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My Vw Kit Car Sabre Mk II

Bruno Rime - December 10th, 2003 at 08:41 PM

Hi,

My First Post To this Site
And My Very Modified VW.

Its A DRB Kit On A Type Three Pan.
I would Love to say I built it, But the truth is a Good Friend of mine did, Called Ross, Who used to own Fortuna Engineering in Brisbane.

Photo's mine , Took some tips from a Kit car website on Car Photography (i'll post the site when I find it again) and replaced the BG in photoshop.

Cheers

Bruno

modulus - December 10th, 2003 at 08:46 PM

Welcome aboard...
That's a very shmick looking kit..I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Hbbear - December 10th, 2003 at 11:51 PM

very schmick......nice lines:thumb

Quoll - December 11th, 2003 at 10:41 AM

:o Very Nice indeed

robnjo - December 11th, 2003 at 09:03 PM

very nice dude:thumb:thumb

sinecure - January 15th, 2007 at 05:19 PM

Damn, I can't see the pic! I'm the owner of the other Sabre MKII on this forum.

Post more pics!!!!

OOOOPS!!! Just noticed this was from 2003! Maybe this was the bloke I bought mine from.

[ Edited on 15-1-2007 by sinecure ]

bond - January 15th, 2007 at 05:40 PM

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

gold mate

nick

Volkswagenboy - January 15th, 2007 at 08:12 PM

Ah don't worry, what's four years? lol
Get with the times dude.
-Staggers.

frank2112 - January 15th, 2007 at 08:59 PM

There was a gold one at the Summernats this year. I'll find the pic and post it.

frank2112 - January 15th, 2007 at 09:04 PM

Found it

Bizarre - January 16th, 2007 at 09:12 PM

WHOA!!!

NICE :bounce

Volkswagenboy - January 16th, 2007 at 10:52 PM

That's not a Sabre, that's a Ferrari Dino replica.
Very nice cars in person, I've fallen in love with one lately... the guy won't part with it though!
-Staggers.

This is a Sabre:
The first pic is BugBrained's and the second is Sinecure's.

Volkswagenboy - January 16th, 2007 at 11:11 PM

Sorry I should correct myself before Sinecure cracks it, the red 'Sabre' is actually a Taipan...
the only MAJOR noticeable difference to the 'untrained eye' is the front and rear
sections being hinged, instead of being a one piece body.
Both made by DRB (On the G. Coast was it Sinecure?) and basically slightly cosmetically different.
That should keep Micheal happy.
-Staggers.

sinecure - January 17th, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Thank you, Brenton. Yep, both built on the GC, and the Taipan is a mid-mounted inline 4.

BTW, the gold one is a Kelmark Condor. Theres one for sale on ebay in QLD - $1000 and only one bid, Brenton.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FERRARI-DINO-GT-REPLICA_W0QQitemZ160073913879QQihZ006Q...

frank2112 - January 17th, 2007 at 07:43 AM

I like the look of them, especially in white. How much does the kit start at.

sinecure - January 17th, 2007 at 11:58 PM

Thanks, I really like the white too. And white is the new colour of choice for 'supercars', according to Top Gear.

A bit of history: The Taipan and Sabre MKII were manufactured in 1987. Only 24 MKIIs (as far as I've been able to research) and 6 Taipans were made. The MKII was $11,000 for just the body/spaceframe back then, the Taipan even more.

Shannons suggested and agreed insured value on mine is $30,000, and increasing every year.

Stand by though, because I may have traced the guy who has the moulds.

[ Edited on 17-1-2007 by sinecure ]

[ Edited on 17-1-2007 by sinecure ]

Volkswagenboy - January 20th, 2007 at 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sinecure
BTW, the gold one is a Kelmark Condor. Theres one for sale on ebay in QLD - $1000 and only one bid, Brenton.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FERRARI-DINO-GT-REPLICA_W0QQitemZ160073913879QQihZ006Q...

Yeah, the Condor is based on the Dino styling.

-Staggers.

azenis - January 29th, 2007 at 03:14 PM

I have a Sabre Mk2 Targa, im from Hobart. Its not complete... for sale if someone really wants it... Otherwise I might finish it one of these years lol would make a cool electric car

sinecure - January 31st, 2007 at 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by azenis
I have a Sabre Mk2 Targa, im from Hobart. Its not complete... for sale if someone really wants it... Otherwise I might finish it one of these years lol would make a cool electric car

Not to put too fine a point on it, but can you post a pic or two and potential price.

Where have I heard of this car before? Purvis Eureka forum? DRB only made two FACTORY MKII Targas.

azenis - February 15th, 2007 at 11:22 AM

Hi Mick I believe we were talking on email before a little while back. Car has been posted in the gallery on the Eureka forums (the msn based one) I will dig some images out and put em on here

azenis - February 15th, 2007 at 11:40 AM

here we go!

Turbo54 - February 15th, 2007 at 02:48 PM

What about the VG coupe under all the rubbish?
Someone buy this!
T54

pete wood - February 16th, 2007 at 07:44 AM

I gotta say, I'm not usually in for this sort of thing, but I love the look of Sinecures car. Very classy and classic looking. The only thing I'd change would be to put slight bigger rims on it, say 16" as opposed to 15", but I'd keep the minilite style.

twoguns - February 16th, 2007 at 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sinecure
Thank you, Brenton. Yep, both built on the GC, and the Taipan is a mid-mounted inline 4.

BTW, the gold one is a Kelmark Condor. Theres one for sale on ebay in QLD - $1000 and only one bid, Brenton.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FERRARI-DINO-GT-REPLICA_W0QQitemZ160073913879QQihZ006Q...

love the sabre!

that gold one pic'd already is actually a Condor kit car, and not a Kelmark. the condor was built in sth dandenong. you can tell the difference to a kelmark. the Condor has narrow A pillars and frames door tops. much more elegant around the cabin and windows than the Kelmark.
the Kelmark was an american kit design.

wes.

azenis - February 16th, 2007 at 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Turbo54
What about the VG coupe under all the rubbish?
Someone buy this!
T54

VG coupe? It is actually a Jensen Interceptor III, and is my current "project" as I thought it would be a little easier cheaper and quicker to complete than the Sabre. Having said that, I havent got much done to it recently but hope that will change soon.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i207/azeniswrx/Picture-001.jpg

Turbo54 - February 16th, 2007 at 10:22 AM

Nice... sorry about the guess. It has the same shaped grille as my VG. A friend twin turbo'd one of them. Goes like stink but expensive to fit when something goes wrong. I think they are very james bond looking, I dont know why.
T54

azenis - February 16th, 2007 at 01:27 PM

A twin turbo interceptor? interesting! I bet he had all manner of heat issues under the bonnet, they are very hard to keep cool. Would have been an interesting ride for sure.

I heard of an SP (which was the first Interceptor to get the 440ci V8) which had the triple dual barrel carbs, some guy in Aus put NOS on it and it would easily spin the wheels at 100MPH...

sinecure - March 16th, 2007 at 11:43 PM

Wasn't there a Jensen AWD Interceptor?

And ...HOW MUCH FOR THE TARGA :!: :!: :!: :!: