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manxdavid Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2003 Posts: 1841 Location: David Jones, Anglesey, North Wales, UK. Manxclub #678.
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:00 pm Post subject: New Thomas Crown Manx shells... |
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From GT Classics in Belgium.
Here's their demonstrator, only got a four pot in it though...
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BL3Manx Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2006 Posts: 6767 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Cool! |
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Rathbone Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2006 Posts: 235 Location: Palm Coast, Florida
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like a very good replica. It's a wicked buggy, but I just don't like the headlights.
_________________ (o\_i_/o) what you've just said ... is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul - Mr. Oblaski, Principal |
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GS guy Samba Member
Joined: December 03, 2007 Posts: 968 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Now that is cool!
Just needs the 'Vair 6 and some "big fat weenies" out back to complete the look!
Jeff _________________ 70's vintage Deserter GS buggy - undergoing transformation to Super GS! |
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gr8cobbler Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2006 Posts: 916 Location: Midlife Crisis, Midwest
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Wicked is a good descriptor for the buggy. Wonder what the headlight spread would be with those lights set back in a tunnel like that? And what's the deal with the dual gas caps? _________________ Gary
Being a cheap old fart is just a front for my actual lack of money. |
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BL3Manx Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2006 Posts: 6767 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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When Steve McQueen was working with Pete Condos designing it, he decided it would have the twin Monza style fillers like race cars of that period which had them so they could refuel faster in the pits. McQueen just thought the twin fillers were cool, at least that's what Pete Condos told me.
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gr8cobbler Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2006 Posts: 916 Location: Midlife Crisis, Midwest
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Good enough for me, McQueen has set the cool bar on more than a few fronts.
The top one looks to be 3-4" in diameter, with the other as an open as a vent you could probably dump 10 gallons in in a couple seconds....that'll get you back on the dunes before anyone misses you. _________________ Gary
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Wetstuff Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2010 Posts: 700 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Hmmmm.. interesting side profile. I think I have seen that rear end before?
Like you Rathbone, I'd glass over those too-narrow headlamp shells. And that wraparound windshield is like a 'Stay Out' sign for the typical fat american.
Jim _________________ Manx #2614 |
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tgodber Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2004 Posts: 410 Location: Okanagan Falls B.C. Canada
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:48 am Post subject: |
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Cool look. Not liking the windshield at all. Not sure I could get in it. Don't like bugs hitting my forehead at speed. _________________ My wife said I never listen to her.
Or something like that! |
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1madmanx Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2007 Posts: 686 Location: Wilmington, NC
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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tgodber wrote: |
Cool look. Not liking the windshield at all. Not sure I could get in it. Don't like bugs hitting my forehead at speed. |
If the new windshield worked as well as the movie buggy you shouldn't get hit at all. Have a look at the screen cap from the movie and you can see the water spray going over Steve and Faye's heads.
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1madmanx Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2007 Posts: 686 Location: Wilmington, NC
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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BL3Manx wrote: |
When Steve McQueen was working with Pete Condos designing it, he decided it would have the twin Monza style fillers like race cars of that period which had them so they could refuel faster in the pits. McQueen just thought the twin fillers were cool, at least that's what Pete Condos told me.
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I could have sworn I read where one of those fillers was actually a camera mount? I know there is a picture floating around with the camera mounted to the hood for interior shots. _________________ Bud (1Madmanx)
Wilmington, NC
'68 Meyers Manx Dune Buggy M1996F826S
'66 Kombi Bus
'73 Thing
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manxdavid Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2003 Posts: 1841 Location: David Jones, Anglesey, North Wales, UK. Manxclub #678.
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Wetstuff wrote: |
Hmmmm.. interesting side profile. I think I have seen that rear end before?
Like you Rathbone, I'd glass over those too-narrow headlamp shells. And that wraparound windshield is like a 'Stay Out' sign for the typical fat american.
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Err...are you not completely missing the point of a TC replica then? |
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BL3Manx Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2006 Posts: 6767 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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X2 |
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Wetstuff Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2010 Posts: 700 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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I guess I am David. I did not pay attention to the reference at all. Something appearing in a movie or on TV does not trigger an approval gene in me. I just looked at what I thought were the merits/demerits of the car itself.
Jim _________________ Manx #2614 |
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manxdavid Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2003 Posts: 1841 Location: David Jones, Anglesey, North Wales, UK. Manxclub #678.
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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Wetstuff wrote: |
I guess I am David. I did not pay attention to the reference at all. Something appearing in a movie or on TV does not trigger an approval gene in me. I just looked at what I thought were the merits/demerits of the car itself.
Jim |
I was wondering why you were suggesting converting a T C Manx back into a regular one...lol... |
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bim55 Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 438 Location: Dennis Port, MA
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didget69 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 4927 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:03 am Post subject: |
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I'd be happy to get a replica of the Lola -
bnc _________________ I never found the need to impress people with any mechanic certifications, trophies or track wins... unless it was for Mom to post on the refrigerator door. |
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911GT2 Samba Member
Joined: January 19, 2013 Posts: 180 Location: Nederland
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Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:01 am Post subject: |
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I'd love to build one someday. I do fear though the headlights are to close together for dutch road approval |
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BL3Manx Samba Member
Joined: August 29, 2006 Posts: 6767 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:19 am Post subject: |
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And, I doubt the non-safety glass, acrylic windscreen , or lack of wipers, is legal either, but its still a very nice job. I just can't see how they could have gone to all that other work to get every detail right and not have put a Corsa engine in it. The variety of colors surprises me too. |
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parmaynu Samba Member
Joined: March 29, 2004 Posts: 182 Location: Kent, England
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Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:38 am Post subject: |
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The laws in France are very tight so changing the engine isn't an option I believe. |
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