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Dec 11, 2018 17:19:53 GMT
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Golly this thread has stirred up some different opinions, which is good! I'm not sure so while I decide I'm just going to sit on the fence and get splinters! There's no need to do that. It's all positive, even the chop. When/if the current owner sells the new owner can just get it un-chopped. All they need is money.
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Last Edit: Dec 11, 2018 17:20:22 GMT by Woofwoof
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mikec
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Dec 11, 2018 17:29:56 GMT
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Bear in mind the original chop cost something over a quarter of a million pounds; once chopped that's going to stay chopped - there are too many B20s out there for someone to spend that sort of dosh returning it to original. My objection is that it has turned a design icon into a child's toy and done absolutely nothing to improve the aesthetics.
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1914 Saxon A; 1931 Austin 7; 1938 Talbot Ten; 1953 Lancia Appia; 1967 Singer Chamois
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Dec 11, 2018 18:39:23 GMT
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I have no problem with someone modifying any car, no matter how rare it is, the fact alone that an old car exists is enough, and if its being used, even better. I like that people will go out there and have the guts to chop something like that Aurelia about in the hope that they successfully get it back in one piece. And they have. But I still think id rather have the original, it just looks better.
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Rob M
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Outlaw AureliaRob M
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Dec 11, 2018 19:11:14 GMT
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I like it but not that much. I'm not really into mega buck builds that are paraded as some sort of vanity 'oh look how utterly clever we are? thing. I've seen greater ingenuity from people on here and builds that were executed just as skilfully even if they only had a patch of grass at the side of their semi to do it on. Vision? I've seen that in spades on RR and the people that have created the odd masterpiece or several have been genuinely shocked that we have admired their foresight and considerable skill. I'm a bit perplexed as to why, with all of that money, a mould could not have been taken and it built around a more modern Lancia that would have provided a better handling, riding and performing package all in one. They could have then sold the original on for a proper resto. Ultimately, It's a hugely expensive rich mans plaything and it turns me a bit cold. Sorry.
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Dec 11, 2018 19:51:23 GMT
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I like it, but for me it's been done wrong. If I had the money and talent to create such a masterpiece I would've chopped it differently. For me the chop is too severe, I think it would've been better done if a wedge had been taken out of the roofline, so that it tapered towards the rear, like this... Please excuse my very poor attempt at photoshopping, I'm not too good at it, and this has taken me all evening! I think I would've probably left the front at stock height and done all the chopping so to speak at the back!
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Dec 11, 2018 20:11:21 GMT
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Bear in mind the original chop cost something over a quarter of a million pounds; once chopped that's going to stay chopped - there are too many B20s out there for someone to spend that sort of dosh returning it to original. My objection is that it has turned a design icon into a child's toy and done absolutely nothing to improve the aesthetics. ... in your opinion. I'm sure the owner didn't spend quarter of a mil on something they didn't like. I'm sure www.thornleykelham.com/ will happily put it back to stock for a fee when the world's supply of B20s is reduced enough that people's personal preference is secondary to the desire to maintain historical integrity. Whenever that may be.
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Dec 11, 2018 20:57:27 GMT
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Bear in mind the original chop cost something over a quarter of a million pounds; once chopped that's going to stay chopped - there are too many B20s out there for someone to spend that sort of dosh returning it to original. My objection is that it has turned a design icon into a child's toy and done absolutely nothing to improve the aesthetics. 250,000 pounds to do a chop?
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mikec
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Dec 11, 2018 21:02:33 GMT
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Of course! All the comments are individual opinions, and as I said earlier, thank goodness we don't all like the same thing.
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stealthstylz
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Dec 11, 2018 21:56:17 GMT
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I really like everything rear of the A pillars. Front isnt my cup of tea, always thought they were quite ugly.
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I'm with Pistonpopper - for me its just a bit too chopped. Roof chops are very difficult to pull off, which is why my Beetle looked nowhere near as good as the Tar Babe VW (Google it!), and for me this just doesn't quite work. I think the body is too tall - a two inch section should sort it.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Thanks for the video link, i now realise that this car is so stonkingly awesome that it doesnt actualy matter what I think. My previous post was clearly made by an uneducated oaf.
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vitessetony
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I'm with Pistonpopper - for me its just a bit too chopped. Roof chops are very difficult to pull off, which is why my Beetle looked nowhere near as good as the Tar Babe VW (Google it!), and for me this just doesn't quite work. I think the body is too tall - a two inch section should sort it. They have tried to keep the roof chop faithful to the original car I think, It's explained in the video.
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I'm with Pistonpopper - for me its just a bit too chopped. Roof chops are very difficult to pull off, which is why my Beetle looked nowhere near as good as the Tar Babe VW (Google it!), and for me this just doesn't quite work. I think the body is too tall - a two inch section should sort it. They have tried to keep the roof chop faithful to the original car I think, It's explained in the video. I guessed so, but I'm not sure that the original got it exactly right either!😉
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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I really like them. I like custom things and don't really care about rarity - the people that covet from afar don't really have a vote - if you own it there's some argument that you are more custodian than owner and should be sympathetic, but TBH if it's yours it's your right to garage it in a nitrogen bubble, add air ride, convert it to a wagon, track it or wrap it round a tree - anyone else's opinion is irrelevant.
Funnily enough the telepath algorithms at YouTube recommended this video about it today. If you watch it through you can see that a) they originally restored one with a lowerered roof that inspired the outlaws they are now making. b) they only plan to make 9 c) the source shells are 'basket cases' that no-one else in their right minds would restore.
So no-one's chopping up concourse stunners as clickbait.
I'd love to see some other cars done like this - ie Rovers, Volvo Amazons - I reckon an outlaw Landcrab could be pretty special too.
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