917 Recreation on a 914

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:56 pm

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C20345/

Just seen this!

Graham

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:57 pm

It's (not surprisingly) been up for sale for years & has been ridiculed (rightly so) on every Porsche forum (including DDK several times) during that time !

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:01 pm

ah well, it can have another outing on me then!
GRaham

Disco · Post by **Disco** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:02 pm

to spark a friendly debate:

apart from the price, whats the difference between the above and say a chesil or one of those gt40 replica's?

I admit, its not my cup of tea but it looks the part ( to the untrained eye ) dont think I could swallow the price tag mind you.

defianty · Post by **defianty** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:27 pm

Disco wrote:apart from the price, whats the difference between the above and say a chesil or one of those gt40 replica's?

Chesil's and "those gt40 replica's" actually look very similar to the real thing. This looks somewhat different, shall we say

The third pic down in the advert is NOT the car for sale!

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:33 pm

The difference between a Chesil and the 'good' GT40 replicas is that they actually look like the vehicle they're trying to emulate. This 917 replica doesn't even remotely come close. I've noticed the ad shows a couple of photos of the real deal for comparison.

This replica really needs a VW Beetle engine in the back and a price alot less than a 10th of what they're asking. Then it might not be so ridiculous.

KS · Post by KS » Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:14 pm

Nige wrote:This replica really needs burning. Then it might not be so ridiculous.

Agreed!

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:24 pm

Reportedly handmade from blueprints

...Blueprints of what?

Someone has put a load of work into it, particularly the drivetrain, but the end result is just shocking!

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:40 pm

Gary71 wrote: ...Blueprints of what?

The Laser 917

Just google it and it looks like something Condorman would drive.

In fact I think this one looks much better in a retro kind of way

[img]http://www.priceofhistoys.com/wp-conten ... car[1].jpg[/img]

911ts3 · Post by **911ts3** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:42 pm

I've seen the car in the flesh at a Porsche Show some years back, and the car was nicely finished , but as a bodyshape replica is quite frankly ..........ghastly.
Everything about it screams WRONG.
Its been for sale forever.

Worth the sum of its parts and no more.

Steve
911ts3

JB-L · Post by **JB-L** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:18 pm

I too saw this abomination at a Porsche show, and must admit to standing and staring slack jawed at it's total awfulness.

WRONG,WRONG, WRONG!

Graham · Post by **Graham** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:37 pm

Ditch the body and clothe it in a 909 Bergspider body or somthing like that I think!

butzsi · Post by **butzsi** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:54 pm

Just google it and it looks like something Condorman would drive.

More like condom-man I think.

Chris

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:00 pm

Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder.

The Beholder should have gone to SpecSavers

74rsman · Post by **74rsman** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:58 pm

i love some of this guys other stuff

a half swigged bottle of whiskey http://www.oldtimermanchester.com/details.asp?carID=55

must be prior to pricing that 917 monstrocity..

also liked the 50 x £1000 bleriot / dehavilland canvasses.

what a load of old shite