is fantastic design work)pics of it here - http://www.slowcarclub.com/06-2cv-special.htm
or to save a click...
great fun, great use of a 2CV - just lousy reporting which (IMO) does nothing but make us home build enthusiasts look, well, a bit stupid. In no way shape or form is that a "replica"!
Can you spot the difference?
Edited by Davi on Monday 7th January 14:57
Chris71 said:
Jesus. Have to be honest that's er, not to my taste.
no styling could have been... better.
It actually looks a bit better in the flesh than in the pics. What I liked it for however is the madness of it and it certainly looked fun, though I really do hope he was being a little (OK, extremely) "enthusiastic" with his build costs (which entered 5 figures
) Going on past projects I reckon I could have had it on the road without getting into 4 figures.
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