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Look at what Barry's been up to!......

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Not content with being the most gifted early Porsche Metal Meister on the planet, Barry has been doing a little coach building in his lunch breaks.....

....check out Number 1 .....

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....an Austin 7 based special that looks very special indeed! 8)

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Supply Barry with an Austin 7 rolling chassis and he'll pop on one of these special kits for not a huge amount of money :)

.....and I think the answer is most certainly NO!..........I don't there is an end to the man's talent! :thumbleft:

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That is lovely. I can imagine driving something like that up Prescott hill climb someday.
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Fantastic Barry 8)
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That’s a thing of beauty, well done Barry.
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Angus Forsyth , ex Hagerty insurance supremo pilots one similar to this in regularity rallies with his son, has no roof, rain or shine! Looks like a small bathtub in the rain.
Bonkers! But fab…..
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Barry’s work gorgeous as usual.


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Is it just about to get an electric heart ?
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So very very nice Barry, hats off!!
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PeterK wrote:Is it just about to get an electric heart ?
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The special looks awesome - nice work Barry
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PeterK wrote:Is it just about to get an electric heart ?
Not this one. Next one might though...

Amazing work from Barry.
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Thank you all, and thanks to Darren for posting!

Apologies for the slow reply, as you know I don't seem to find my way over here as often as I should.

As Darren says, this is No1 which is sold and gone and I'm about to start No2 which is mine plus there are a couple of other definite possibles lined up as well.

Built on either a A7 LWB box saloon or a A7 Ruby.

I think I'll do my own one pretty much as per these pics other than adding an aluminium 1/2 cover, more louvres and possibly a Brooklands style side-exhaust. Also want to see if I can re-engineer the handbrake to be external as well.

If there's any interest I'll post the build here assuming no objections from the Big Boss himself :) .
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Hell yes please :-)
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Barry wrote: If there's any interest I'll post the build here assuming no objections from the Big Boss himself :) .
Of course not - would love to see a build thread
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