Dreams coming true...

[voyageur]

Once upon a time there was a little car. He was sad because he didn't see daylight for quite a long time. His body had been primed ages ago. Somebody had a plan all set up for him, but unfortunately the plan was never realized and he was put back in his box and left alone. All the time he was dreaming about a life as a flashy roadster. Shiny paint, bright chrome...and a few liters of fresh oil once in a while. He even dreamed of moving on with his career - becoming a famous sportscar and winning shiny trophies. But nothing ever happened. But all of a sudden there was bright light everywhere! Somebody had lifted the box lid...he looked up - still puzzled from beeing taken aback



To make a long story short...his many dreams are reality now. First he was painted with shiny paint:





Bright chrome has been added...but no pictures have been taken yet.

I just have a rough idea where this will end. One thing is certain, though. Once finished it'll tell a lot about this little MGB's dreams.

Enjoy this WIP. I'll update soon.

Cheers from Germany
Sebastian

[Ferrari TR]

From a 'mayB' to a 'gonnaB'...
Nice!

[voyageur]

Originally Posted by Ferrari TR

From a 'mayB' to a 'gonnaB'...

Brilliant!!!

[DasWiesel]

Fresh colour for an old car

[bigfrit]

Great writing, well worth the read!

Let's see what this little MG can B !

I know, lame lame lame.

Still very sweet car, you'll do it right!

Oli

[klutz_100]

nice one Seb!

I love these kind of cars. I just don't understand why they always stay at the bottom of my stash

Ferrari TR, you forgot to add that in the beginning, he was a "wannaB"

[sportracer02]

Seb, nice start, good colour choice

[auw12]

First I really love the write up at the beginning, and this is a great realizing on a beautiful dream!

[klutz_100]

BTW What color is that? It's delicious :slurp: :drool:

[willimo]

Go little MG! Go go go!

[voyageur]

Thanks guys

I'll post more pics later. Just a quick paint info right now:

AutoK Multona 0795 (a product of Peter Kwasny group).

It's just a cheap universal metallic blue in a spray can (400ml).
Nothing special...and applied quite sloppy. Just one dry and
one wet coat. Sealed with AutoK gloss clear, also from a can.
I didn't bother polishing because this car will tell a story....but
you'll find out about that later opcorn:

Laters
SEB

[Enzoenvy1]

I swear I felt like I was watching a sad version of 'Cars', lol.

[gionc]

Seb: I'm opcorn:opcorn:opcorn: tuned

[voyageur]

The little MGB had many dreams. Some of them already came true....shiny paint. Next was the chrome trim...well, parts of it anyway.





He enjoyed it...but dreamed on: What if he had some wire wheels with low profile tires? Wouldn't that be one step closer to being a real sportscar?



Getting close, no? Well...a chopped windshield was another thing he dreamed of.



Low profile tires and a low profile windshield sounded quite exciting...



What about rollover bars and bucket seats? And quite a few instrument to monitor his heart? Or even a fire extinguisher?





This very dream keeps getting better. He had a vision - very sleek and elegant but also very sporty...







Whoaa...but eventually he woke up.

Chrome trim? Check!
Low profile tires? Check!
Racing interior? Check!
Rollover protection? Check!
Chopped windshield? Errr....nope

Not too bad, actually. Classy sportscar appearance even w/o a chopped windshield. More like a daily driver...





Some of his dreams came true - and the windshield goes to his bastard brother



Laters,
SEB

[EDIT] Everything is just mocked up...and far from being complete.

[gionc]

I know (oki I admit I'm a kinda car sensitive/medium LOL) what the badass bastard brother deam about: a red canvas "speedster" cover and just a thiiiiiiny thiiiiny thiiiiiiiiiiiny windshield, understand? thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii....

great so far

BUT:

I read sometime on EVO when Gordon Murray write a page that (for him) sportscar should be (like those and Colin Chapman's stuff)

light (so forgot unuseful windshields LOL)
right powered: 100hp is more than enough with 450 Kg (so skip trims LOL)
and.... like his old Lotus Elan, shitty "wheeled": he (with rights) said that 4 175 wide wheels allow to do anything with just few HP....: YOUR ARE WIIIIIIDE!!!