Indian Muscle Car Mod : A Modernized Contessa. (w/ WIP Pics!)

Sudhindra · 21st December 2009, 10:07

Great going guys. As Nigel said, the word "stunning " gives very little respect to whats been done by you. It deserves much better words to describe..let me think about it.
Well, off topic, i am about to buy my second contessa, its 1.8glx, 2002 last model.. its absolutely superb from every angel. It has PS, power windows, interiors are excellent and guess what, this car was used by then home minister of karnataka. Gas fitted.
This is my 3rd conti that i am dealing with the auctioneers , the last two i got it for my other friends. 3rd one i will keep it. My present conty will be used for some modifications in the lines of death proof car later next year..

JRD · 21st December 2009, 10:14

reitz... i must say that is one hell of an effort.. Looks fantastic. The WIP pictures definitely shows nigel's sense of form. After looking at the pictures, I wanted to suggest toning down the shoulder line a little to get a more mature cross section. I've attached a few sketches to show what I mean. Hope it helps. Keep up the great work.

longhorn · 21st December 2009, 12:30

It's turning out to be a real beauty. Kudos to you guys. If the final product could be displayed at the Auto Expo in Jan, you guys would definitely have orders pouring in!

konjaril · 21st December 2009, 13:19

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Originally Posted by JRD

reitz... i must say that is one hell of an effort.. Looks fantastic. The WIP pictures definitely shows nigel's sense of form. After looking at the pictures, I wanted to suggest toning down the shoulder line a little to get a more mature cross section. I've attached a few sketches to show what I mean. Hope it helps. Keep up the great work.

hey thanks buddy for you effort, its good to see suggestions and do motivate us.. I would like to point out that the lines you have suggested are too "mature" and if you see the sketch we are trying to attain is on the lines of a muscular car more that a sporty sedan. if the point was to make is a good looking sedan i would have never done the project, i wanted a true blue muscle car. hence the lunatic lines..

Neil.Bhujbal · 21st December 2009, 13:42

If i get you guys something like this can you make a Lamborghini replica kind of body for me to fit over this ?

konjaril · 21st December 2009, 14:11

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Originally Posted by Neil.Bhujbal

If i get you guys something like this can you make a Lamborghini replica kind of body for me to fit over this ?

err..not a replica but something as lunatic and mad as the lambo.. infact i don't wanted to spell out but you are somewhere near on how our next project is gonna be.

MihirC · 21st December 2009, 15:32

Hi guys, just came across this thread and its simply awesome man. The car is looking kick a**. I have a lay man question for you guys, what about the safety features , ABS,airbags etc etc. how will this be taken care of?

longhorn · 21st December 2009, 15:57

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Originally Posted by MihirC

what about the safety features , ABS,airbags etc etc. how will this be taken care of?

I don't think the Conti came with ABS or airbags.

traveloholic · 21st December 2009, 16:01

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Originally Posted by konjaril

hmmm, this sounds tough.. well the thermocol pieces are stuck together. After ................ phew!

That was one heck of an explanation konjaril, after reading the whole thing. I understood just one thing, its better to wait for the next stage's WIP pics. On a serious note, this is what I understood, the thermocol profiling would act as base for moulding the body, which would be made using roving material as shown there.

msharma_79 · 21st December 2009, 16:09

Wow!! This is something guess all of us want to do but only few can.so hats off.. will be following your thread. cant wait for the stage pics.

All the be(a)st.

Manu

abhijosh · 22nd December 2009, 12:38

Hi Konjaril,

As I stated earlier, please find my snap alongwith the car (MH06 C 8626) you are modifying now. So I am particularly interested in this thread. Just thought this photograph might be of interest to you. The photo is of the car alongwith me during our convocation day. The car was of our Vice Chancellor (the tag plate is clearly seen in the snap). I just requested the driver for the shoot. That time I didnot own a Contessa, but was obsessed with it.

SRK · 22nd December 2009, 17:33

WOW!! The car has shaped up very nicely.

Just one question. You say the thermocol base will be used to make the FRP mould.
But currently your base just a smooth body with no partition at all. So my question is how will you be able to make the separate moulds for each part (bumper,hood,etc.).

Also I would like to give you a suggestion. I have seen some people working on thermocol (they make those decorations during Christmas) use a soldering iron to cutout shapes. Its very quick and gives a nice finish too. Maybe this will help you to make small holes or vents in your design.

konjaril · 23rd December 2009, 15:55

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Originally Posted by traveloholic

That was one heck of an explanation konjaril, after reading the whole thing. I understood just one thing, its better to wait for the next stage's WIP pics. On a serious note, this is what I understood, the thermocol profiling would act as base for moulding the body, which would be made using roving material as shown there.

lol. yes you got that correct buddy

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Originally Posted by abhijosh

Hi Konjaril,

As I stated earlier, please find my snap alongwith the car (MH06 C 8626) you are modifying now. So I am particularly interested in this thread. Just thought this photograph might be of interest to you. The photo is of the car alongwith me during our convocation day. The car was of our Vice Chancellor (the tag plate is clearly seen in the snap). I just requested the driver for the shoot. That time I didnot own a Contessa, but was obsessed with it.

This is totally so cool. i got to know some history about my car. i was just thinking. what if that vice chancellor sees the car now. he would

.he he

Quote:

Originally Posted by SRK

WOW!! The car has shaped up very nicely.

Just one question. You say the thermocol base will be used to make the FRP mould.
But currently your base just a smooth body with no partition at all. So my question is how will you be able to make the separate moulds for each part (bumper,hood,etc.).

Also I would like to give you a suggestion. I have seen some people working on thermocol (they make those decorations during Christmas) use a soldering iron to cutout shapes. Its very quick and gives a nice finish too. Maybe this will help you to make small holes or vents in your design.

thank you, well the main point here is we dont want to get an extraordinary finish on the thermocol.. hence we havent used the hot wire technology. what we need is an extraordinary finish on the frp and lambi work on top of the thermocol. which later decides the cleanliness of the mold we get out of the surface we worked on. thermocol is just a base cut version for a support.
finally in the finished and final pieces we would be figuring out the split lines and assembly issues.

DSC.CUSTOMS · 23rd December 2009, 22:36

Awesome WIP Pictures Sir . How long will it take for this project to get completed ? Any approximate time

SuperSelect · 23rd December 2009, 23:47

This is a lovely thread.. Very impressive work, - first of its kind.
Keep it up, I'm glued to this one.

21st December 2009, 10:07	#196
Sudhindra BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 132 Thanked: 66 Times	Great going guys. As Nigel said, the word "stunning " gives very little respect to whats been done by you. It deserves much better words to describe..let me think about it. Well, off topic, i am about to buy my second contessa, its 1.8glx, 2002 last model.. its absolutely superb from every angel. It has PS, power windows, interiors are excellent and guess what, this car was used by then home minister of karnataka. Gas fitted. This is my 3rd conti that i am dealing with the auctioneers , the last two i got it for my other friends. 3rd one i will keep it. My present conty will be used for some modifications in the lines of death proof car later next year..
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21st December 2009, 10:14	#197
JRD BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Turin/Ahmedabad Posts: 372 Thanked: 15 Times View My Garage	Suggestion reitz... i must say that is one hell of an effort.. Looks fantastic. The WIP pictures definitely shows nigel's sense of form. After looking at the pictures, I wanted to suggest toning down the shoulder line a little to get a more mature cross section. I've attached a few sketches to show what I mean. Hope it helps. Keep up the great work. Attached Thumbnails
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21st December 2009, 12:30	#198
longhorn Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,524 Thanked: 1,561 Times View My Garage	It's turning out to be a real beauty. Kudos to you guys. If the final product could be displayed at the Auto Expo in Jan, you guys would definitely have orders pouring in!
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21st December 2009, 13:42	#200
Neil.Bhujbal BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 192 Thanked: 90 Times	If i get you guys something like this can you make a Lamborghini replica kind of body for me to fit over this ? Attached Thumbnails
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21st December 2009, 15:32	#202
MihirC BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 534 Thanked: 71 Times	Awesome thread Hi guys, just came across this thread and its simply awesome man. The car is looking kick a**. I have a lay man question for you guys, what about the safety features , ABS,airbags etc etc. how will this be taken care of?
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21st December 2009, 16:09	#205
msharma_79 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 262 Thanked: 23 Times View My Garage	Wow!! This is something guess all of us want to do but only few can.so hats off.. will be following your thread. cant wait for the stage pics. All the be(a)st. Manu
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22nd December 2009, 12:38	#206
abhijosh BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 33 Thanked: 3 Times	Hi Konjaril, As I stated earlier, please find my snap alongwith the car (MH06 C 8626) you are modifying now. So I am particularly interested in this thread. Just thought this photograph might be of interest to you. The photo is of the car alongwith me during our convocation day. The car was of our Vice Chancellor (the tag plate is clearly seen in the snap). I just requested the driver for the shoot. That time I didnot own a Contessa, but was obsessed with it. Attached Thumbnails
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22nd December 2009, 17:33	#207
SRK Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,201 Thanked: 524 Times	WOW!! The car has shaped up very nicely. Just one question. You say the thermocol base will be used to make the FRP mould. But currently your base just a smooth body with no partition at all. So my question is how will you be able to make the separate moulds for each part (bumper,hood,etc.). Also I would like to give you a suggestion. I have seen some people working on thermocol (they make those decorations during Christmas) use a soldering iron to cutout shapes. Its very quick and gives a nice finish too. Maybe this will help you to make small holes or vents in your design.
	() Thanks

23rd December 2009, 22:36	#209
DSC.CUSTOMS BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Patiala,Chandigarh Posts: 179 Thanked: 12 Times	Awesome WIP Pictures Sir . How long will it take for this project to get completed ? Any approximate time
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23rd December 2009, 23:47	#210
SuperSelect Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai. Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 247 Times View My Garage	This is a lovely thread.. Very impressive work, - first of its kind. Keep it up, I'm glued to this one.
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