• Q.1930's on the outside, 2016 on the Inside - The Zimmer Golden Spirit

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    JOY
    JOY | 8 years ago

    [QUOTE=NikilSJ;n17488]Ughhh. What is that garish thing staring at me from my laptop :p. Looks like plastic surgery gone wrong for the Mustang. Still, brilliant write up [USER][/USER]. Was ROFL-ing my way through it. Now we know why the British neo classics are more expensive - it is because they put in a lot of time and effort into building one. This Zimmer looks like a lazy, half-arsed job in comparison to the Eagle Speedster or the normal Morgans you can buy off the shelf. The problem with the Zimmer, like [USER="12"]Arjun[/USER] said, is the side profile. It is easily identifiable as the Mustang and this will make people think the owner is a nut job who has a bad taste in cars and art and just wants to flaunt his cash. Neo classics should, in my opinion, be subtle works of art that conveys the manufacturers skills in coach building and the customers taste in art and the more refined things in life. I'd rather buy a banged up beater from the 60s and 70s and spend some quality time and money in restoring it. Yes, finding parts are difficult, but like you said - nothing is impossible. On a different note, do you think 3D printers in the near future will be capable of printing out parts that no longer exists for classic cars? Then anyone could just sit in their garage and feed some data and wait for the printer to make your classic car dreams a reality.[/QUOTE] 3D printing already exists in America and I have heard mention on counting cars episode(a car restoration theme'd program) back in 2013-14. The staff asks permission to 3D print the taillights of the Chrysler Imperial which would cost only $100 where as original old stock was $1000. In the episode it is shown that they dismissed 3D printing and bought original parts(who knows). [video=youtube;fq4KtLYiNe4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq4KtLYiNe4[/video] I have also read about Jay Leno's(Car collector and host) Leno's own 3D printing machines which he uses to restore his existing cars and new projects. [url]http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a4354/4320759/[/url] The disadvantage i have heard is that the plastic fades away after sometime(Sun light). but when it does, make some more as it costs a ton less and doesn't make you hunt for vintage parts which are sadly stolen sometimes. My 1995 Vespa Select 150 ES is bone stock like just out of the factory with even correct rubber parts imported from UK back in 2011. I don't take it out now that much as I found a moron trying to steal parts from the scooter :mad:. thankfully I saw it in action and the bloody scoundrel ran away with only bushes from the rear carry guard. He was trying to pry out the badges :eek: when I saw him. Thankfully I had more bushes in stock and replaced them. 3D printing would prevent people from stealing at least.

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    Nikil
    Nikil | 8 years ago

    Ughhh. What is that garish thing staring at me from my laptop :p. Looks like plastic surgery gone wrong for the Mustang. Still, brilliant write up [USER][/USER]. Was ROFL-ing my way through it. Now we know why the British neo classics are more expensive - it is because they put in a lot of time and effort into building one. This Zimmer looks like a lazy, half-arsed job in comparison to the Eagle Speedster or the normal Morgans you can buy off the shelf. The problem with the Zimmer, like [USER="12"]Arjun[/USER] said, is the side profile. It is easily identifiable as the Mustang and this will make people think the owner is a nut job who has a bad taste in cars and art and just wants to flaunt his cash. Neo classics should, in my opinion, be subtle works of art that conveys the manufacturers skills in coach building and the customers taste in art and the more refined things in life. I'd rather buy a banged up beater from the 60s and 70s and spend some quality time and money in restoring it. Yes, finding parts are difficult, but like you said - nothing is impossible. On a different note, do you think 3D printers in the near future will be capable of printing out parts that no longer exists for classic cars? Then anyone could just sit in their garage and feed some data and wait for the printer to make your classic car dreams a reality.

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    Arjun
    Arjun | 8 years ago

    [URL="https://www.zigwheels.com/forum/profile/135"]JOY MRC[/URL], thats a very interesting find. Though the cars look great from the front, from the sides they look confused between modern and classic styling. Most classic car lovers would want their car to look like the real classics from all angles. This mix of styling would be reliable and safe for sure, but I really wonder if the whacky mod would leave him satisfied. After spending around half a million,what you are getting something that would look like a Mustang banged into a Morgan. They would be head turners for sure when you see one approaching, but from the side profile a person would just turn away. I checked some pictures of the rear profile also, which also look decent, but the side profile is outrageous. What I feel is that this modification is killing the Mustang as well as the Classic that it's trying to copy.

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