Not mine but one that I have been following for a while. Up there with the long departed and missed Hugo the 240Z build.
This guys is building a car from nothing more than sheets of steel. And there is nothing basic about the design.
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9032
Ian F
UltimaDork
1/15/14 3:19 p.m.
Well... I can see I won't be getting anything done when I get home tonight...
RossD
PowerDork
1/15/14 3:26 p.m.
That primer looks like it was rendered.
Ransom
UberDork
1/15/14 3:34 p.m.
Bookmarked. Not sure when I should add reading that to my project list...
Ian F
UltimaDork
1/15/14 8:11 p.m.
Read all 28 pages.
I am in awe...
That he scratch-built this:
...from raw sheet metal just blows my mind about what is possible when building your own car.
nocones
SuperDork
1/15/14 8:38 p.m.
What really awes me is that he made it a 2nd time mirrored.
Metalmeet is a dangerous place.
nocones wrote:
What really awes me is that he made it a 2nd time mirrored.
Seriously. It's hard enough to get custom fiberglass fenders to match on both sides, let alone every bit of a totally custom-built sheetmetal assembly.
Ian F
UltimaDork
1/16/14 6:47 a.m.
When you read the whole thread, his father owns the shop so he essentially grew up doing this stuff and watching/helping his father since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
I'm sure a fair amount of natural talent doesn't hurt either...
Looks like he's making a Gumpert Apollo replica.
Ian F wrote:
When you read the whole thread, his father owns the shop so he essentially grew up doing this stuff and watching/helping his father since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
I'm sure a fair amount of natural talent doesn't hurt either...
Yeah...But then again I guess we all had to start somewhere eh? Probably would not make the collective feel much beter if I mentioned that this is his second car?
Keith Tanner wrote:
Metalmeet is a dangerous place.
It certainly has been for my savings acount!
This looks like the same build that I've been seeing on the Retro Rides site. Pretty amazing stuff.
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/157335/next-scratchbuilt-mid-engine-sports
GameboyRMH wrote:
Looks like he's making a Gumpert Apollo replica.
You're just looking at the inner body in the pics above. The outer is all compound curves, quite different from the Apollo.
DeadSkunk wrote:
This looks like the same build that I've been seeing on the Retro Rides site. Pretty amazing stuff.
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/157335/next-scratchbuilt-mid-engine-sports
Yup, I've been following it there as well. Great feelings of inadequacy follow each viewing.
NOHOME
Dork
1/16/14 11:19 a.m.
First of all, Dead Skunk..Like I really needed another build thread board to feed the addiction.
Just so you know we all come from humble starts, here is Nick's first effort at a scratch built car.
Regarding both builds: Such amazing sheet metal skills.
Regarding the first car: such a horrendously ugly design.
I wish I had one tenth of his sheet metal skills.
Here I was patting myself on the back for welding a piece of metal between two existing pieces of metal for a suspension brace.
I suck
Rufledt
SuperDork
1/16/14 4:22 p.m.
That's insane. No human should possess such skills.
I thought I was a car builder til I saw this!!!!
Holy E36 M3balls. There go the next four hours.
Should be time well spent...
Ian F
UltimaDork
1/19/14 11:16 a.m.
Cone_Junkie wrote:
Here I was patting myself on the back for welding a piece of metal between two existing pieces of metal for a suspension brace.
I suck
It's probably due to pure ignorance, but to me it's inspiring. It makes me think that what I want to do with my Volvo is entirely feasible.