SC 540 Build Photos - Page 4

paul68 · #61 (**permalink**) 04-06-2009, 03:44 AM

Hi new to site,
Ordered a drb 540 in early feb and have to wait til early may. the wait is killing me as the xr8 is in the shed waiting.

Tatsushige · #62 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 03:36 PM

Got a reply from DRB about the 540. They said no chance in hell of their chassis using Toyota Parts.

SoI have 3 Options

Option 1
I will need to order in the Body/Chassis and then also have a Falcon shipped to Japan. BUT I do not think Japan will let me import a wrecked Falcon from what I have been reading on the net.

Option 2
Order in the Body/Chassis and then tear it apart and take it to a R&D here and have them redesign the Chassis to suit all Toyota Parts

Option 3
Have a Turnkey built in OZ by someone and then ship the car to Japan.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place!

*Cobber* · #63 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 04:26 PM

Just get the kit packaged up with the running gear and dash etc you need and then put your 5 lt 2UR GSE and getrag 6 speed in. The Toyota 5lt v8 engines are awesome.

Tatsushige · #64 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 05:47 PM

Just email DRB about getting them to build the car minus the Gearbox and the Engine ....

All fun and games here with kit cars

Can ship in a New Falcon or Used but wrecked NOPE

A few things I will change on the Car

LED Blinkers in the Head light unit as the Cobra Concept
Lexus Style tail lights but on the side of the tail lights in the black area install Blinkers and Reverse lights.

macloft · #65 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 06:29 PM

Option 4
Buy Warrens off him and he can build another one.

He is getting very good at building cars now. He probabaly wants to build a GTM or GT40 anyway
Bruce

Tatsushige · #66 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 08:08 PM

Yes could go option 4, but I am chasing a Toyota Engine and 6 speed Getrag box.

WKB · #67 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 08:08 PM

Bruce,
I build them and keep them. I was looking at a GT40, but I might be to tall to fit. I did hear a rumour that a Ford GT is being developed into a kit car locally. A couple of years away yet, but if it is a goer could be the next one. These will bigger and my wife likes the look of it which helps the cause.

Tatsushige
Like Cobber suggested get a roller with a dash then fit the Toyota equipment

Warren

Tatsushige · #68 (**permalink**) 04-07-2009, 08:19 PM

I have email DRB back about a roller with dash and waiting on a reply.

Just lookin up AC cobras here and they sell for about $35k for rubbish to $80k for close to newly build, all are replicas using 2nd hand parts and all LHD from the US.

I think if DRB did turnkey and got them licensed in OZ he could sell in Japan for about $80K to $100K.

Once I can sort out getting one in and building it .. I will find out how much she will sell for and then decided if to sell and build another and make a little dosh.

Rotty · #69 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 01:31 AM

Warren, new here..mainly joined as I have seen pictures of the DRB 540 (and Cobra Concept pictures) and have fallen in love with it...I am going to drop by DRB in the next few weeks for a chat, and see whats what as the DRB website doesn't have a lot of info. I'm interested in your build as you mentioned fitting a hardtop and power windows? If I get my a$$ into gear and get one it will be a daily driver...so I want to prevent weather such as of late coming down on my head....I'd love to see what you're doing with yours when it's out and about....

paul68 · #70 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 04:17 AM

Hi nice looking car i think. i'm picking my DRB540 up on monday if i can get into the factory without getting washed away.check my gallery for some photos of how it looks before the body goes on.

albanycobra · #71 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 04:49 AM

`Wow that 540 chassis looks awesome, I wonder if DRB will ever do a version of their GT40 chassis in Alloy.....

WKB · #72 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 05:46 AM

Hi Rotty,
DRB have finished there demonstrator which they used to devolop all the parts required to build the car and is currently at the painters.
The factory car has the window hardware fitted to the doors. The aircon/heater unit is also fitted.
As it uses most of the mechanical parts from a XR8 Falcon it should be a good daily drive.
With all the parts now available from DRB to build the car the construction can be quick. I know of one in Victoria that got delivered in February, he received his VIN number a couple of weeks ago and has been driving it on the road with a permit.
Although the construction of my car is pretty well complete I am just waiting for some final measurements so I can finish cutting the required holes in the doors for the window hardware and the fitting kit for the aircon so I can then send it to the painters.

What area are you from?

Paul,
You should be right for Monday as the weather looks like it will be OK. Just watch out for the potholes around Brisbane as a lot of cars are damaging tyres in them.

Albanycobra,
If you want an AC cobra with aluminium monocoque chassis I heard there is a new factory on the Gold Coast making body chassis units.
Also there could be a next generation Daytona with an aluminium chassis that is not that far away from production.

Warren

boxhead · #73 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 03:45 PM

I saw one of these in the flesh for the first time last week (mate out here has just had his delivered).
It is a bigger car than I envisaged in my head, but I suppose it needs to be since it uses all the BA bits without cutting them down.

Very nice looking car in the flesh, only thing I did not like was the thickness in the "A" pillars.
I think the doors are about the same length as the front guard on a Cobra, should be easy to get in and out of.

Rotty · #74 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 05:06 PM

After driving the current Holden Commodores for work I don't think the thick A pillars will be a problem..they have a huge blind spot there! Warren, currently living in Mansfield (working at Inala) after living overseas for the past 14 months....I've always been a huge fan of (and wanted) the Cobras...but the SC540...in my opinion a whole new level...a shame Ford never went ahead with the Cobra concept..

Merv and Sharon · #75 (**permalink**) 05-22-2009, 03:36 AM

Nice car. Or you could get a Mclaren replica (???) here on this NZ site ...

http://www.constructorscarclub.org.n...fiedadvert.php

Merv

Rob. Smith · #76 (**permalink**) 05-22-2009, 04:43 AM

You jokin Merv ? What was the last thing on the list ? I think he thought it looked like a Lamborghini !!!

Tenrocca · #77 (**permalink**) 05-22-2009, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merv and Sharon

Nice car. Or you could get a Mclaren replica (???) here on this NZ site ...

http://www.constructorscarclub.org.n...fiedadvert.php

Merv

My god father there are some ugly cars on that site. I actually feel a little sick after checking that out....

Rotty · #78 (**permalink**) 05-22-2009, 06:44 AM

Warren, I'm hoping to drop down to Yatala some time next week for a sticky beak. I think someone (might have been you) that the hoops behind the seat are purely cosmetic (as in fibreglass) and not a functional roll bar...just wondering what is under them, and if it would be posible to manufacture a hatch for stowing a drop top in there (like the 350z)...just curious...engine wise...would love to fit Fords Romeo 605 5.4lt supercharged...but is 605hp a bit much you think? lol!

WKB · #79 (**permalink**) 05-23-2009, 07:24 PM

Rotty,
The hoops are fibre glass and cosmetic. There is not much room under the them.

Peter (DRB) should be able to answer all your questions about the car.

To answer the question about the 605hp, I read a quote somewhere that said " there is never to much horsepower".

Warren

*Cobber* · #80 (**permalink**) 05-23-2009, 09:47 PM

Can you run the Ford Territory AWD system under the SC540?

SC stands for SuperChargerd officer......