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04-26-2006, 12:38 PM | #1 | |
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FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
look here!!
http://www.kitcar.ca/index.php?topic=6604.0 Can someone please tell me how i can build a Chassis for this? Thx David |
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04-26-2006, 01:00 PM | #2 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
Interesting... but I think you have come to the wrong place to get answers to your questions on building a chassis.
Purists tend to frown on replicas - even ones that are nicely done don't get much respect from what I have typically seen. I think it would be pretty hard to fool people on a car like the F1. I think you should save your money and buy a real sports car with an established pedigree. Surely for the amount of money one would need to invest in making an F1 replica you could pick up a nice used Porsche or Ferrari instead. My >8^) ER |
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04-26-2006, 02:42 PM | #3 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
A fiberglass shell, space frame chassis, and a crate engine will be so far from the complete package of an F1 it won't be worth it.
Peloton is correct: you're better off buying a reasonably priced, modern Porsche or Ferrari. That way you get a vehicle that's safe, warrantied, and has the design experience of multiple decades of automotive engineering behind it. |
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04-26-2006, 03:45 PM | #4 | ||
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04-26-2006, 04:49 PM | #5 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
Looks like a one to one size, slot car body to me?
What you see in the pics, is about 2% of the work to produce a working replica of the McLaren F1. Good luck!! |
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04-27-2006, 01:52 AM | #6 | ||
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PS - wouldnt it be funny to see one on the road, pootling along with a 1.6 diesel engine, rhd automatic with 14inch wheels, an industrial drainpipe for an exhaust and a spotty oik driving it (not that you could see him, due to the blacked out windows..... )
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04-27-2006, 04:08 AM | #7 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
The proportions of the "mould" are clearly different to any real F1. Ive got $1 that the project flops, as seen with practically every other attempt to recreate the McLaren, bar the "ferrari, porsche and lamborghini" (cough cough) inspired DDR Car. I don't think I've ever laughed harder over a car seeing that F1 replica attempt that sold at auction a while back.
Agreeing with Erik, get something authentic and you won't risk any dissapointment. Regards Mike |
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04-27-2006, 01:24 PM | #8 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
You are 1% of the way there. Keep at it!!!
I think a Fiero motor would go perfectly with that, too! |
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04-27-2006, 03:25 PM | #9 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
The DDR Motorsport SP4 is starting to grow on me. From a kit car perspective. Not bad. From a performance authentic perspective - not even close. But it should be a fun car to put around town. Wonder how it handles weekend driver's schools.
Pic 1 Pic 2 And it looks like they've changed the location of the exhaust on it from 2005: Pic 3 Pic 4 |
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07-19-2006, 03:30 PM | #10 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
As a Replica builder of some 25 years the pleasure is not only in the finished article but a great deal of the plesure is in the thought process and the actual build, overcoming problems etc. The Maclaren is indeed a difficult propoaition to replicate but not impossible as I had a 95% detailed design worked out before deciding the risk was not worth it. Still enjoyed the process of mentally dismantling the car and working out why things had been done a certain way. The nail in the coffin appart from the risk of a huge law suit was sourcing the windscreen, a powerfull enough engine and the correct wheels. Everything else is doable.
Se la vie carbuilder2002 |
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07-19-2006, 03:39 PM | #11 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
Carbuilder2002, Show us some pics of the cars you have replicated please!!
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07-19-2006, 04:39 PM | #12 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
as soon as I get a working scanner will post some.
have done, C Type replica (alloy bodied) began life as a fibreglass proteous D Type replica started lifa as a RAM kit but was so dissapointedin the interior that I built a proper alloy monocoque for it which then led to a full alloy body. Lightweight E type (alloy monocoque and many original parts) Porsche 917 but alas lost the pictures of that one gave them to new owner when I sold it. Jaguar Silk Cut XJR9 Blower Bentley on original pattern chassis. Not built anything for 12 years so getting major withdrawal symptoms, still fancy the F1-GTR but am scared of the consequences. Also restored a 3.8 E Type FHC, XC, An Aston V8 Vantage, and owned a Ferrari 308 and Esprit Essex Turbo for a while. carbuilder2002 |
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07-19-2006, 05:04 PM | #13 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
Just use a digital camera, take pics of your photo,s and post!! simple.
Looking forward to viewing them, like a lot of people here on this forum. |
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07-19-2006, 05:47 PM | #14 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
ok will do this weekend with luck if not away with work.
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07-20-2006, 04:06 AM | #15 | |
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Re: FOUND - McLaren F1 Replica!!!!!
building a replica is not about the performance and handling of the original. it is about owning something that looks like your dream car. I so want a mclaren but i so can't afford it. Buying a (urgh) porsche (puke, puke) or a ferrari (which i still can't afford)would still be a better driving eperience, but i am a mclaren fan for a reason and that is cause the car is beautiful. So what if a replica is only 1% of the real thing.
I have seen so many replica cobras out there and i know that they are not cheap either. but even though it is not real i still admire those who make them. also people will know it is not real just as people know that 99% of cobraas on the road are not real. That doesn't deter from the fact that the replica is still a cool car. Id rather have a replica mclaren/cobra etc than drive a mini metro. A replica is also not just about having a car that looks like the real thing. building a replica for some people is as much enjoyment as driving a real sportscar. As a creator of sorts, growing up with legos, making my own furniture, having a hand in building my own home, the sense of achievement in building and finishing a project is a thrill in itself.
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