Good God...Build a Fake Mercedes SLR? Lots of Pics

Mikedav · May 18, 2003

How on EARTH did he do that...dont know what the base is, looks like an old Merc (see steering wheel) But thats pretty impressive.

Gti Fly · May 18, 2003

No that can't be true! Wonder if he can turn my Anni into a Zonda? [^]

David · May 18, 2003

needs a decent set of coilovers [

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hmi1750 · May 18, 2003

wow, some grafting, the panel gaps are large though... great effort though!

Wish · May 19, 2003

ummm... Dont look real to me, seems to me that its a totaly different car from the 14th Picture down !!!

If it is real Fair play the guy !!!, Still must of cost a few quid to make.

2300V5 · May 19, 2003

Its real! See this months Top Gear Mag for more info.

Daniel · May 19, 2003

Woud this car be legal then or what. How much did it cost to do

Dan

Mikedav · May 19, 2003

More of the details...I have discovered the original car is a C126 500 SEC like this one:

And some of the detailing is impressive:

Ricardo · May 19, 2003

Thats one crazy Pole!

Hats off to the guy to be that dedicated[

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CarlT · May 19, 2003

Thats a shedload of work - fair play to him[

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Golf V5 · May 22, 2003

That's one hell of a car well done to him

I like the exhausts

Dom · May 23, 2003

Those rims would look so sweet on my motor

Mikedav · May 24, 2003

This post has had over 2000 views and I can see lots of guests peeking so can someone tell us what forum they have linked to us from! Be interested to know where the traffic originated...

Golf V5 · May 24, 2003

quote:

ummm... Dont look real to me, seems to me that its a totaly different car from the 14th Picture down !!!

If it is real Fair play the guy !!!, Still must of cost a few quid to make.

was thinking this my self still not convinced

The distance between the front and back wheels dosent look the same to me

Mikedav · May 24, 2003

More....

96Corolla · May 29, 2003

All the traffic is coming from maxed-ie.net

http://maxed-ie.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2026

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Foxy · May 29, 2003

Looks genuine enough in some pics but surely phot-chopped in others?

Mikedav · May 29, 2003

quote:

Originally posted by foxy

Looks genuine enough in some pics but surely phot-chopped in others?

You cynic [

]. Theres an article on the building of the car in Autobild, see if I can find the link for you

Foxy · May 29, 2003

Re-looking at the pics, i am more convinced it's genuine actually.....AWESOME!

LiQuOrIcE · Jun 2, 2003

i believe it to!!

Good God...Build a Fake Mercedes SLR? Lots of Pics

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