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@ Garth, thanks for the heads up on the fiberglass bodies. Would those be the Long & Newman ones? I've just sent an email off to try to contact Tony Newman to see if he can point me in the right direction.

@ Patrick, what a great car you have, and how right you are about these projects and the $$$ that go into them.

In addition to this bimmer V12, I've been playing with supercharging a couple of Lexus V8's for a few years; hopefully they'll eventually go into Toyota Supras whenever I get tired of blowing them up on the engine dyno. These haven't been cheap to develop 'cause Lexus' motors were never intended to do anything but make a bit of torque and do it smoothly and quietly, sort of like the bimmer. It's been a real trick to get these motors' heads opened up and breathing well above 5000 RPM, but I think we're just about there.

The latest acquisition is a 550 Maranello that I'm trying to make "just" a bit stronger & faster, but not turn into a full hotrod. But F-cars are just insanely expensive to mod.