One of the most impressive "back yard" builds I've ever seen...

[Ace-Garageguy]

Considering this was built in pretty primitive conditions with the most basic tools required to do the work, it's of astoundingly good quality. "Inspirational" doesn't begin to describe what a bunch of Vietnamese kids accomplished here. Some of it's a little crude, but the amount of good seat-of-the-pants engineering and craftsmanship that went into this thing, especially the building of the body and interior panel clay "plugs", good enough to splash molds from to make fiberglass panels...it just blows my mind.

EDIT: In the YT comments under the Rolling Bones vid I posted a coupla days back, there were a bunch of haters ragging on "old rich boomers" who had hot-rods. OK dwerbles...build something cool yourself like these young guys did, and quit your whining about " boomers bad ".

 

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[PowerPlant]

Interesting! I also watched the Bugatti video, made by the same guys, that was recommended after the LaFerrari. They definitely do some really convincing replicas, without high-tech facilities available. Impressive work indeed! 

[cobraman]

Very slick.  Those guys have some talent.

[Dpate]

I'm shocked if ferrari doesn't come after them lol.  That is nice and good skill, but there's no way i would drive a fiber glass made vehicle on the road let alone buy it. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, Dpate said:

...there's no way i would drive a fiber glass made vehicle on the road let alone buy it. 

No Corvette, Lotus, DeTomaso Vallelunga, or countless other fiberglass / composite bodied cars, including some real Ferraris, Porsches, and full scale kit-cars, for you, eh?

EDIT: These kids aren't building the things they build to sell, anyway. Nothing about the car is any kind of production, street-licensable. Did you happen to notice the brake rotors cut from thin steel plate? Functional for going around the block, or on and off a trailer, but that's about it. All plastic windows too, but the side power windows work. And watch the vid where they tackle the lighting electronics, etc.

Essentially, it's a self-propelled, drivable BIG MODEL CAR, not anything trying to be taken seriously as a real vehicle...and if it were, Ferrari would most certainly crack down on 'em, and just might anyway.

Still, even though it's just a full-scale model, the skills these kids have are so far and away beyond what 99.999% of the rest of humanity ANYWHERE has, it's pretty downright amazing they could do that, at all...especially considering how basic their tools are.

EDIT 2: They also MADE their own chassis, suspension uprights, control arms, brake caliper adapters, engine mounts, etc. Just the engineering that went into hinging the doors is WAY beyond the ability of the vast majority of high-dollar "car builders".

Yeah, there are a very few people who can do what these kids did, and to a much higher standard. I know some very well indeed. But for comparison, look at the other "clay" video I posted showing how manufacturers accomplish essentially the same thing, using million-dollar 5-axis CNC milling machines to rough carve the clay, VR, exotic CAD environments, and a very well paid cast of hundreds working in a pristine climate-controlled building.

Edited February 25, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[Belugawrx]

Amazing vid Bill..I noticed the sheet steel discs (thought they were on the rear..?),maybe determined alot of the reversing down the street parts..lol

The body work and full interior they accomplished was just incredible..!

Thanks for posting it up?

Edited February 25, 2023 by Belugawrx