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Shadowdemon
16th May 2011, 20:09
Saw this on Top Gears site earlier thought you lot might wanna have a look ...

"The picture below is a Renault 4 body that’s been grafted onto a 225bhp Clio V6 chassis. With nitrous. Which is ridiculous. But the kind of engineering idiocy that we can only endorse.

Named ‘Project Old to New’, it's being built by Parisian car modifiers L'Ecurie to compete in the Gumball 3000 rally, which lunges with its usual guffaws and stuffed wallets into Europe from its Covent Garden start line in ten days.

Only thing is, the 225bhp retro cannonball isn't technically finished. Which might be a bit awkward for the event's only French participants, L'Ecurie founder Patrice Meignan and Technical Director Jérémy Taltaud."

Link - Clicky (http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/gumball-2011)

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RobVT
16th May 2011, 20:33
thats awesome
bod_bod
16th May 2011, 20:37
fair play bet the v6 owners aint 2 happy there choping 1 up!
Mallyauto86
16th May 2011, 20:45
looks better than a clio
GolfJay
16th May 2011, 20:46
Now that is a proper project!!
Lewis
16th May 2011, 21:38
What an awesome combo :P Needs a better rear side window mind, looks like a squashed estate
Leonzee
16th May 2011, 21:40
When a project has blueprints it's serious.
joe333
16th May 2011, 21:48
woow that is a madd project fair play
MiniGibbo
16th May 2011, 21:50
Thats going to be mental!
LSOfreak
16th May 2011, 21:54
id love to see it finished. looks epic to be fair
saxowebby
17th May 2011, 06:57
Just wow. Gutsy cuttin up a v6 clio
UKtom
17th May 2011, 07:22
that will be mad :fcuk: cant wait to see the finished thing :zainy:
dunno
18th May 2011, 00:55
I saw this on the topgear facebook earlier and it looks like its gonna be epic!
mlawlan69
18th May 2011, 01:54
chopping up a clio v6 fucking hell

fair play to them though ultimate sleeper LMFAO.
UKtom
18th May 2011, 08:16
chopping up a clio v6 fucking hell

fair play to them though ultimate sleeper LMFAO.

pmsl :clapping: i think it will look beastly with those side panels from the v6 tbh :p
CHIP
18th May 2011, 22:30
Already seen this before. Looks an exciting project.
sammys
19th May 2011, 17:08
thats a awesome project!!!! there are any progress thread? therei s only a gallery:(
Jay_
19th May 2011, 17:18
this will be full of win! :y:
craig180
19th May 2011, 17:30
Truly mad. But I absolutely love it!!!
LSOfreak
19th May 2011, 17:54
tbf i think this is more impressive

a citroen 2cv built on a ferrari 355

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqvwIxYILUI&feature=related