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Postby john 215 » 04 Mar 2008 18:35

Hi,
Saw this on Fleabay, may be of some intrest to someone,removed from car or car rotted away from under it [;)]
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRIUMPH-TR7-TR8-F ... dZViewItem
Seller says 100 hours to install, optomistic maybe [?]
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Postby EntonoX » 05 Mar 2008 06:43

i really don`t understand why people want this crap to put on a tr7. It just looks awfull![xx(]

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Postby UKPhilTR7 » 05 Mar 2008 08:53

<font color="green"><b>That is the thing about these cars though everyones taste is different. Most people can not understand why I love my TR7 so much. The picture of the yellow one with the kit fitted does look nice though.</b></font id="green">

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Postby EntonoX » 05 Mar 2008 08:57

That is true, i'm glad we all have a different taste! [;)]

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Postby Chris Turner » 05 Mar 2008 17:43

Im going to put in a bid, always fancied one.

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Postby rosey » 05 Mar 2008 17:54

Have you got a donor vehicle in mind Chris?

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Postby Chris Turner » 05 Mar 2008 18:03

Not at the moment Dave, Il start looking when I win the body kit.

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Postby john 215 » 05 Mar 2008 18:26

Hi,
Good luck Chris, Robsport have a kit for sale as well attached to a pile of rust [:p] [;)]-

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Postby Dave Dyer » 05 Mar 2008 20:47

I never understood Rimmers making this kit.

The development, the work, the costs involved, the chance to make something special and they try and make it look like a bad kit car Ferrari, if your going to make a Ferrari lookalike then it needs to be a close match, they should have gone for a totally different look, their own design, like Mark Grinnall did.
The fact that it didn't sell well proves this and a couple of years ago they were trying to sell the moulds and design rights ( probably trying to recoup some money! )

The original TR7 styling, you either love it or you hate it, either way trying to turn one into a 'TR40' is (in my opinion) a waste of a TR7!! and I'm not a purist. But from a project side of things (not wanting to offend Chris!) then it could be a bit of fun??

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Postby Chris Turner » 05 Mar 2008 20:49

Rimmers didnt develop the kit, they bought the rights to manufacture it from the original producers Eurosport.

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Postby Dave Dyer » 05 Mar 2008 21:38

Which ever way Rimmers came by the kit, it was surely a mistake, they should have stopped at kit number 3, which enhanced the look, but trying to make it look like a car it isn't, is for the TR7 a sad shame.
Yes, improvement is good, but disguise is bad, its shouldn't look like an Italian car (loosely speaking) its a British sports car and thats the way it should look!

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Postby silverseven » 06 Mar 2008 01:54

if only it was over here, @ 77 pounds, it would be a good deal just for the wheels (lol)

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Postby paul w » 06 Mar 2008 17:26

Chris,if you win this,i know you'll do the thing properly.You can't
do something like this 'on the cheap',it's gotta be done well,or
theres no point.I have seen a very good TR40 which was awesome,and
i have seen them done on a shoe string - woefull.

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