Alfa Romeo 1938 inspiration for kitcar

[v12turbo]

when I was in the 3rd form at highschool , I did a big painting of the Bugatti 35 for my English teacher. She was a lovely lady, and I knew that she and her husband had a vintage car , so I thought the Bug would make a nice subject for an and of year "thank you" present.
She looked at it , screwed her eyebrows up , and said "its a shame you drew it with those artillery wheels on it"
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[v12turbo]

I was probably in love with her.
Self Psychoanalysis ( which is probably right up there with do-it-yourself Brain Surgery) might suggest that this unrequited love is the deep-seated cause of my wheel angst

[petervdv]

That really is a very nice looking car. The design is great and the dimensions just match which must be very difficult with not having CAD or clay models and being restricted by the scrapyard parts. You must have had and may still have a busy live and your output is unbelievable with making 7 of those cars, the xj6c, the XK and the other cars.
Please keep posting


Peter

[HoTWire]

These cars look fantastic v12turbo I love the inspiration from rather than being a replica of something. The lines look good, and now I've got another car on the list of things I'd like to own but doubt I ever will, what with there being 7 of them!!

Please feed us more of your photos and cars these are exactly the sort of things the forum was built for and we would never ever have seen if it wasn't for your willingness to share.

[georgeb]

Jan 1, 2019 18:06:53 GMT HoTWire said:

These cars look fantastic v12turbo I love the inspiration from rather than being a replica of something. The lines look good, and now I've got another car on the list of things I'd like to own but doubt I ever will, what with there being 7 of them!!

Please feed us more of your photos and cars these are exactly the sort of things the forum was built for and we would never ever have seen if it wasn't for your willingness to share.

Exactly!

[cynicaldave]

What they both said!!

The cars look stunning.. would love to see one in real life ( but probably never will).

The skill is incredible.

More please!! 😀😎

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What its all about

[v12turbo]

here is one that I sold as a roller, he did nothing with it, after many years it ended up back with me, its languishing in an orchard
the orange bodyshell is the last one I made, maybe someone might buy it one day,

[v12turbo]

on the black one, thats the mould sitting on the bonnet, shows my level of interest that I couldnt be bothered even lifting the mould off to take a picture!

[v12turbo]

Dec 30, 2018 20:45:56 GMT v12turbo said:

touring the South Island of NewZealand in No3, meeting up with No1 and No2

[v12turbo]

the top pic is in front of the Catholic Cathedral in Christchurch NZ, all gone now , yje earthquake did it in

[discostew38]

Great build thread 👍
Having dabbled in fibreglass/carbon moulds myself in the past I can appreciate the time involved in a built like this and that's without taking into consideration the chassis and drive train

You are obviously a man of many talents/skills and it shows in the end result
The lines and propositions are spot on

[skkylinedave]

Fantastic work , you should rightly be very proud. Thanks for sharing these photos .

[keyring]

You really do have an amazing skill set! The cars are beautiful!
Echoing what others have said, but it really would be an awesome car to own!

[HoTWire]

Feb 18, 2019 21:29:09 GMT v12turbo said:

here is one that I sold as a roller, he did nothing with it, after many years it ended up back with me, its languishing in an orchard

Dare I enquire what it you would take for some one to take that away and finish it off?

[v12turbo]

Do you mean you want to buy it?
Orange raw bodyshell NZD$10k
Black roller no engine, NZD$12k
Moulds(become a kitcar manufacturer!!!!)NZD15K