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Sammy
post Nov 27 2004, 03:46 PM
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I got nothing against wild body kits especicially well done ones like in that link, I just hate the part where they pretend to be a ferrari. What the heck is wrong will being a really wildly modified NSX?
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post Nov 27 2004, 05:01 PM
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I've been looking at the 308 GTS...dunno what happened but I've developed a sudden craving for a Ferrari...and I've never, ever had one... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

The 308, in fact most of the whole 3 series cars should not be considered.

You will only be laughed at by the Rarri crowd, called Magnum, and the clutch job would make most of a 3.6 914 project.

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post Nov 27 2004, 05:16 PM
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I saw a Fierrorari (Testarossa style) yesterday. It was heinous.

But I also saw quite a few real ones this week. 360's, 456GT's, Daytona, Dino... schweet
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post Nov 27 2004, 06:00 PM
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Truelly impressive work. I dont care for it... but they used foam and shaped it before making a mold. Lost of good idea's on how to do stuff from those pics.

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post Nov 29 2004, 04:51 PM
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QUOTE(redshift @ Nov 27 2004, 03:01 PM)
QUOTE(Air_Cooled_Nut @ Nov 27 2004, 04:40 AM)
I've been looking at the 308 GTS...dunno what happened but I've developed a sudden craving for a Ferrari...and I've never, ever had one... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

The 308, in fact most of the whole 3 series cars should not be considered.

You will only be laughed at by the Rarri crowd, called Magnum, and the clutch job would make most of a 3.6 914 project.

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Just sold my 308 Ferrari ..... no one laughed, and the 'Magnum' car is still considered to be one of the best designs yet. Main problem with owning one is you have zero privacy....it draws crowds like a magnet.

For the price of a timing belt/clutch/flywheel job on a 308 you could buy several 914-6 cars. Nothing sounds as nice as a Ferrari engine @ redline, but the -6 I was in was mighty impressive too.

Given the choice I would go with an updated 914-6, say 3.0 or larger with modified brakes and suspension over a 308, while the build quality of the 308 is superb, the performance and handeling of the upgraded 914 would outperform the 308.

Also you haven't experienced Hell until you've driven cross-country in summer in a 308!
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post Nov 29 2004, 08:00 PM
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[quote=MarkG,Nov 29 2004, 02:51 PM] [QUOTE=redshift,Nov 27 2004, 03:01 PM] ...Also you haven't experienced Hell until you've driven cross-country in summer in a 308! [/quote]
I've driven cross-country...twice! in my air-cooled Squareback in 100ยบ+ temps, including Dallas, Texas, and their 6 (or 8?) lanes of highway rush-hour traffic that moves slightly slower than molasses in sub-zero weather...I know what driving hell is like and I laugh in it's face (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Any way, from the amount of traffic that goes on in the Ferrari forum there isn't such distaste for the 308. Like the 914 it leaves you with wanting more of the marque (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

But after emailing with MarkG I think I'll stick to investing in my 914 to get her into a more operable status and get the 308 at a later date. And I don't care what other people think; all of the Ferraris are gorgeous cars, just like Porsches (and the 930 is my unicorn (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ).
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post Nov 29 2004, 08:13 PM
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If you look real hard you can see the guy wearing a fake rolex.
Why would you ruin a neat car like that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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post Nov 30 2004, 03:45 PM
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Besides, if you are going for a replicar, make it a real replicar.

Holy Smokes, Batman!!
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post Nov 30 2004, 05:26 PM
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Cost of donor car plus the material and hours, and you could buy the real thing. My friend of many years, sold his NSX, and bought a low mileage Testarossa. That car sure made some wonderful noises!

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post Nov 30 2004, 05:55 PM
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Based on the molds he made this was not a one off type of project, he did it to sell kits and make money. I have no idea who he would sell them to but who knows?
An early 90's NSX can be bought for the high $20k range, a later model is around the low 30's.
The guy I bought my 911 from just bought one for $26.5k.

Great work, I just don't see the logic behind trying to make an NSX into a poser-car.
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post Nov 30 2004, 06:36 PM
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That's a work of art. And yet - I think it's till rice, because anyone who can invest that much time and money ought to just buy a damned ferarri and be done with.
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post Nov 30 2004, 07:21 PM
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Here's a great resource for some fancy homemade auto body...I hope you all enjoy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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