General 500 C by Gucci fake

[Scotchgitt]

I have now upgraded from 169 pandas to 500s



Ive now fixed a few, had keys made for them and now im going to make a C by Gucci



Bought a 1 careful full owner car from Copart, careful owner wasnt the person who caused it to be in Copart though



Has 42k miles

Was a non runner but that was just due to the fuel cutoff, easy fix

Was categorised as a Cat S but i would say its a Cat B and not easily fixed so will be fully stripping it and building a “copy”

3 of 4 corners have been rearranged

From what i can see other than the double g everywhere it has a lux pearlised paint, can you get this colour on no gucci models? It has a matt silver on many of the chromed shiny parts on a normal car and star alloys (2 of which were totally gubbed)

Im going to fit all new suspension and subframes

 

[John202020]

You're a brave person

 

[Greasytrucker]

You're a brave person

My first thought when i saw it!

 

[Scotchgitt]

It will all be worth it in the end

 

[Scotchgitt]

I dont know how it wasnt categorised as a breaker

The front chassis rails are well twisted

 

[Greasytrucker]

It will all be worth it in the end

Make sure you start a thread with plenty of pictures on progress, will be very interesting to see how it turns out. The person that categorized it definitely had a labrador and white stick though!

 

[PuntoHowTo]

I dont know how it wasnt categorised as a breaker

The front chassis rails are well twisted

Usually takes a lot to make a car a cat B while it’s taken a fair beating it doesn’t look like the overall structure is too out of shape, doesn’t look like it’s been on its roof.

The main issue with gucci models is the people putting a green and red stripe on standard model and trying to claim it is a gucci.

Your biggest problem will be getting hold of the correct gucci wheels by the looks of it.

 

[John202020]

The air box is against the bulkhead?

 

[GettinBetter]

I like this thread, fair play to the OP.

I will follow with interest.

 

[Scotchgitt]

Usually takes a lot to make a car a cat B while it’s taken a fair beating it doesn’t look like the overall structure is too out of shape, doesn’t look like it’s been on its roof.

The main issue with gucci models is the people putting a green and red stripe on standard model and trying to claim it is a gucci.

Your biggest problem will be getting hold of the correct gucci wheels by the looks of it.

The rear quarter is very badly crushed and the tail light is about 1” towards the centre and front chassis legs are very badly bent , passenger door doesnt open but not forced it yet as its still watertight

 

[Scotchgitt]

The air box is against the bulkhead?

Yeh front crumple did its work and took most impact and chassis legs behind engine mount are undamaged and engine undamaged its just being pushed on its mounts by the slam panel

 

[Scotchgitt]

Usually takes a lot to make a car a cat B while it’s taken a fair beating it doesn’t look like the overall structure is too out of shape, doesn’t look like it’s been on its roof.

The main issue with gucci models is the people putting a green and red stripe on standard model and trying to claim it is a gucci.

Your biggest problem will be getting hold of the correct gucci wheels by the looks of it.

Luckily the wheels are also used in a black version on some of the later models and also in a bronze, so ive picked up 2 from ebay so far and will be refurbed in Gucci white so do have a full set

 

[Scotchgitt]

Luckily the wheels are also used in a black version on some of the later models and also in a bronze, so ive picked up 2 from ebay so far and will be refurbed in Gucci white so do have a full set

Yeh there are a lot of Gucci parts on them and priced individually they fair add up

Roof
Wheels
Door thresholds
Seats x4
Seat belts x4
Wheel trims
Gucci badges
Gear knob and gatter