balidey
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 12:26 PM |
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Arash Farboud car on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kit-Car-and-Racing-Car-Arash-LMP2_W0QQitemZ190317724184QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item2c4fd20218&_trksid=p3286.c
0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A7%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
and some history.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arash_Farboud
I saw one of the farboud cars on the Autosport show a few years ago, but when you poked your head under the car you could see it was nothing but a
crude metal spaceframe with a pretty GRP skin over the top. Not worth the price IMHO.
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nitram38
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 12:31 PM |
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Looks like a very high price and very big risk too.....
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UncleFista
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 12:32 PM |
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Hmmm, that Wikipedia entry reads like a press release from his PA..
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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balidey
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 12:36 PM |
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All Wiki pages should be taken with a pinch of sodium chloride.
From memory, Mr Farboud wanted an Enzo, Ferrari wouldn't sell him one, so he said 'Fine, I'll build my own but better'
And from what I heard he then spent huge amounts of his (or his families???) money failing to do so.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 12:39 PM |
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wonder how much it would cost to fix if you had even a small prang? Effectively written off? It’s not like you could go and get some spares
quote:
plastic racing side windows, Side sliders for window opening for the Toll stations
all that money and its got crappy sliding plastic windows 
they have to be nuts anyway, 50k for a pile of bits!
[Edited on 30/6/09 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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jeffw
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 12:43 PM |
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Engine is out of a Audi RS4 (B5 2.7 V6) so that shouildn't be an issue. Bodywork would be the biggest problem.
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garage19
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 02:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by balidey
All Wiki pages should be taken with a pinch of sodium chloride.
From memory, Mr Farboud wanted an Enzo, Ferrari wouldn't sell him one, so he said 'Fine, I'll build my own but better'
And from what I heard he then spent huge amounts of his (or his families???) money failing to do so.
I belive it was a certain porsche that they wouldn't let him buy so he built a replica. I had a look round it and it was pretty nice.
I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with him about a year ago.
You have go to give the guy some credit for doing what we would all want to do if we had the cash!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 02:09 PM |
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tbh it looks more like one of these
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 03:18 PM |
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Id have it over a ferrari any day 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 30/6/09 at 04:40 PM |
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^ Get to my age mate, you'd have it over an Austin Seven 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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