Howard Astill's BOSSXC - Summernats - Page 2

Nikked · 28-03-2023, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MrEL

I'm in 2 minds about commissioned builds.
Yes the owner only come up with the idea and signed a very large pile of cheques. In this case they have kept very very low key.
But to the media and public it will always be Howard Astills car.
Yes him and his crew put it together but received a huge amount of money for doing so.
Why would you get someone to build you a car that will become very well known knowing that it will never be "your" car?

...so, no different to going to Ford and ordering a new car with options you've specified?

Tonz · 28-03-2023, 02:59 PM

or getting a builder to build your designer house because of his high reputation.

Wretched · 28-04-2023, 12:46 PM

Going back to showcase the fabrication work done.

Wretched · 05-05-2023, 11:56 AM

Off to MotorEx this weekend in Melbourne.

winkle · 07-05-2023, 07:55 PM

I saw this at Motorex today. The exterior is to die for, the interior not so much. Each to their own, but I reckon a custom interior would have been much more attractive than a transplanted interior. Incidentally, we saw Howard Astill walking around recording a lot of the cars.

MrEL · 07-05-2023, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by winkle

I saw this at Motorex today. The exterior is to die for, the interior not so much. Each to their own, but I reckon a custom interior would have been much more attractive than a transplanted interior. Incidentally, we saw Howard Astill walking around recording a lot of the cars.

The interior is more custom then transplanted.
To make it all work with factory parts and styling is much harder then just doing a complete custom made interior.
I saw it at Motorex too. Pretty incredible thing to look at.