I often get bored and find myself stumbling on threads from all over the place that just blow my mind, be it with big money builds or just someone in a garage doing on their own.

Thought i might try and keep this upto date as and when i find them and maybe you lot might get some enjoyment out of it also..

So lets start with a couple..

The fab work on this is just amazing, great skills for someone who works for intel!

Sunbeam Minx with a honda s2000 engine+more

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=332026

Mk VW Golf mid engine race car

Sure most will have seen this before but being 21 when he started is just insane,he appears to have the skills of someone double that age!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...ar-build/page1

Something a bit different now as it's mainly a custom interior build but still for someone who just "taught themselves" it's off the scale..

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...+pair+of+cobra

That should give you some reading for now.

Ginge

 

Just looked at the minx ! soem work gone into that !

2 things though, one being the modded manifold with do it no favours as the design is cruicial to the engine working properly, and I'm not sure I'm digging the way he rewelded the track rod arms back together, I'd rather see them sleeved but I'm not pro welder !

Mental amount of work gone into it though, impressive stuff

 

Good thread ginge



epic fail on the tyre choice for the Beemer though

 

some good rebuilds here too



http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php?nav=ga...gallery=13&p=1

http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php?nav=ga...gallery=13&p=2

http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php?nav=ga...gallery=13&p=3

http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php?nav=ga...gallery=13&p=4

http://www.mat.fi/n_index.php?nav=ga...gallery=13&p=5

 

You bastard Ginge! I won't get to bed tonight now!

 

This has happened to me untold times, infact it's almost a nightly thing.

I dont limit to a single genre or make or scene per se, for instance this is awesome

Jetta going low low low!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4583881/page1

Ginge

 

Wow! Those three threads are inspirational stuff! Thanks for stopping me getting on with my own project Ginge!

 

Just had a flick throught the BMW thread, very cool! Talk about obsessive though, buying a brand new rear screen from BMW, just because he didn't like the curves in the heating element strips!

 

I find the http://server.pure-pf.com/phpBB/ has some of the best builds, mainly bmw but there absoluty monster builds.

 

Wow,some good finds there,I've literally just started on the mk2 golf thread,what a talented guy!!

Regarding the age thing I think a lot of it's down to how much encouragement/assistance you get with this type of thing.a lot of the best mechanics I know started by learning from their parents/grandparents/neighbours and by the time their old enough to drive,they could take the thing apart and put it back together.

I remember asking my old man when I was 15 if I could buy a cheap car and get it ready for my 17th birthday/when I passed my test and he just fucking laughed at me,it wasn't like I was asking him to pay for it,just use of our empty garage.

My boys 15 now but not massively into cars yet were already planning for him passing his test and I've got a little blue 04 Ka for him,doesn't owe me much money and I might even knock about in it myself for a year first to check all is well. We bought it paintstrippered and as a non runner so it was cheap but I've done the work and moted it now,the insurance will be double what it owes me!!!


Retrorides is a good place for some nice build threads as well,there's a nice 1950's beetle on there that's essentially an mr2 turbo engined frame built to house the beetle body!!!looks the bollix!!

 

the minx one is mega...quality fabrication skills
i like this one too
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4515333/page1

 

holy crap thats really is the business

love the minx build too

 

Thanks for that lol, a couple of hours lost there

Do love these sort of threads though so thanks for posting!

I'm just glad the update on the iPad has got rid of it's annoying limited size cache for the Internet browser. Not once has my iPad dumped back to the home screen in nearly 3 hours of looking at those threads and hundreds of pictures (would do it on nearly every page of lots of pics before the update)

 

That is absolutely fantastic!!!

 

Few more i have found interesting in one way or another.

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11983&page=1

http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/vie...p?f=17&t=15982

some may have seen this before but i love it, great fab build..

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/gar...ff-pt-1-a-8290

Ginge

 

Im going to work soon but i will have a look at them when i get home.

 

Found another one i thought i should add to the list..

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...t=11983&page=1

Ginge

 

Another good one with some great fab work and general genious at work...

Honzuki Shitara
http://retrorides.proboards.com/inde...d=91071&page=1

Ginge

 

EPIC will check them out, later.

 

i think you all should take the time to read through this thread...it blows ANY build thread on any uk or yankee site imo!!!

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http://forum.savarturbo.se/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=21458



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the guy builds everything from scratch! and he is actually a young fella too!

 

Some EPIC Builds And Very Good Reads There, Really Like The Mini One

Amazing How Many Are Actually Never Finished Though....

 

Thought the BMW started so well. Then the big thick fake looking rollcage and several tons of speakers ruined it.

 

Time for an update, found a few good ones recently..

Old school Suzuki Swift GTI Going RWD

http://www.teamswift.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9156

Drift build 83' Trueno coupe

http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/ae86/...er=asc/start=0

Insane mini body based machine

http://www.kimini.com/Diaries/index.html

TWIN engine AWD H22 Turbo Del Sol

http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1266033

Mid engined RWD DC2 Integra

http://www.team-integra.net/forum/19...onversion.html

Until next time!

Ginge

 

There are some nice ones on build threads, also speedhunters has the odd good one aswell

 

i love crazy builds, still at the dreaming stage but always thought something that looks as good as the jwrc mk6 fiesta's or ken block style mk7 but that goes and sounds like a group B audi quattro would be the ultimate for me.

any links to crazy engine builds?

 

Time to update it with this little gem..

http://www.micra.com.au/community/me...essageid=62230

Quick brief quote from the poster

Holy shit is all i can say..

Ginge

 

Got another one to add to this thread.

http://www.zatzy.com/projekt/374743-...megapower.html

Mental motor.

Ginge

 

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amazing stuff
Paul

 

This one caught my eye earlier, the fab work is just afuckingmazing.

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34882

Ginge

 

Two friends are currently building two cool cars!

RB25DET S15 Silvia
SR20DET AE86 Corolla

 

We need build threads on them then Maxwell!

Ginge

 

Another one here... mk1 fiesta with 2 vauxhall v6 lumps going in it, the pace he works at is amazing...

http://retrorides.proboards.com/inde...=106724&page=1

Ginge

 

Some awsome builds there with alot of time put into them

Do these people actually have jobs / homelife / family / wife etc?

I dont know how people get the time to put into them to this level of detail

 

Another one from the same guy doing the mk1 twin engine fiesta...

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread =93317&page=1

Ginge

 

Another one here..

http://www.kustomcoachwerks.com/foru...er=asc&start=0

From this



to this



Ginge

 

^^^^love them old porsches, love reading build threads

 

Hasn't been much around lately until i found this one

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=20490

Casting his own stuff after making models from wood and clay...





Ginge

 

There are some clever people out there i wish i was as clever as them lol.

That porker thread is metal.

 

Not a thread, but some YouTube videos http://www.youtube.com/JENSENVIPERCEPTOR11