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Old 01-04-2015, 06:00 AM
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The future of aluminum conversion built by members (idea):
Well, we built one complete car based on a MKIII so far. We have also two bodies close to be finished for the same chassis. Last year I had the opportunity to buy a MKIII kit and I thought this can be a nice way to go. We had scans from an original 427 but when I have seen how many FFR cars are on the planet I looked already forward to go for a kit like aluminum body conversion.
Now, as I can see in this forum is that the MKIII has a "perky butt", whatever this is. But good news is that there is a MKIV and I will update our molds to it. I will have some MKIV based cars and kits ready in around two month. They are already sold and in the meantime I will going to perfect this project.
The bad news for you guys is that I may pulling the plug for the conversion kits as there are forum members who are trying to keep their face and position after they misleaded other club members and now everybody knows that we are real..and this already for a long time.
I had a bad start, some were my fault but most negative threads came from members who really dont like that we are going forward with this idea. Threads like "They are using a MKII from Kirkham" or "Hey, I have seen this car at Pebble Beach" or "I never heard from 150 or 14 bodies".....really?

We have over 20,000sqf of production facility in one building only. I have a second one where we are doing paint jobs, assembly and upholstery. Some areas can be visited over our live cameras.

If I go for the kit conversion is fully up what I will see here in this forum.
I like that a member has his own ideas how those conversion can be perfected so here is my offer.

We open a new thread like "Alloycars aluminum bodied FORUM project" and we start over with objective club members. Idea is using a MKIV as explained and using opinions to finish this project as there is not only the outer shell. There are inner panles, door panles hood frames and so on which has to be configurated the right way. We can do this together and this is the only way I willing to do this.
Your opinions, votings and I am offering to build it how YOU want. Is this a word?.
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But good news is that there is a MKIV and I will update our molds to it.
Molds, we thought you were hand forming everything.

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I will have some MKIV based cars and kits ready in around two month.
This is a good thing as we want to see something that is 100% your own project, and not something you bought and customized, then called your own.

However, you'll need to alter the body and subframing for each of the following FFR frames

MKI
Mk 1.5
MK II
Mk 2.5
Mk 3
MK 3.5

and finally the newest MK IV chassis as they are all different in one way shape or form.


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The bad news for you guys is that I may pulling the plug for the conversion kits as there are forum members who are trying to keep their face and position after they misleaded other club members
Well, and here I thought you were getting somewhere, but you want to place blame for alienating your biggest target audience on someone other than yourself. Now say you are pulling the plug for that reason. SIGH.......
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Threads like "They are using a MKII from Kirkham" or "Hey, I have seen this car at Pebble Beach" or "I never heard from 150 or 14 bodies".....really?
Well, you were using the Kirkham picture (mirrored) as your own, and on your web site. Same goes for the Bluemoon built MK II with the Kirkham body on it as your own.

An inquiry to Brazil's largest specialty car dealer turned up nothing in the way of your "150 cobra bodies", the "14 cobra bodies" are right from your posts as well, so the only one to blame is yourself.

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We have over 20,000sqf of production facility in one building only. I have a second one where we are doing paint jobs, assembly and upholstery.
What is the address for the "other building" so when our members finally get around to coming in to see your production facility they can view both buildings and report back.
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We open a new thread like "Alloycars aluminum bodied FORUM project" and we start over with objective club members. Idea is using a MKIV as explained and using opinions to finish this project as there is not only the outer shell. There are inner panles, door panles hood frames and so on which has to be configurated the right way. We can do this together and this is the only way I willing to do this.Your opinions, votings and I am offering to build it how YOU want. Is this a word?.
The problem is, you did not like any of the opinions as posted in this thread, ok, maybe two out of 300+ posts. The next problem is that no matter how you behave and interact with others from this point forward, your past will be right here to haunt you. You had a chance early on to come clean, and instead you let your pride and ego get in the way, and continued on with not only your attacks/threats, but your denial of wrong doing, and your game playing, hoping that you could "pull then wool" (so to speak) over everyone elses eyes. Sadly in your case, you underestimated the tenacity of your target audience for not putting up with such things.

Regardless, here is wishing you well.



Bill S.

PS: Cutting and pasting the same post over and over will not make it right, and only males you look foolish.
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... We open a new thread like "Alloycars aluminum bodied FORUM project" and we start over with objective club members. Idea is using a MKIV as explained and using opinions to finish this project as there is not only the outer shell. There are inner panles, door panles hood frames and so on which has to be configurated the right way. We can do this together ...
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