Are an original set of molds for the Enterra Vipre worth saving? (Page 1/3)
Patrick SEP 18, 07:42 PM
I can't get into the whole story right now as I'm getting ready to go out the door, but I've been in touch with a fella who has an original set of molds for the Enterra Vipre. He's been storing them for 20 years, but he's now losing his storage space. He's upset because he's had promises made and broken in regards to help with saving these molds. He's ready to smash them up and dispose of them in the next 15 hours or so. (By 7 AM Pacific Time on Saturday.) I've begged him not to do this.

If you have some input on a solution to the situation, please post here or PM me. I'll be out for several hours, but I'll respond when I get back.

For anyone not familiar with an Enterra Vipre, this is what they look like...



And yes, the molds are for the same car as this completely rebuilt beauty from The Construction Zone... Enterra "Dark Shadow" Restore Thread

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exoticse SEP 18, 07:59 PM


Wow !

Where are the molds being stored ? Canada ? U.S ??

Definatly worth saving if you can.
troyboy SEP 18, 08:12 PM
What is he looking to get for them?
Neils88 SEP 18, 08:31 PM
Ask him to at least hand them to someone else for temporary storage (like you Patrick) while this all gets sorted out. Once they are gone, they are gone forever...
Patrick SEP 18, 08:33 PM

I've pleaded with the fella not to be hasty.

Troy, I've sent you a PM.

Okay, I'm off the grid for the next four hours or so...
Danyel SEP 18, 10:34 PM
Is the owner of the molds near you...... in Canada....... or USA ??

regards
Danyel
Patrick SEP 19, 01:48 AM
Okay, I just got home.

The molds are not far from me, located near Vancouver. I'm going to phone the guy now to see what the latest news is.

[EDIT] No answer. I left a message for him to phone me up until midnight. It's 11:12 PM Pacific Time right now.

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Patrick SEP 19, 03:06 AM

Alright, it's just after midnight here and I haven't heard anything.

I'll be checking back in nine hours or so. Hopefully we can resolve this Enterra mold issue successfully.
Danyel SEP 19, 10:03 AM
All this reminds me of a Quebec built car in the 80's named " Bernardi ". It too the molds are gonna be destroyed soon... here is a pic of this hand built car. This is NOT a Fiero based car though ...but she reminds me of the Vipre ... she came with a V6 or a 455 V8. Only 17 were built.











Edited to add recent pics ....

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Patrick SEP 19, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by Danyel:

All this reminds me of a Quebec built car in the 80's named " Bernardi "... she reminds me of the Vipre



No surprise... the body was designed by the same fella, Joe Palumbo.

Talented guy. Some info/history on him HERE that you can no doubt read a whole lot easier than me.

More information (in English) on Joe Palumbo and cars he's associated with HERE and HERE.

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