Stoneleigh... anyone fancy anything other than an Ultima?
Discussion
Since my engineering ability begins and ends at making a tower out of Lego, there was nothing at Stoneleigh that was ever going to inspire me to buy and build a kit car. However, I did have lots of fun wandering around and looking at the various cars on show in the halls and in the club carparks.
My main thoughts were that I was really impressed with the Lancia Stratos (Hawk?) cars in the full rally replica livery (I love the OTT Rally spec look and until recently had an Evo VI Tommy Makinen Edition in full Marlboro works livery.. chav?? moi?)
I also was really taken with the Ferrari Dino cars in one of the main exhibition halls (www.dehavillandmotorcompany) which was a bit of a surprise because don't really "get" the idea of spending a lot of money to make an MR2 look like something that might vaguely resemble a modern Ferrari-ish and I have the same giggle as everyone else when an MR2 based F40 appears on ebay. I did find myself smirking inside when I was looking at the plastic engine bay inserts and pretendy big-disks brakes on the more modern replicas, not to mention the mildly embarrassing rattles when they started up the engines.... but the Dino.... hmmmmmm I liked that!! Funnily enough there was about 10 Porsche Speedster replicas in the club carpark and they also had that air of retro class as well so maybe it is a retro-thing that appeals to me.
Oh yeah... and the beach buggies!! I want a beach buggy!!
Anyone else see anything that they liked the look of?
Jim
My main thoughts were that I was really impressed with the Lancia Stratos (Hawk?) cars in the full rally replica livery (I love the OTT Rally spec look and until recently had an Evo VI Tommy Makinen Edition in full Marlboro works livery.. chav?? moi?)
I also was really taken with the Ferrari Dino cars in one of the main exhibition halls (www.dehavillandmotorcompany) which was a bit of a surprise because don't really "get" the idea of spending a lot of money to make an MR2 look like something that might vaguely resemble a modern Ferrari-ish and I have the same giggle as everyone else when an MR2 based F40 appears on ebay. I did find myself smirking inside when I was looking at the plastic engine bay inserts and pretendy big-disks brakes on the more modern replicas, not to mention the mildly embarrassing rattles when they started up the engines.... but the Dino.... hmmmmmm I liked that!! Funnily enough there was about 10 Porsche Speedster replicas in the club carpark and they also had that air of retro class as well so maybe it is a retro-thing that appeals to me.
Oh yeah... and the beach buggies!! I want a beach buggy!!
Anyone else see anything that they liked the look of?
Jim
i was very impressed with the mettalic red and black cobra, oh i so have a soft spot for cobras ,had built 2 ram cobras in the past and loved every moment driving and building them.i rember telling ted marlow i was gutted having to sell a cobra to build my first ultima,he replied my heart bleeds for you ,ha ha as he was taking my deposit
Jim, I'm with you on the Stratos, they are so outrageous looking (in a good way) and I'd have one in a minute if I had the time to build something else. The only surprising thing is that no one has put anything really powerful in one... Not that I noticed anyway, so I could be wrong there.
I am with you on the Dino. I was lucky enough to get a few rides in one when I was a teenager and the car was new. It felt fast when compared to father's Mk 1 Ford Cortina.
Those replicas looked the best I have seen, but I would want a better finish to the bodywork than on the GTB and I would want a V6 engine.
Nothing else really rocked my boat. The GD T70 is too cramped inside but a hard top cobra could get me interested at some point in the furture........maybe.
Paul
Those replicas looked the best I have seen, but I would want a better finish to the bodywork than on the GTB and I would want a V6 engine.
Nothing else really rocked my boat. The GD T70 is too cramped inside but a hard top cobra could get me interested at some point in the furture........maybe.
Paul
renmure said:
Funnily enough there was about 10 Porsche Speedster replicas in the club carpark and they also had that air of retro class as well so maybe it is a retro-thing that appeals to me.
Jim
And not one of them with equal shut lines anywhere, it is a shame, I like the speedster.Jim
ETS I also like the look of the Stratos but that rear chassis and suspension set-up is horrible.
Once of these:
http://www.exosportscars.co.uk/sve_exobusa.html
I have a rotrex supercharger already!
or may be go very left field and put a couple of these in.. :
http://www.hpevs.com/power-graphs-ac-23.htm
http://www.exosportscars.co.uk/sve_exobusa.html
I have a rotrex supercharger already!
or may be go very left field and put a couple of these in.. :
http://www.hpevs.com/power-graphs-ac-23.htm
BogBeast said:
Once of these:
http://www.exosportscars.co.uk/sve_exobusa.html
I have a rotrex supercharger already!
or may be go very left field and put a couple of these in.. :
http://www.hpevs.com/power-graphs-ac-23.htm
I look at the pipework on that thing and all my structural engineering scream that the angles are all wrong. Triangles.... that meet and join. ref: ultima chassis.http://www.exosportscars.co.uk/sve_exobusa.html
I have a rotrex supercharger already!
or may be go very left field and put a couple of these in.. :
http://www.hpevs.com/power-graphs-ac-23.htm
drivin_me_nuts said:
I look at the pipework on that thing and all my structural engineering scream that the angles are all wrong. Triangles.... that meet and join. ref: ultima chassis.
Perhaps, I am no way fit to judge from a chassis engineering point of view, however I am pretty sure my driving style would rarely put me in a position where 'bendyness' would be an issue 
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