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[Mr_Bo11ox]

To be fair to Felly, it's ok to diss the aesthetic eh, its totally subjective and I don't like the fisher price colour and huge wheels myself. But on the other hand, he's fair game as a regular slagger of the handiwork of others despite seemingly being fairly devoid of practical skills himself

[oldcars]

OK whether you like it or not its clever stuff IMO:

 

 

Looks like he has retained the complete BMW B-pillar down to sill level, and used the BMW door shells with Rover 75 skins grafted on!!

Tempted to do this to replace my door actuator. Might make the job a bit easier.

[Mally]

I think what b0l is saying to Felly is: "If you think it's shit, show me you can build a better one."

 

 

 

I don't know how to link this, but worth reading Felly's post in Junkmans R16 topic 15/02/ before anyone starts attacking his opinions/skills.

[John F]

Sadly JM, the DVLA took my licence away in August 2016 for medical reasons, I've tried re-applying but it gets knocked back, I suffered severe psychosis in April 16, which landed me with a police issued section 136 order, and landed in the funny farm in Great Yarmouth, since then my health & mental health have spiralled downwards, next step is a wheelchair for me, as my legs are giving up due to diabetic complications. I really would love to drive again, but I don't think it is going to happen any time soon, for a car nut like myself, it has all but destroyed me

 

^ I suspect this is the comment you mean, Mally.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

[Split_Pin]

I was thinking all the way through that I preferred to looks of the 'original' Coupe which Mo posted up but that 4-series one is bloody perfect . Compare that project with some of the abominations on the 'FMWWTT' thread and I can 100% appreciate things where idea + skill + application = execution.

 

I'd love to roll up in that to every show in the calendar, cast out my deckchair and have a blether with all the oddbods that you usually see at such places who will no doubt tell you about the time they made a race-winning 'special' from an Alfa 33 and a Beetle.

[lesapandre]

As far as looks - the factory stuff is now at least a good decade and a bit out of date now - so bound to look a bit old hat. My view is that all these concepts were being readied as part of an attempt to find a development partner for Rover Group or whatever it was called at the end. There was a very wounded but almost viable company there at the end that for whatever reason no one wanted to touch but it did almost come off. After stripping out the best bits, Mini, Range Rover and Jaguar what was left was always marginal but Tata, who I think now own the brand could still recussitate it either with a really innovative electric micro-car...a Mini-Mini or a 75 type saloon based on one of their other platforms. The DNA of motoring is still in the Midlands - just needs reviving.

[stuboy]

i kinda like it

[unclecalzone]

I admire the work that went into that red 75 coupe replica however the one thing that lets it down for me is the exhausts exiting through the rear bumper, I just don’t think it works so well and would have been a lot more work than a more typical arrangement

 

 

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[HillmanImp]

Saw the blue one IRL last night at Thornes park in Wakey.

 

 

Looked really good IMO barring the terrible wheels. Was explaining what it was to my mate and that they'd put a BMW coupe roof on it and showed him this photo of the Rover prototype:

 

 

And he said, well they've just bunged a Merc CLK roof on that haven't they. I think he might be right.

 

 

Might be the norm for prototypes, never really thought about it before as thats obviously loads easier than making your own roof but would Mercedes not be a bit peeved if another actual manufacturer if using your design in their prototype?

[Split_Pin]

Interesting that the one in Practical Classics has a BMW 4 series roof and the example above has a roof from the previous generation 3 series coupe.

 

Its a pity what happened to Rover as something like this would have been a real modern classic.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Saw the blue one IRL last night at Thornes park in Wakey.

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Looked really good IMO barring the terrible wheels. Was explaining what it was to my mate and that they'd put a BMW coupe roof on it and showed him this photo of the Rover prototype:

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And he said, well they've just bunged a Merc CLK roof on that haven't they. I think he might be right.

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Might be the norm for prototypes, never really thought about it before as thats obviously loads easier than making your own roof but would Mercedes not be a bit peeved if another actual manufacturer if using your design in their prototype?

Great spot! The roofline of the red prototype has just made me like the blue coupe even more.

[SiC]

Might be the norm for prototypes, never really thought about it before as thats obviously loads easier than making your own roof but would Mercedes not be a bit peeved if another actual manufacturer if using your design in their prototype?

They might have done. However the company did have plenty of skilled fabricators who would have been able to bash some steel into shape.

[HillmanImp]

They might have done. However the company did have plenty of skilled fabricators who would have been able to bash some steel into shape.

That's kind of my point. If it is a Mercedes roof it just seems like an odd thing for them to do with all those people and machinery etc at hand.

[New POD]

Blue one reminds me of a Monaro

 

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The front doors remind me of an omega b

[bezzabsa]

that last pic of the Blue car looks 3000000000% better than the pic on page 1

 

again not a fan of the alloys, BUT must concede that the blue one has something going for it!!

[AnthonyG]

That's kind of my point. If it is a Mercedes roof it just seems like an odd thing for them to do with all those people and machinery etc at hand.

I suspect it may just be the windows from the CL, and possibly the roof panel, the windscreen pillars look definitely slimmer on the 75. Automotive glass is a lot harder/more expensive to muck around with compared to sheet steel.

 

MGR were past masters at using other people’s bits in low volume stuff, the X-power supercar thing (proper name escapes me) used all sorts, most obvious of which were the Punto Mk2 headlights.

[Steve79]

^^^ Qvale Mangusta

[SamR380]

Just seen this on Facebook, to me it looks entirely believable for a 2002 car. Doesn't look 'modern' but the R75 shape was debuted in 1996 or something.

 

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