Full FRP body shell 240s on ebay!?

[Russ]

Datsun 240z Full FRP body shell & All Panels Brand new on eBay (end time 31-May-10 19:47:38 BST)

At work, no time to investigate, sorry if this is a repost!

 

[datsun dave]

Spoke to Mr F today about it.

 

[richiep]

Crikey! :O Any further background info on this or opinions from those in the know?

 

[MaximG]

Spoke to Mr F today about it.

And?

Yep saw it too, I didnt quite know what to make of it.

 

[datsun dave]

Crikey! :O Any further background info on this or opinions from those in the know?

Yep Skyline RB30 big single turbo big rear sticky tyres got to be a 7 second car ..

 

[Albrecht]

....which would be pretty good for a 'Q'-plated pond liner.

The 'manufacturer' introduced the idea on zcar.com several months ago. Take a search over there for a few more details, photos and er, questions...........

 

[rallymanDP]

Bit Mind-Boggling', this one, isn't it ?

Amongst other questions, I look at the statement where it says, or at least makes an implied claim, to be "structurally as strong as the original Steel Bodyshells......"

Anyone here qualified in Structural Engineering to be able to comment on that particular phrase ?

 

[SeanDezart]

Body-kit weight ?
Roll-cage points ?
Elibility in historic competition ?

who supplied the car ?

 

[BIGSSS]

FRP Car Body Shells & Panels

 

[moggy240]

the mk1 escort sounds very interesting ............................

 

[richiep]

....which would be pretty good for a 'Q'-plated pond liner.

Hehe..

 

[Wyn]

I take it it has a back bone chassis in there somewhere ?

Could be a jap spec TVR

 

[Rob Gaskin]

This is something I suggested a long time ago. The 240Z is crying out to be produced as a replica - with all those rotten UK shells and 'sound' mechanicals.

Makes more sense to me than a Ferrari replica running Datsun parts. Or a Stratos running Fiat saloon bits.

Interesting .

I'll try to get Moggy to build one for me and let you know what it's like

 

[grolls]

This is something I suggested a long time ago. The 240Z is crying out to be produced as a replica - with all those rotten UK shells and 'sound' mechanicals.

Makes more sense to me than a Ferrari replica running Datsun parts. Or a Stratos running Fiat saloon bits.

Interesting .

I'll try to get Moggy to build one for me and let you know what it's like

No doubt Albrecht would shoot me, but I think it would bring the marque out out of a cloud and be proactive for the Z range. A bit like the AC Cobra, GT40 etc...ie is it or isnt it the real thing and prevoke interest again. The thing is would you ever get rid of the glass smell.....lol

 

[SeanDezart]

This is something I suggested a long time ago. The 240Z is crying out to be produced as a replica - with all those rotten UK shells and 'sound' mechanicals.

What's the difference bewteen re-shelling with a clean yank shell and this ?

I take Grolls point though - VERY valid !

Heritage shells.................

 

[Rob Gaskin]

http://zclub.net/forum/240z-260z/1383-240z-kit-car.html

 

[JakTheRuby]

It would make all of your 'real' cars worth even more / more desirable and would be a great way of making the marque more accessible to regular peeps. A replica with sound Nissan running gear underneath would be great for the guys who want to build a 'pimped' gaudy classic without ruining healthy genuine body shells.

 

[rallymanDP]

Rob - I'm not sure you would be very happy thrashing one of those Fibreglass 'Z's around Mallory at the same speed as you do with your own Steel-bodied one !

 

[Albrecht]

No doubt Albrecht would shoot me, but I think it would bring the marque out out of a cloud and be proactive for the Z range.

People love looking at stuff like this through the old rose-tinted specs, when the reality is hundreds ( if not thousands ) of hours of fabricating brackets and fittings for all the little things that would simply bolt on to a normal production bodyshell, and which we tend to take for granted.

The biggest question is WHY would you go this route, and WHAT do you end up with once it's built? If you need a 'donor' car theres not an infinite supply of donor RHD cars out there in the UK, and if you already have a 'donor' you could use it to re-shell into an imported LHD 'shell at less than half of what one of these kits would cost to build, AND you'd have something tangible at the end of it too.

I'd eat my hat if they sold more than 10 'kits' in the UK ( they don't quote a price for the spaceframe yet, as I bet they've only built one so far... ) and my prediction for those 10 is that one might get finished and the other nine have long lives being passed through the hands of different owners as unfinished projects. I can't see them exporting very many either.

Huge amount of work to make the 'kit', huge amount of work to make into a working and driving road-registered or 'race' car ( what series would it be eligible for and competitive in? ) and probably a huge white elephant.

Hats off to them for having a go though. It's prettier than their boats, for sure!

 

[grolls]

People love looking at stuff like this through the old rose-tinted specs, when the reality is hundreds ( if not thousands ) of hours of fabricating brackets and fittings for all the little things that would simply bolt on to a normal production bodyshell, and which we tend to take for granted.

Rose tinted?....mine are a more fudged dark brown after restoring my car, still a fair point mind and no I wouldn't be THAT daft!!!