Mako 2......DANG!! Cough!! Wheeeze!!
12-19-2009, 05:43 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Mako 2......DANG!! Cough!! Wheeeze!!
It's just CRAZY how much those cars are going for! Ran across this one while surfing eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/mako-...item19b86c5c44
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/mako-...item19b86c5c44
12-19-2009, 06:45 PM
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Le Mans Master
Methinks that guys dreaming!
12-19-2009, 07:21 PM
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Drifting
Thats not what its selling for(its not sold), Thats what he would like to
get if there was a fool with deep pockets. The car may be a Mako but its
not untouched, the engine compartment looks a little to modern and not
that nice to begin with.
By the way my 74 can be had for half that price.
Any suckers, I mean
buyers out there? I'll mako you a deal.
Riggs.
get if there was a fool with deep pockets. The car may be a Mako but its
not untouched, the engine compartment looks a little to modern and not
that nice to begin with.
By the way my 74 can be had for half that price.
Any suckers, I meanbuyers out there? I'll mako you a deal.
Riggs.
12-19-2009, 09:34 PM
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12-19-2009, 10:10 PM
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PS, the ugly airbrush cartoons on the tip of the nose completely ruin the effect of the car.
12-19-2009, 11:43 PM
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12-20-2009, 01:35 AM
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I got a little flamed when I posted this car on the Mako forum because I found the asking price a big old joke, 
As many of you know I dig customs and I am building a Mako ( Same kit as this car )
But this is the kind of asinine tripe that makes people want to make fun of customs and how can I blame them for making fun?
With the exception of a few things this car is very nice but so grossly overpriced no one will ever see what good work it has,
So in the Vein of this forum allow me to give my opinion...( note I did say opinion )
I can overlook the tacky as all hell cheesy looking air brush shark on the hood and the way under built engine and engine compartment is fine is you dig simple but what ruins the car for me is the horrible rear window treatment,
One of the big styling signatures of the Mako is the rear louvers and if for some reason a person wants to do a personal custom on top of the Mako then at least do it like this Moray and make the rear window fit the curve and lines of the rear,
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This Mako has a flat glass sitting down in a recess that shows off the curve of the rear and just looks to me like a poorly thought out hack job kit car.
I would forgive all this, I would defend the persons right to build as they please...okay, I still defend a persons right to build as they please but I also support laughing like all hell at some person hoping a clueless bucks up sucker will grossly overpay for a custom that isn't even top shelf...but please keep in mind it's not the cars fault.
As many of you know I dig customs and I am building a Mako ( Same kit as this car )
But this is the kind of asinine tripe that makes people want to make fun of customs and how can I blame them for making fun?
With the exception of a few things this car is very nice but so grossly overpriced no one will ever see what good work it has,
So in the Vein of this forum allow me to give my opinion...( note I did say opinion )
I can overlook the tacky as all hell cheesy looking air brush shark on the hood and the way under built engine and engine compartment is fine is you dig simple but what ruins the car for me is the horrible rear window treatment,
One of the big styling signatures of the Mako is the rear louvers and if for some reason a person wants to do a personal custom on top of the Mako then at least do it like this Moray and make the rear window fit the curve and lines of the rear,
This Mako has a flat glass sitting down in a recess that shows off the curve of the rear and just looks to me like a poorly thought out hack job kit car.
I would forgive all this, I would defend the persons right to build as they please...okay, I still defend a persons right to build as they please but I also support laughing like all hell at some person hoping a clueless bucks up sucker will grossly overpay for a custom that isn't even top shelf...but please keep in mind it's not the cars fault.
12-20-2009, 08:39 AM
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Burning Brakes
...But this is the kind of asinine tripe that makes people want to make fun of customs... the tacky as all hell cheesy looking air brush shark on the hood and the way under built engine .... what ruins the car for me is the horrible rear window treatment...
This Mako has a flat glass sitting down in a recess that shows off the curve of the rear and just looks to me like a poorly thought out hack job kit car.
This Mako has a flat glass sitting down in a recess that shows off the curve of the rear and just looks to me like a poorly thought out hack job kit car.
What I find so negative and against the hobby is people who have nohing better to do than seek out some custom car and post it not to help some closet customer lover find the car of his/her dreams or to show something cool to others, no, it is posted for the soul reason to bash and trash it, and behind the owners back in most cases,
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From here on out, I will not include my views or opinions on any ones car who didn't ask me first hand what I think,
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From here on out, I will not include my views or opinions on any ones car who didn't ask me first hand what I think,
12-20-2009, 07:53 PM
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Melting Slicks
I like the Mako - but I never knew there were 'so many' made... I thought just 1 or 2.... that said - that one on Ebay for 350k (the first one) is good looking. But when I saw the yellow one - I saw the rear bumpers - had to go 're-look' at the first Mako - I do not like the chrome bumpers on there - they take away from the Mako/Stingray look..IMHO
12-20-2009, 08:58 PM
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In BenUK's hast to make me look like a hypocrite he didn't even realize that he comes off looking pretty darn silly and obsessive over me and my posts, I mean really why would someone be so very concerned with what I say months ago then change my mind about now, We are allowed to change our minds freedom is cool that way.
I imagine Ben sitting there so bored yet obsessed and with absolutely nothing better to do than go thru months of MY posts and do all the cut and paste "quotes" and all just to show I changed my mind and decided to comment on this car then he of course conveniently missed the reason I commented ( because this car is grossly overpriced ) I feel that hurts the hobby and gives people reasons to trash the car when it's not the cars fault...
But some very fine people on here taught me that it's okay not to like every custom and it's even okay to admit we don't like it.
Ben it is okay for me to change my mind on here and decide to comment on this car just like it is okay ( yet weird and obsessively odd ) for you to take all the time to make this post that is only to serve at poking at me and has zero to do with the thread,
While I am very flattered that you took all this time just for me it is a bit "spooky"
And I do hope you can move on from your obsession with me....
Now back to vettes and this threads topic...
Mike Ward,
Your offer, while low ball is to me more realistic than the sellers asking price.
temvette72
My face is red,
I thought that was just a dog who had bladder issues and didn't care for the price of that car....
KaiserBud,
Between Silva and Motion and all the people who ripped molds many Makos and Mako kits were made I would guess in the 100's
Then when the trend of bone stock popped up many Mako and other kits were tossed in the dung heap,
You have a good eye but the yellow car is a Mako "custom" Motion called it a "Moray Eel"
The rear isn't all Mako the rear bumper is Ecklers GT style and then the rear window is the Mako sugar scoop rear window but sans louvers.
I love the split rear bumpers and hope it look okay on my build that will have both the Mako rear louvered window and Mako boat tail rear bumper,
BTW,
We are pulling molds off my Mako front and rear clip and hopefully sometime after the first of the year will offer them for sale, and if all goes right I will step up to a ( small time ) vender of custom fiberglass on here.
I imagine Ben sitting there so bored yet obsessed and with absolutely nothing better to do than go thru months of MY posts and do all the cut and paste "quotes" and all just to show I changed my mind and decided to comment on this car then he of course conveniently missed the reason I commented ( because this car is grossly overpriced ) I feel that hurts the hobby and gives people reasons to trash the car when it's not the cars fault...
But some very fine people on here taught me that it's okay not to like every custom and it's even okay to admit we don't like it.
Ben it is okay for me to change my mind on here and decide to comment on this car just like it is okay ( yet weird and obsessively odd ) for you to take all the time to make this post that is only to serve at poking at me and has zero to do with the thread,
While I am very flattered that you took all this time just for me it is a bit "spooky"
And I do hope you can move on from your obsession with me....
Now back to vettes and this threads topic...
Mike Ward,
Your offer, while low ball is to me more realistic than the sellers asking price.
temvette72
My face is red,
I thought that was just a dog who had bladder issues and didn't care for the price of that car....KaiserBud,
Between Silva and Motion and all the people who ripped molds many Makos and Mako kits were made I would guess in the 100's
Then when the trend of bone stock popped up many Mako and other kits were tossed in the dung heap,
You have a good eye but the yellow car is a Mako "custom" Motion called it a "Moray Eel"
The rear isn't all Mako the rear bumper is Ecklers GT style and then the rear window is the Mako sugar scoop rear window but sans louvers.
I love the split rear bumpers and hope it look okay on my build that will have both the Mako rear louvered window and Mako boat tail rear bumper,
BTW,
We are pulling molds off my Mako front and rear clip and hopefully sometime after the first of the year will offer them for sale, and if all goes right I will step up to a ( small time ) vender of custom fiberglass on here.
Last edited by The13Bats; 12-20-2009 at 09:13 PM.
12-20-2009, 09:31 PM
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Le Mans Master
[QUOTE=
BTW,
We are pulling molds off my Mako front and rear clip and hopefully sometime after the first of the year will offer them for sale, and if all goes right I will step up to a ( small time ) vender of custom fiberglass on here.[/QUOTE]
If you produce the body panels for a MakoII, I'll be buying some from you. Keep me in mind. I'm currently building a 1954 Motorama Corvair Fastback and also a Waldorf Show Car copy.
I like the Motorama cars!!
BTW,
We are pulling molds off my Mako front and rear clip and hopefully sometime after the first of the year will offer them for sale, and if all goes right I will step up to a ( small time ) vender of custom fiberglass on here.
[/QUOTE]If you produce the body panels for a MakoII, I'll be buying some from you. Keep me in mind. I'm currently building a 1954 Motorama Corvair Fastback and also a Waldorf Show Car copy.
I like the Motorama cars!!