One very dedicated Swedish builder has been spending the last 3 years creating his own Bentley Speed 8 replica. By taking a 1:18 scale model and having it scanned in 3D, he was able to recreate the body shape in full-size and drape it over a hand fabricated tube-frame chassis. With a 4.2lt Audi V8 sitting behind the two lucky occupants, this home-made creation will surely have the performance to back up supercar looks. At the start of the thread there appears to be a twin-turbo setup in the works, but sadly it disappears later in the thread, so let’s hope it makes a return somewhere down the track. After you see the home-made CNC machine & plasma cutting table, you’ll agree with me when I say “chalk up another build to the crazy Scandinavians!”
Thanks to Ger from Ireland for the submission.
CLICK HERE to view the translated build thread.
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wtf.
that is all.
there is a english thread somewhere on the locost-usa forum too, maybe a bit easier to follow
Do you realize that Audi made a FWD 01E gearbox?
The Twin turb osetup is still in the works, he just had to take them off to make the creation street legal.
What passion. Most of us can only dream of possessing this man’s dedication.
Damn, now I want to go build an XJR-14 replica…
Here´s his swedish carthread
http://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44152&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=1176
Lots of pics, but all in Swedish.
Enjoy 🙂
OMG
best one yet
So did it get finished ???
Most accurate Bentley EXP Speed 8 (2003) replica –> http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/9876/2803201121.jpg
It´s still in progress.
It is road legal now.
http://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44152&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=2016