Building Big Cars…

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- May 23, 2003 at 12:40 pm #10789
  KittyKatSmack
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  We thought building little cars was hard, check these blokes in Poland out!!!!!!
  
  http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=848531
- May 23, 2003 at 12:53 pm #29464
  barto_85
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  wow, that is great, excellent job on that car. looks awesome now.
- May 23, 2003 at 12:57 pm #29404
  micro_Amps
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  Pretty amazing work, I cant believe he didnt pull the engine out and do the engine bay too !!
  What a pitty, such a great car and you open the bonnet to severe dissapointment. Just a plastic cover over all the old crap.
  Workmanship like that body work is hard to find, and when you do it is VERY expensive. This guy obviously has money to burn and doesnt car that his car is a fake. Call me silly, and its a great car, but I think I’d prefer the real mccoy.
  I have a photo album full of his kind of stuff after spending 7 years doing a bare-metal rebuild of a 60’s sports car. Alot depends on the quality of those that do the work for you. Good fun at the end of it all tho.
  :)uA
- May 23, 2003 at 1:02 pm #39547
  KittyKatSmack
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  I think they did a lot of it themselves….
  
  So the end result of cost is surprisingly low, compared to the real mcoy!
  
  And agree on the engine bay… but I think the plan is to not let anyone get that close to it LOL
  
  Still….. I don’t think I would have the patience for it! The mods on my car, and future plans are certainly not that grand, nor would I put up with having the car off the road for that long.
  
  Would love to see some of your pics Micro Amps, show us your car please?
- May 23, 2003 at 1:39 pm #29312
  micro_Amps
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  Yeh, I will put one in my new member gallery, as soon as I get some sorted.
  uA
- May 23, 2003 at 2:02 pm #29315
  KittyKatSmack
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  w00t!
- May 23, 2003 at 2:20 pm #29316
  SurfmyStrat
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  thats nice, of course you can tell that guy had a lot of time in his hands:smiley2:
- May 23, 2003 at 5:34 pm #29271
  KittyKatSmack
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  Well what else are you going to do in Poland besides freeze???
  
  And drink Blackcurrent flavoured Polish Vodski!
  
  Da Da Darlink!
- May 23, 2003 at 5:44 pm #29272
  GT-ahh
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  pity it wouldnt have all the elecetronics / safety features tho.
- May 26, 2003 at 5:49 pm #29131
  jamiekulhanek
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  Yeah, i would feel like a major try hard with that car. It is really just an old car that’s been given a facelift. None of Mercedes’s sophisticated electronics and systems.
- May 26, 2003 at 7:51 pm #29146
  Shypo
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  I seriously cant believe they left the engine bay.. Goddam that is just, Grrr
  and why the hell is the back so high off the ground!!!
- May 26, 2003 at 11:15 pm #29161
  barto_85
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  yeah that sucks, I couldn’t drive it with the knowledge that its a home rebuild.
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