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Z3 project...no going back now!

Well as you say there's no going back now!

I'm looking forward to seeing how your project progresses Andrew - good luck. :thumbsup:
 
ronk said:
How long (roughly) before we see it with body panels?
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I have the body panels ready to be collected. As I am a complete novice at this kind of thing, I am not going to rush as don't want to make any stupid mistakes. I reckon about January it should start to take shape. There is so much to do (a lot I don't know yet) it is making my head spin.

I have a few people who have done this before giving me advice, but it is often conflicting, so can be very confusing.
 
Looking great Mr. [ref]Pondrew[/ref],

Chassis in fabulous condition, those sills are in incredible shape :thumbsup:
 
Worth some coin if you get it right...https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/2001-ferrari-250-california-swb-replica-by-dna-automotive-nPdDpn
 
Lovely looking yes, but how can the mileage be just over 2k - think they may have reset it and that is the new body mileage
 
pvr said:
Lovely looking yes, but how can the mileage be just over 2k - think they may have reset it and that is the new body mileage
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Think thats also known as 'kit-car maths'.
 
inkey$ said:
pvr said:
Lovely looking yes, but how can the mileage be just over 2k - think they may have reset it and that is the new body mileage
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Think thats also known as 'kit-car maths'.
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Thats know as clocking surely - how the hell can that be legal, the car could have done 200k before the conversion, for £77k I would want to know all about the original car.
 
Reading the details, it does actualy state that:

Odometer reset during conversion – 2,150 miles covered since

And it refers to the service history of before, but never mentions the key value of how much the engine has done.
 
pvr said:
Lovely looking yes, but how can the mileage be just over 2k - think they may have reset it and that is the new body mileage
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Yes..new gauges, new mileage. I am getting my new gauges programmed to the mileage on the car now, so will show 54k from day one. Much better way to do it IMO.
 
pvr said:
Reading the details, it does actualy state that:

Odometer reset during conversion – 2,150 miles covered since

And it refers to the service history of before, but never mentions the key value of how much the engine has done.
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It does seem strange that most people use high mileage, half knackered old cars to convert. It is not a cheap conversion and ultimately it will still be the half knackered car underneath.
That is why I wanted a low mileage good car to start with.

BTW the last car to sell last month went for £70k. One recently sold in the US (built from a body the same as mine) for $267,000! It has been fitted with a 7 litre LS7 V8, though!
 
You are doing the right thing though by documenting the donor car and the various stages of dismantling, it is obvious it is a clean example from that rather than a knackered one.
 
That should keep you busy and probably means less time for you to be on the forum :titshake: :happyclap: :yeah: :poke: :rofl: . Looking forward to the build . Good to know there are people around for advice that have done it before :thumbsup:
 
Pondrew said:
Yes..new gauges, new mileage. I am getting my new gauges programmed to the mileage on the car now, so will show 54k from day one. Much better way to do it IMO.
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Yes, that makes much more sense.

And starting with a clean low mileage Z3 has to be the best approach. :thumbsup:
 
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