Nickp
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 05:43 AM |
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Foosed Europa
Probably won't be to everyones taste (especially the purists  ) but I like most of what's been done to this old 'bread van',
especially t'engine 
Long vid, grab a beer, feet up, enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NvRn1h3ITU#t=54
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TimC
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 08:58 AM |
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Rims and front bumper aside it's A1+
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Nickp
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 09:00 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TimC
Rims and front bumper aside it's A1+
Agreed, a nice light set of 15's would've been sufficient I reckon.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 09:02 AM |
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One of the best projects they have done I reckon. Obviously the 18" wheels are vastly too large for the car, though for once they are quite a
nice design.
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Peteff
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 11:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ Obviously the 18" wheels are vastly too large for the car,
So was the driver He was definitely not Lotus size.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Phil.J
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 01:16 PM |
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Would have been better without the boy racer stripes and oversized wheels, and better still if they had used the twin cam body shell without the
breadvan sides. Good transformation though.
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scootz
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 01:28 PM |
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Love the finished car... hate the wheels.
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 03:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ Obviously the 18" wheels are vastly too large for the car,
So was the driver He was definitely not Lotus size.
Very true! I'm surprised they even had enough room to widen both seats by 2 inches to be honest.
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whitestu
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 03:43 PM |
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The Europa has been one of my favorite cars since I saw Tara King driving one in the Avengers when I was a kid!
Stu
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Bare
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 04:21 PM |
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Sighhhh. Owned that car's brother for over 12 years. Two Frame off 'restorations' Two drive trains.
Final one being an R12 Gordini unit "tweaked". Far more power than even the Fabled Lotus 49 managed..
Big Deal
It was like driving a Coffin
A rebuild of Every Effing part of the excearable thing .. Twice
Complete Utter Rubbish is an Honest and very chariitable descriptor.
TV show is just a Joke. A LOT of Hype over Bugger All.
The suspension needs Total replacement /redesign Having a rear wheel pass one on the Highway TWICE Gives one pause Garbage grade
"British' Steel ...shearing... was the cause on both occaisions.. One cannot make this stuff up.
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Nickp
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 04:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bare
Sighhhh. Owned that car's brother for over 12 years. Two Frame off 'restorations' Two drive trains.
Final one being an R12 Gordini unit "tweaked". Far more power than even the Fabled Lotus 49 managed..
Big Deal
It was like driving a Coffin
A rebuild of Every Effing part of the excearable thing .. Twice
Complete Utter Rubbish is an Honest and very chariitable descriptor.
TV show is just a Joke. A LOT of Hype over Bugger All.
The suspension needs Total replacement /redesign Having a rear wheel pass one on the Highway TWICE Gives one pause Garbage grade
"British' Steel ...shearing... was the cause on both occaisions.. One cannot make this stuff up.
Yet another predictably negative comment...
Change the feckin record eh??
Sussed it. You said Highway and Garbage (whereas real English speakers would've said Motorway and Rubbish). Must be a spam. All makes sense now.
[Edited on 17/10/13 by Nickp]
[Edited on 17/10/13 by Nickp]
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Alfa145
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 05:27 PM |
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He be a Canadian troll from my expert googling skills....it amazing what you can find on the tinter'web 
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owelly
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 07:29 PM |
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Troll? Nah, they can frighten goats who want to cross bridges. Bare is just a gobshite.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Nickp
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 09:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by owelly
Troll? Nah, they can frighten goats who want to cross bridges. Bare is just a gobshite.
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steve m
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 10:52 PM |
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I posted some time ago, about this cnut yet nothing happens
new thread time
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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stevebubs
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| posted on 17/10/13 at 11:09 PM |
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Guys.. This is the second episode of a two parter...go find the first episode of this one....covers all the fabrication...
Eta Linky
First episode
[Edited on 17/10/13 by stevebubs]
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maccmike
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| posted on 18/10/13 at 09:10 PM |
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will be watching both of these links tonight.
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steve m
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| posted on 18/10/13 at 10:01 PM |
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"will be watching both of these links tonight."
I wont!! how to ruin a classic in two programmes!
I have watched the foose progs, and he is quite cool, but most of his donor cars, a pig ugly yank tanks, and even he could make a fat yank wank look
ok ish
Apologies to all my us buddies, except one tommy tanker BARE
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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ElmrPhD
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| posted on 19/10/13 at 09:02 AM |
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I'm watching to see what I can learn from their fabrication techniques as I have no training. I love what they've done: took a dream and
made it into reality. But, of course, I also hate to see a restorable Europa get cut up where a nice restoration could've (re-)made a wonderful
car for less money.
Looks to me like they might as well have cut-and-pasted the front end (with suspension) of a modernish Porsche 911.
Just sayin'
Steve, in the NLs
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maccmike
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| posted on 19/10/13 at 07:22 PM |
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Love it, even those wheels
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Nickp
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| posted on 19/10/13 at 07:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
I wont!! how to ruin a classic in two programmes!
They're welcome to ruin my classic anytime, as long as I get to choose the wheels
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