Guest Anonymous Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1830344134 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 Crap, it still has the I6!! That thing needs a V8 Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bang847 Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 that purple cobra at MSA was a six too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 At least it is semi finished. I am still strugglimg to get a V-8 in mine. I will not paint mine with a stripe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thurem Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I think the Z lends itself good to become a Ferrari replica, But the Cobra, well it just looks funny. Sort of like a fat chick wearing a G-string. Thure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Very funny , Therem. I really want to come to the defense of the Tommahawk but ever since I have owned mine in the back of my mind there has been this lingering doubt: "Fat boy in a string bikini" Now that you have brought your suspicions out in the open...,. I may have to re-appraise my endeavors and finish my GTO kit and abandone the fatboy until there is some type of rehabilitaion in regards to this bikini image. I may have to change my name too. I rellty do not want to be associated with a transvestite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Lets look side by side and see where its different: See the distance from the front door edge and the rear of the wheel opening? Much longer, different wheelbases, thats what makes the tomahawk's proportion look different, I'm not saying its bad, just not my taste after I saw one in Rio Vista. Those building them, thats just my taste, its still cool and I like it, just wouldn't spend that sort of dough on it myself. Regards, Lone Ps: Astute cobra guys, yeah I know this picture is I think of one that has a stretched cowl for more leg room, if you've never seen one, your feet in a old cobra were pointed out a bit to the left to clear that big honkin 427. None the less its still longer than the tomahawk in stock form thats for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 The red Cobra replica "skinny guy with neck goiter" Lone: ever since they parked next to you at Rio Vista, you have been biased.(Tee hee from T Zee) They originally went for $2700.00 and are now priced way too high.I definitely would not pay $10,000.00 for a kit.NO WAY! Mine came at about $3100.00 with many extras. I saw the prototype Tomahawk next to a Stallion Cobra replica and prefered the Tomahawk but the 250 GTO is miles ahead in style but that Tommahawk kit is perfection in manufacture. Kit prices are killing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleek Z Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Perhaps none of you have thought of it this way, but I know from experience that a Tomahawk's "presence" is not the same under all light and different physical locations. Being a "visual" person by nature, I distinctly remember that both of the dark colored Tomahawk cars parked on the bright, gravel covered tan dirt at the Rio Vista Event, under a high direct sun, did not look at all as impressive as they do when parked on asphalt under a low angle sun or overcast sky. I have made 2 trips to the West Coast Nationals from the SF Bay area in the "Purple Candy" Tomahawk car and I can strongly attest to what a crowd pleaser and "chick magnet" that car is where ever it goes. No matter where the owner stops or drives, he is surrounded immediately by admirers of the car's look and proportions or high five'd by chicks and gents alike as he drives down the the freeway. It is obvious to me that no one thought the car's proportions looked like a "fat lady in a bikini" Note: I am referring to the S30 based design only. The later kit designs adapted to the S130 and Z31 bodies do strike me as being somewhat "fat" or dumpy looking from some angles IMO. What is curious to me is that so many tend to compare the Tomahawk to a Cobra, when, in fact, it is quite different close up. When the owner and I went down to the 2000 MSA show, we first converged on a motel parking lot where other Tomahawk owners were registering. While there, a large mob of cobra replica kits, down for the Knott's Kit Car Show that same weekend, pulled in and parked amongst the 4 Tomahawk cars. Immediately, I could see that the Tomahawks were decidely larger and more "muscle car" like than than the diminutive looking, low slung Cobra replicas with the paper thin door shells. Also, the Tomahawk kits looked sleek and solidly constructed with integrated body lines, well designed and fitted appointments and solid doors, whereas the expensive Cobra replicas looked more like something assembled from off-the-shelf components from a hardware store and some chrome fasteners. They may have been true to the British heiritage they were celebrating, but they were not impressive visually, IMO, compared to the Z base S30 Tomahawks. Another problem in appreciating the Tomahawk kits, when seen at Z car shows, is that when parked along side the stock, non-flared, stock Z car's lines the dramatic fender and rear body treatment on the Tomahawk cars may seem somewhat "fat" in comparison, but when they are viewed at speed on a highway or out in an open space, such as a large parking lot, they have a very striking "presence" that impresses almost everyone that first sees one. -- Sleek Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Fat chick in a string bikini... hahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Eric : thanx for standing up for the "fat boys" But you have to admit that the description "fat chick in a string bikini" is hilarious. I am still laughing and started calling mine "fatboy" (IN OBVIOUS DEFERENCE TO THE IMPLIED NOTION THAT IT WAS FEMININE) I wanted to paint mine silver but leaning towards a dark color after your comments which I agree with. Stripes are a problem.In a dark color these cars are the most masculine sports car that I have ever seen besides a dump truck. I want you guys to stop calling these cars CHICKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Tomahawk, In reading many car magazines, etc., over the last 25 years, I've come across beautifully sculpted car bodies being referred to as feminine - and it was always meant in a complimentary way. The smooth, esthetic lines of many cars like the GTO 250, 240Z, etc. are akin to the beautiful curves of a fine human female specimen, as I read the metaphors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Pete, I also have a 250 GTO kit that is definitely feminine plus an Origin convertible that is a sissy too but that Fat Boy is all male. I am probably the only fellow that has all these kits and unfinished! My car is not a fat chick in a string bikini! (Maybe a fat boy in a thong)It aint for sale either cause I love the way it looks but I would rather sleep in the GTO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Adkins Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 I've seen pictures of some Cobra Daytona Coupe conversions based on a Z that looked pretty good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 I also tried to find a Cobra Daytona Coupe but could not find one to purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Ummm, so are you saying its NOT supposed to look like a Cobra? I don't doubt its a chick magnet, hell you could tell them its a cobra, most of them would never know, goldiggers are shallow haha. To my eye the dimensions are still skewed regardless if its on dirt, asphalt, clay or water.. I'm not saying its not a nice kit, but I was way less impressed with the black and silver cars in person than I was with the purple car in the pictures Eric took before which looked great. Perhaps its the aspect ratio or something I donno. (no I'm not saying you reworked it Eric, as I have nothing but respect for your photographic ability, your the man!) In person, I donno, its strictly a personal opinion, but it didn't do it for me. No matter, I'm sure they'll continue selling them regardless what I think either way. Regards, Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Dreamer Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Interesting thread, it's all relative though, some guys like "Fat Chicks" even in a thong! Yikes! Same goes for cars, clothes and anything else. So if TZ is into "Fat Macho" wheels and Lone his "Rio Linda cruizer", more power/HP to them. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 No, I am not into fat macho wheels, my fat boy has been covered up with the straps pulled tight ever since this post appeared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Dude, "FatBoy" is the way to go... Reminds me of a coveted Harley. BTW, a dude once said to me, as he was oogaling my car, "That is the Heather Locklear of sports cars". I blushed. And got a little wet. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Jumbo ...Looks like you have a Griffin with a Long oil cooler > Did you later fabricate a full sheet metal upper bracket for the radiator? Really nice car with good details. The Tommahawk on eBay was a lost one and #9 manufactured.( I have # 8) Eric Neyerlin is maintaining a registry of these cars and trying to locate all of them (29). He also is keeping archives on all the early Datsun rebody kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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