How to make an e type look better.

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes) 10/29/2015 at 00:56 • Filed to: None

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chop the top and round the hood and door corners.why they put square corners on the most curvy car in the world I will never know. also this took way longer than I would like to admit.

g’night

phenotyp > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 01:08

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I hope it won’t take too much longer until this car is regarded as embarrassing.

Baeromez > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 01:11

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For comparison:

The door corners look good. I’d go for a less extreme chop though.

TheHondaBro > phenotyp 10/29/2015 at 01:13

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I initially thought they looked terrible, but then I saw one in real life. My god it’s a beautiful thing.

lone_liberal > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 01:16

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The first thing would be to start with an earlier two seat car with the covered headlights. To me they have better proportions and would be a better starting point.

phenotyp > TheHondaBro 10/29/2015 at 01:27

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Solid nope on this one.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > phenotyp 10/29/2015 at 02:15

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They’re already embarrassing. As Richard Hammond puts it “ it has always been too much of an old biffer’s car; something for the adenoidally challenged flat-cap wearer to talk about through his beard at the golf club ”.

I’m just hanging out for them to get embarrassing enough that prices drop again, and I can afford one.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 02:18

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I’m with you on the curved aperture corners, but I don’t think the chop has helped. And as token_liberal points out, you’re starting with the wrong E Type anyway.

Biggest thing these need IMHO is a wider track: the wheelarches are sorely underfilled, which makes the whole thing look (a) ancient and (b) bloated.

I still wouldn’t kick one out of my garage though.

Frank Grimes > phenotyp 10/29/2015 at 03:23

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you are embarrassed by the e type?

Frank Grimes > Baeromez 10/29/2015 at 03:24

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ok why is that?

Frank Grimes > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 10/29/2015 at 03:26

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The top always looked way too tall compared to the low curvy body so in my mind it makes it look a ton better.

Frank Grimes > lone_liberal 10/29/2015 at 03:26

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this was just my desktop for a while I just wanted to chop the top to see what it would look like.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 04:30

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For me, you’re right about the 2+2, but the FHC is spot on, and your chop is too low. It’s all in the shape of the fastback - the 2+2 is just wrong and a chop won’t fix it, whereas the FHC is perfect.

2+2:

FHC:

Chop:

Still, your taste’s allowed to be different - if we were all the same it’d be creepy.

JDIGGS > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 04:33

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thats a pregnant pussy aka 2+2 thats why you think you improved it.

McMike > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 07:35

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You could have at least started with a good looking E-Type instead of using the 2+2 for your source image. No one likes the 2+2.

You wouldn’t have had to chop so much top.

The wheelbase is also 9” longer on the 2+2. Just look at that door.

JCAlan > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 11:43

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Good work. The problem with the chopped top though is that I doubt I would fit in it now.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 12:16

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Best way is add more E Type

Baeromez > Frank Grimes 10/29/2015 at 15:28

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Just my personal taste.

KirkyV > Frank Grimes 11/04/2015 at 02:14

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I’m all about that Low Drag GT look, personally.

Frank Grimes > KirkyV 11/04/2015 at 02:21

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me too. take off the bumpers of my shopped car and put those wheels on and it will look somewhat close.