bentley replica anyone?

[pip bip]

https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-news/home-built-bentley-speed-8-le-mans-racer?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020_11_17_WhichCar&utm_term=list_whichcar_newsletter

[SamV8]

yes please, I would love a road legal lmp car I could take to cars and coffee type events

[Stef Schrader]

......................would

[Blondudette]

Well shit that actually looks pretty good. Rip the twin-turbo V8 out of a wrecked Continental and you're in business.

[RallyDarkstrike]

Holy shit....that is incredibly well-done....

[ST80MND]

I had a friend in high school that built a Porsche 914 in shop class. He had the body, minus 1 door, the trunk, the hood and a quarter panel. He made the rest out of bondo. To his credit, it did look the business. Everybody thought it was on point, and it looked really good. The last day of its existence was the first time it ran and drove. Out into the parking lot he went, with his "new" car, and we all watched in horror as every ounce of bondo cracked and flaked away to nothing in about 20 seconds after hitting the first speed bump. 4 years of his life gone in an instant. Heartbreaking yes, but really frikken funny. This bently looks like bondo. Very nice bondo, but I want to see it go over a speed bump.

[Shop-Teacher]

@st80mnd Bwahaha!

[Borsuq]

@st80mnd In its defense, I don't think the real thing could make it over a speed bump either. ;D

[SamV8]

@st80mnd the article states it's carbon fibre

[mkbruin]

I have a lead on a 1986 Chevy Cheyenne 150 4x4 chassis that would slip right under there....

[ST80MND]

@samv8 And my friend said *was going to tell folks his was real. If that is actually carbon, then wow. How exactly does one do that in a driveway? Mighty impressive if thats the case, and I hope to see it finished.

[SamV8]

@ST80MND you'll be surprised at the amount of shed built cars built in the UK that are of decent quality, one veyr well known guy is Andy Burton, I'll leave this here for you as an interesting read on his creation https://drivetribe.com/p/andy-burtons-306-cosworth-TD-8IbMyRzCpiSQftTKXzQ?iid=cD2GqYe9R5SFPAORKnOWxw

[ST80MND]

Now that guy is living his best life! That cosworth v6 was damn nice. I wonder if he missed the extra 3000 rpm after its demise?

[onlytwowheels]

@samv8
This Aston Martin DP is closer to home.

http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/other/1236789107/1236789107ss.htm

[SamV8]

@onlytwowheels still way out of my price range though

[onlytwowheels]

@samv8 That car has been for sale forever, and I do not believe that it was ever raced.

[BeaterGT]

@samv8 I've watched so many rally videos with that Cosworth 306 in it, thanks for sharing some of the background info!

[SamV8]

@beatergt you're welcome, I regret not going out to it's final outing at Somerset Stages before it was banned