Your Restomod

[duncs500]

Slightly left field, but I'd quite like to do an E89 Z4. Rip out the folding hard top gubbins (along with a load more weight) and put in some hidden scaffolding and a proper hard top (because stiffness). I dunno, S85 V10 or something. I just think it was a cool looking car that never really got proper M-car treatment.

You could go the other way and convert the race car to road spec, go singer dls style and have interchangeable boot lids with or without wing for track use

Sounds sensible.

[Mito Man]

I thought the i8 was originally meant to have a V10 - would be cool bin the hybrid and 1.5l turd and put a V10 back in one.

[duncs500]

However I’m not entirely convinced by the Restomod thing as it’s termed these days. I think a lot of them go too far and engineer out the details and quirks that make me like the cars in the first place.

Part (maybe not all) of the problem is that we always see vids of the company's promotional car, so they tend to stick on ALL the bits, even the ones that might not be in the best taste. We don't often see customer cars, which will have been individually spec'd hopefully with a little more taste and subtlety.

So mine would be a delta integrale. Stripped, shell strengthened, maybe a hidden internal roll cage, fully galvanised. Composite bumpers, bonnet and tailgate to save some weight (painted so they look standard) tarmac rally spec wheel and suspension setup. Interior plastics made a bit less creaky. Modern engine management and turbo setup for about 350bhp with running gear suitably beefed up to cope.

But externally I wouldn’t want it to look modernised or modified.

I'm sure Maturo would be more than happy to sort this out for you.

[IanF]

I mean.. money and taste don’t always come hand in hand.. exhibit A

[duncs500]

I don't mind the yellow Alpina! But wow, there are some absolute shockers in there.

[ZedLeg]

I thought the i8 was originally meant to have a V10 - would be cool bin the hybrid and 1.5l turd and put a V10 back in one.

I saw one the other day and wondered if anyone had put an LS in one yet. TBH a K swap would be cool.

Still think they look brilliant.

[DeskJockey]

I guess we should be grateful that the majority of those cars will never have been driven, I suspect.

I'm slightly smitten with the W140 estate though.

[ZedLeg]

I’ll try and find the article where someone found a bunch of their cars basically abandoned in warehouses in the jungle. Interiors growing mould and everything.

Appalling waste.

[IanF]

I don't mind the yellow Alpina! But wow, there are some absolute shockers in there.

Knew you’d like the yellow one .. tbf, I quite like that aswell!

[Jimexpl]

A Merc W111 coupe. Slightly lowered, full electric drivetrain, modern comforts. Doesn't need to be a rocketship, just to glide around in quietly on the weekend.

Volvo P1800 with the drivetrain from the Noble M600 (because Volvo used that V8 too, if you squint at the spec sheet).

BMW E24 with an E31 V12 drivetrain.

My old boss had a W111 for a while with mostly W126 5.0V8 running gear, custom independent rear suspension and optional 15" 450SEL 6.9 wide alloys. Green with tan. It drove really well.

Just found that someone sold it at auction in 2017, but without the nice alloys filling the arches.

https://www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/112 ... =1019&sd=1

[DeskJockey]

That's fantastic.

[Gavin]

I mean.. money and taste don’t always come hand in hand.. exhibit A

Some of those are abolutely gopping, others are like hot wheels cars, I also liked the big Merc estate, was there not a wite one on here with a totally green interior recently? Most likely in the Jobbo interior thread.

I would also like a late 928 with everything working, maybe with larger more modern alloys and stronger brakes and ideally a more modern stereo.

I like seeing some of the restomods in EVO, but usually not enough to pay £10k, let alone the hundreds of thousands many seem to cost.

I would like a rust free and very lightly modernised Saab 900 Aero and a Volvo 850R wagon, just with better lights, high fi, no mad performance mods.

[ZedLeg]

So there’s only about 4 inches difference in the wheel base of a Tesla model s and a VW Type 2.

Camper that’ll run 9s seems sensible

[mik]

I'd also like a Carrera GT.

Rather than the original Michelin Pilot Sport 2's, it'll be modified and brought up to date with some Michelin Pilot Cup 2's, with a set of spare wheels shod in MPSS for wetter/cooler months.

OK - we're done.

[Peterlplp]

I'd love to EV swap older stuff. A Lancia Aurelia GT or Tatra T77 as a cruiser and a Fulvia for around town.

[dinny_g]

Third Generation G Series Chevy Van. 5.7l Small Block

All 70's tastic elements removed to make it more neutral and anonymous. Converted into 2 Berth Camper

[Explosive Newt]

I think part of the restomod fun is dipping into the cottage industries around well loved classics and seeing what is available, what specialists are out there to tinker for you, etc. I think an original mini would be great for these reasons as there is so much stuff out there to play with.

I think the other draw is to make the car you wish they had made. For this reason I always fancied making a Jaguar X-type R.

[Jimmy Choo]

The Brunei collection reminds me: Dauer 962.

[RobYob]

Toyota MR2 series one in the stillborn Group S spec but with a modern turbo and maybe fancy suspension and a non-stripped interior.

[nuttinnew]

I think the other draw is to make the car you wish they had made. For this reason I always fancied making a Jaguar X-type R.

Oooh, interesting, what sort of spec are you thinking? I don't know if Noble turbots would fit (they probably would in an ali XJ...) but the Volvo V8 might - I'm sure I've seen one in a C30 somewhere. You'd have the same the problem again with Noble turbots, but at least a couple more cylinders and c.c..
I've oft pondered an Allroad type estate using Freelander suspension, surprised one of the yt channels hasn't done it yet (car throttle did it badly ).