Year
2014
Engine
V10, under glass
Gearbox
S tronic
Three cars on the list
It started as a special-order G80 xDrive that never got built. A $500 phone call reframed the question: not a souped-up street car, a purpose-built one. The shortlist came back a 997.2 Turbo, an AMG GT, and the R8 V10, and the advice was to go drive one before deciding. I did. The full story is on the register.
Foam first, glass after
The order of operations is the same on any car. The foam sits, the mitt follows, and the engine bay gets treated like a display case, because on this car, it is one.
Where the work happened
Deck lid up, products on the shelf behind it, and license plates from the miles before Tennessee on the wall. The R8 got the same bench discipline as every car in the register. The supplies just moved closer.
The ritual is written down
Foam order, mitt rules, the whole system, all in the book. The E92 got the same treatment in its own build log.