CAR FOR SALE

[Alexam]

Has anyone seen this fantastic item on e-bay. What a gem http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Handc ... SwFnFWCvVP

Alex

 

[NazNomad]

Crikey, that's amazing.

 

[custard]

£13k and how many hours of work? A stupendous woodworking achievement but I doubt anyone's getting rich on it.

 

[Monkey Mark]

You wood'n get many miles to the gallon.

 

[MIGNAL]

Factor in all the design, the planning, the things that didn't quite go right, all the costs. It might take someone, very skilled and experienced, a whole years work. Perhaps longer.
Financially there's a lot more money in stacking shelves at the local supermarket.

 

[mseries]

That was on Salvage Hunters a week o rso ago

 

[SVB]

Wonder what it weight, looks like its inside the house in the photos - need a resonable size front door to be able to drive a jag through!

 

[Phil Pascoe]

It was built by a team (which maybe implies professionalism?) and is being sold by a business - it might have been used for an advert or a film or something so they might not need to recoupe the whole of the cost.

 

[rafezetter]

I dunno - looks shoddy to me; glue stains all over the place, join gaps, crossing grain direction, and I'll bet the ride is as rough as a bag of nails.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I meant professional in the sense that people were paid to build it, not necessarily that they were good at it.

 

[Droogs]

ah, the dictionary meaning of professional

 

[doorframe]

If only it was a RHD and Auto!

 

[NazNomad]

Seems to have been made by a team in Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia.

They have built Mercs, a Bugatti and loads of motorbikes. http://www.dailyoffbeat.com/articles/31 ... reated.htm

 

[Eric The Viking]

I don't think they had one to copy, sadly.

The thought that came initially to mind was, "Why, oh why?"

It does seem like a very odd thing to do, unless it was for one of those cults that has coffins representing the luxuries the deceased would like to have owned (but didn't).

 

[Droogs]

don't know how they'll fit me in my coffin then

 

[rafezetter]

I meant professional in the sense that people were paid to build it, not necessarily that they were good at it.

haha actually I was being a little faceious - there are some "iffy" bits but on the whole it's still a real achievement to be proud of.

 

[dickm]

Was it the Marcos sports car back in the 1960s that actually did have a wooden body (well, plywood, anyway)?

 

[Eric The Viking]

Interesting question.

There was a beautiful black Marcos GT convertible at the far end of our road last week, but I thought they were fibreglass.

Morgan Roadsters, of course, still have ash frames.

 

[n0legs]

I wonder which wax you would use?