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FTO Roadster
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:55 pm
by phunkydude
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:37 pm
by Technikhaus
It's quite cool, but it was just a temporary thing, they made it out of a car they're about to scrap.
I believe they just wanted a convertible FTO for a meet.
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:34 pm
by MaxD
This one was rotten and had a quote of £5k to repair it, so the guy cut the roof off and kept the car until the MOT expired. He's just about sold all the nice parts now. Structurally it's not in a good way, but it doesn't look bad.
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:12 pm
by Technikhaus
Yeah they did quite a tidy job of it!
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:30 pm
by Chebus
Damn that looks good, would you lose a lot of rigidity with no roof though?
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 6:55 pm
by Daniel2019
Chebus wrote:Damn that looks good, would you lose a lot of rigidity with no roof though?
Yep, correct. Especially considering the FTO wasn't really designed for it.
Even in cars with shells designed to be convertibles from factory there is often a big difference. Apparently in things like the Nissan 350/370 convertibles are very different to standard roofed versions. Can only imagine the difference in a car not designed to handle it.
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:38 pm
by Sahin
Haha bullshit I've cut a roof off an fto before and it's not that structural! The whole middle of it is like 2mm thick
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:39 pm
by Sahin
But I'm not an engineer and my comment probably is stupid lol
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:47 pm
by Bennoz
This ^^^
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:48 pm
by Astron_Boy
Sahin wrote:Haha bullshit I've cut a roof off an fto before and it's not that structural! The whole middle of it is like 2mm thick
Sahin wrote:But I'm not an engineer and my comment probably is stupid lol
Very f**king so.
To be precise.
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:31 am
by ObsidianRadio
Judging by those images, I can already taste the rice
Doesn't change the fact it'll be f**king mint though!
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:55 am
by silverGPX
I don't think they will finish it, looks horrendous
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:32 am
by Technikhaus
It's already been scrapped.
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:36 pm
by ObsidianRadio
Technikhaus wrote:It's already been scrapped.
Why am I not surprised
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 4:14 pm
by Technikhaus
It had a rotten chassis, so before scrapping it they decided to have some fun and cut the roof off for the weekend, then after that they just scrapped it straight away.
Re: FTO Roadster
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:16 pm
by ObsidianRadio
Technikhaus wrote:It had a rotten chassis, so before scrapping it they decided to have some fun and cut the roof off for the weekend, then after that they just scrapped it straight away.
I was talking about the purple one, not Estelle's red one... I know that was taking the piss. Haha
