a real project car

Matt82 · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:21

none of that noncy "ill do an oil change and put new wheels on it" guff, this guy really has put in some hard graft

http://buildthreads.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/audi-90-imsa-gto-replika/

whitecrook · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:25

umm. Idon't know what to make of it.

Totally awesome skills with the metal and the welder, but.. is it a case of 'cos i can?'

paradigm · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:27

What's with the utterly retarded wheels and gaymo rubber stretch?

Matt82 · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:37

omg were you too busy playing with barbie when you were growing and and happened to miss this?

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=imsa audi&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

i suppose there were no mondeos on that race series....

whitecrook · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:39

Halfords stick on tat, but only this time it's welded on?

Clarkey · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:43

whitecrook said:
Halfords stick on tat, but only this time it's welded on?

lolwut

Matt82 · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:47

so wow

Matt82 · 1 Jan 2010 at 23:49

http://speedhunters.com/archive/200...t-quattro-firepower-the-imsa-audi-90-gto.aspx

Clarkey · 2 Jan 2010 at 00:02

Hmm that'll be it. Was wondering why it looked crap compared with the real thing. It's not even the same car is it, it's missing about a foot off the back end! No big wing, wrong mirrors, no lexan glass, no big dirty exhaust pipe, no awesome wheels, wrong engine. /as a replica, it sucks.

On the upside though, at least we got to see the IMSA 300zx's on that SH article

Dup · 2 Jan 2010 at 00:22

Love these, I think they look awesome and sound great. Saw one at Goodwood plus my dad had an Audi 80 for 10 years so the shape has always appealed.

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mjt · 2 Jan 2010 at 00:55

well that's pretty awesome

Angilion · 2 Jan 2010 at 06:31

Dup said:
Love these, I think they look awesome and sound great. Saw one at Goodwood plus my dad had an Audi 80 for 10 years so the shape has always appealed.

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There's a much deeper sound in it too though...maybe flatulent robins riding angry bears? Now there's an interesting image.

grudas · 2 Jan 2010 at 06:52

not bad

he done a great job.. wheel fitment does look a bit off tho

Sonea Fifer · 2 Jan 2010 at 07:33

Kind of reminds me of the wide arch bodykit you used to get in the late 80's early 90's for Ford Escorts, think it was called a "Rattlesnake Bodykit"

I can appreciate the work thats gone into this Audi - It's not my cup of tea though

Hawk Tuah · 2 Jan 2010 at 09:58

You got to be joking.

Chop shop would be proud.

Dr Who · 2 Jan 2010 at 10:07

Bug One said:
You got to be joking.

Chop shop would be proud.

They were for sizing...

Are the wheels

Dogbreath · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:09

Shame he couldn't size the tyres to suit as well.

Dr Who · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:16

Dogbreath said:
Shame he couldn't size the tyres to suit as well.

If you look at the original car, they are supposed to look like that, albeit not usually correct.

Ollie83 · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:21

That looks pretty cool imo. A lot of effort has gone into that build anyway!

Dogbreath · 2 Jan 2010 at 11:33

Dr Who said:
If you look at the original car, they are supposed to look like that, albeit not usually correct.

The original car would be running slicks, and they are certainly not meant to look like that. Anyone stretching tyres on a proper competition car* would be laughed out of the paddock

Note I'm not talking about the trims which certainly give the tyres an extreme stretch look, just the wheels by themselves which show the tyres are definately undersized.

* i.e. not a 'drift' POS.