Not mine but one that I have been following for a while. Up there with the long departed and missed Hugo the 240Z build.
This guys is building a car from nothing more than sheets of steel. And there is nothing basic about the design. http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9032
Well... I can see I won't be getting anything done when I get home tonight... 
That primer looks like it was rendered.
Bookmarked. Not sure when I should add reading that to my project list...
Read all 28 pages.
I am in awe...
That he scratch-built this:
...from raw sheet metal just blows my mind about what is possible when building your own car.
What really awes me is that he made it a 2nd time mirrored.
Metalmeet is a dangerous place.
Okay this is just mean.
Image 1.
Image 2.
Image 3.
That escalated quickly.
nocones wrote: What really awes me is that he made it a 2nd time mirrored.
Seriously. It's hard enough to get custom fiberglass fenders to match on both sides, let alone every bit of a totally custom-built sheetmetal assembly.
When you read the whole thread, his father owns the shop so he essentially grew up doing this stuff and watching/helping his father since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
I'm sure a fair amount of natural talent doesn't hurt either...
Looks like he's making a Gumpert Apollo replica.
Tis witchcraft i say.
Ian F wrote: When you read the whole thread, his father owns the shop so he essentially grew up doing this stuff and watching/helping his father since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. I'm sure a fair amount of natural talent doesn't hurt either...
Yeah...But then again I guess we all had to start somewhere eh? Probably would not make the collective feel much beter if I mentioned that this is his second car?
Keith Tanner wrote: Metalmeet is a dangerous place.
It certainly has been for my savings acount!
This looks like the same build that I've been seeing on the Retro Rides site. Pretty amazing stuff.
http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/157335/next-scratchbuilt-mid-engine-sports
GameboyRMH wrote: Looks like he's making a Gumpert Apollo replica.
You're just looking at the inner body in the pics above. The outer is all compound curves, quite different from the Apollo.
DeadSkunk wrote: This looks like the same build that I've been seeing on the Retro Rides site. Pretty amazing stuff. http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/157335/next-scratchbuilt-mid-engine-sports
Yup, I've been following it there as well. Great feelings of inadequacy follow each viewing.
First of all, Dead Skunk..Like I really needed another build thread board to feed the addiction.
Just so you know we all come from humble starts, here is Nick's first effort at a scratch built car.
Regarding both builds: Such amazing sheet metal skills.
Regarding the first car: such a horrendously ugly design.
I wish I had one tenth of his sheet metal skills.
Here I was patting myself on the back for welding a piece of metal between two existing pieces of metal for a suspension brace.
I suck
That's insane. No human should possess such skills.
I thought I was a car builder til I saw this!!!!
Holy E36 M3balls. There go the next four hours.
Should be time well spent...
Cone_Junkie wrote: Here I was patting myself on the back for welding a piece of metal between two existing pieces of metal for a suspension brace. I suck
It's probably due to pure ignorance, but to me it's inspiring. It makes me think that what I want to do with my Volvo is entirely feasible.
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