Rebody Oh no. It's not another 507 Rebody. Oh yes it is!

Pond said:
Believe me I didn't want to. The wheels won't fit over the 3 litre calipers without a little bit of 'help'. They have only a tiny amount taken off, just enough to clear the wheels.
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I did the same when I thought I could use 330 calipers, but decided against it when I looked more closely at what I was doing and the forces involved.

After Le Mans, I know I made the right decision. 140 - 50 takes a lot of force...

 
Duncodin, as yours is going to be as close to the real 507 as you can make a z3, check out the build of a guy that I've been following in ferrarichat.com under the title my BMW 507 project.

You'll need to set up a login so that you can see all the pics. He's in the US and is the guy who sent me scaled drawings of the side vents....I adjusted to suit a smaller area and took the taper out as a personal choice.

It's an amazing thread.

It shows how he built the car from scratch and theres a sectio on how he recreated his rudge wheels. Real nice guy that I've interacted with on a many occasions. His car would be number 253 😂

Started by making a buck. His name is Dave and with a guy with such a skill set, you'd think he'd look down on our fibreglass "nod to's"....but he doesn't, because he's aware of the work that goes into any build.

He recently uploaded a drive by video...stunning. I sent him pics of mine and he said he'd be proud to be see driving it. As I say, real nice guy.

Check him out.
 
10stb said:
Duncodin, as yours is going to be as close to the real 507 as you can make a z3, check out the build of a guy that I've been following in ferrarichat.com under the title my BMW 507 project.

You'll need to set up a login so that you can see all the pics. He's in the US and is the guy who sent me scaled drawings of the side vents....I adjusted to suit a smaller area and took the taper out as a personal choice.

It's an amazing thread.

It shows how he built the car from scratch and theres a sectio on how he recreated his rudge wheels. Real nice guy that I've interacted with on a many occasions. His car would be number 253 😂

Started by making a buck. His name is Dave and with a guy with such a skill set, you'd think he'd look down on our fibreglass "nod to's"....but he doesn't, because he's aware of the work that goes into any build.

He recently uploaded a drive by video...stunning. I sent him pics of mine and he said he'd be proud to be see driving it. As I say, real nice guy.

Check him out.
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You mean Superdave. He's posted videos on youtube.

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Yes. His 'from scratch, in metal' build is amazing. My picture of 'some guy's wheel' a few posts ago is Dave's.
 
Pingu said:
I did the same when I thought I could use 330 calipers, but decided against it when I looked more closely at what I was doing and the forces involved.

After Le Mans, I know I made the right decision. 140 - 50 takes a lot of force...

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My car is going to be more for 'show' than 'go' TBH. I am confident there is no safety issue with my front calipers, otherwise I wouldn't have done it.
 
Duncodin said:
Another idea I need to test uses those little wheel nut covers. The VW cap expects bolts to be 19mm but bmw are 17mm. If I fit those bolt caps that'll increase the size of the bolt head and the VW cap could then just be knocked on using its own clips. I don't know how secure that would be though.
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Back in the day, I had a car, no idea which one, Chevy possibly, the internal of the bolt head was hollow and threaded. Round plastic caps screwed over the bolt heads. Confused me no end when I first saw them. Worked extremely well though, never lost one.
Thinking again about using a tube in the hub. Provided there was still enough room for a socket to undo the hub nut ( autocorrect just put hun nut. . Funny), the tube could be drilled just where it meets the hub flange. Once secured, tack it 180 apart, could get a damn good tack with all that metal to disperse the heat.
 
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