Rahail is there to turn a profit - he can and does have all the passion* for 240Zs** but first and foremost, he and MZR have to continue existing and that means commissions and profit. There are probably only two factors that might slow him down :
1) much stricter rules on internal-combustion only powered cars .....not likely tomorrow !
2) the drying up supply of clean chassis...as their price goes up so will his, the type of customers he has won't blink at an extra £10k
*but not club spirit - he's a business-man primarily and without a doubt, the family pressure is there for him to succeed
**I'd like to see the entire range of S30s (and why not S31s) in his catalogue
My opinion (for what it's worth to anyone else) on the Alfa is this :
less is obviously more.....I'd have liked to see lightweight (thinner/smaller ?) stainless bumpers front and rear for a road car.
Great body work - maybe an low, air scoop on the bonnet like the Lancia Flaminias' had
Great interior but....stupid rollcage at the rear taking up the 2x seats !!! Should have brought it down each side along the roof and down through the rear parcel shelf to allow occaissonal and short-distance use of the rear seats like a trot to the local country pub - anchor the harness points between the rear pasengers' feet ! Otherwise, why have the seat trim at all - just extra weight - paint it red behind and be done with it.
The Porsche :
Exquisite work of art and as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so I find 'faults' :
The dash - the side airvents look tacky plastic and infact, the entire lower trim should have been in black - there are too many sill, fussy dark items springing out of the seat material and the single colour-coded tachometer is enough, just right to add a 'personal' touch.
The roll bar is enough too - much better executed than the Alfa but I would prefer entirely covered seats and not painted metal - looks too bath-house or funfair ride-ish for me.
The rear wheels dished so much give it too much of a hot-rod look, reminding me of that transfored in the film Batchelor Party starring a very young Tom Hanks
The boot-lid latch could have been black like the pedals or chrome...again, the plastic looks cheap even if stock on the factory Porsche.
I love the mirrors mounted on the glass quarter-lights and manually adjusted - old-school.
Perhaps the steering boss is a tad 'chunky'
I'm loving this :
https://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/911/202335/ruf-rodeo-concept-pictures
except the leather trim cut around the hazard warning lights switch.
I don't think Rahail needs 'luck' so best wishes for a long line of cars.......but I'd like to see more imagination and less Singer-inspiration : I respect the quality and amount of work AND homework undertaken but it seems to me (imho) that that homework was more how to do a Singer Z and simply be different than other Z restorers than how best to improve and decorate an S30......so 7/10 with room for improvement......why not even humour fans and consult a bit, to at least reduce the sensation of aloofment ?
. Yikes. I think they look great though.
