VX220 as a base

[OlberJ]

Yellow, SWB...hmmmm

[ChrisJ.]

OlberJ said:

Yellow, SWB...hmmmm

Wheelbase:

206 - 2286mm
246 - 2340mm
Elise - 2300mm
VX220 - 2330mm

VX is 10mm wider on the front track and 36mm wider on the rear track than an Elise.
'Original Elise is 15mm wider front and 28mm wider rear than a 246 Dino.

Something similar to the 'new' Europa might be good for a VX rebody? The doors are a similar shape?

[RedAndy]

Ollie: it's a replica. My next 2 are gonna be reps, then I'll start on new ones

ChrisJ: good try, but nope! WHeelbase is getting close, but overall length is waaaaay too much. think shorter... Not a million miles off with the brand though...

[OlberJ]

It'll have a rorty v6 in the middle too then?

Stratos!

[dom9]

RedAndy said:

ollieDom: it's a replica. My next 2 are gonna be reps, then I'll start on new ones

ChrisJ: good try, but nope! WHeelbase is getting close, but overall length is waaaaay too much. think shorter... Not a million miles off with the brand though...

This sounds very interesting.... Any chance of a build thread somewhere?

A Dino is a good shout - I saw two on the A3 last weekend. One was a stunning burgundy with dark gold wheels!

[ChrisJ.]

RedAndy said:

ChrisJ: good try, but nope! WHeelbase is getting close, but overall length is waaaaay too much. think shorter... Not a million miles off with the brand though...

I give up!

OlberJ:
The Stratos is near enough the same track as a Dino/308, but the wheelbase is 160mm shorter. It's even 22mm shorter than an X1/9!

The only other middy I can see with exactly the same wheelbase as an Elise is a Lancia Monte.

[ChrisJ.]

'Only just realised how closely related the new generation Europa and VX220 are. I should pay more attention?!

It explains the existence of the Europa. I guess Lotus where looking to get as much as they could out of the VX project?

[OlberJ]

Andy, if you are planning on making an 037 rep we really, really need to talk again!

[dom9]

ChrisJ. said:

I give up!

OlberJ:
The Stratos is near enough the same track as a Dino/308, but the wheelbase is 160mm shorter. It's even 22mm shorter than an X1/9!

The only other middy I can see with exactly the same wheelbase as an Elise is a Lancia Monte.

Does that mean you can do a damn good 031 replica?

[OlberJ]

037 is 2440ish mm from what I read :/

[GTRene]

speaking of such Dino ferrari, they also seem to make them on Lotus Europa basis, see>



I think a nice job, maybe fit a nice ford 3.7 V6 in the back for sound (and power) and gooo ;-) more>

http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/DinoEuropa

[OlberJ]

Ahhh, an original Europa!

[ChrisJ.]

So, for a Dino:

Cascu body:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-...
on an Elise chassis?

[OlberJ]

What does that body cost? Website doesn't have much info.

[ChrisJ.]

dom9 said:

Does that mean you can do a damn good 031 replica?

Did you mean 037? A standard Monte is too short and looks silly:
http://www.autobelle.it/annunci/public0005/1img-13...

An 031 is a heavily modified Fiat 131
There was an 030, a fairly ugly prototype competition version of a Monte.

I reckon the best standard wheelbase Monte to replicate would be the works 1979 Giro cars:
http://www.lanciabetamontecarlo.nl/Gp5/1979-Giro57...

Rather than the Turbo versions with the big body overhangs. Not particularly practical for road use?:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08...

[ChrisJ.]

OlberJ said:

What does that body cost? Website doesn't have much info.

I asked for a price, but it was a good while ago.
'Something like £3.5k, but it depends how many of the addition interior panels you need supplying (dash etc.)

As far as I can see, the body is the correct shape.
That was the never the case with Deons. Were they moulded from a crashed car?

If I remember correctly, that old Europa chassis'd Dino, was originally moulded from a 206 of all things.
A lot of work went into making it look right, and it does.
I love it, I'd paint it green!

[GTRene]

ChrisJ. said:

If I remember correctly, that old Europa chassis'd Dino, was originally moulded from a 206 of all things.
A lot of work went into making it look right, and it does.
I love it, I'd paint it green!

indeed, its a copy of a Dino 206 GT it says here>

[dom9]

Yes, I meant 037 - brain fart there but Olie beat me to it anyway

[GTRene]

what about this? the link in the thread doesn't work any-more, but is that such special Alfa Romeo tipo 33 stradale conversion on a VX220?

if so...nice







http://www.vx220.org.uk/forums/topic/127765-strang...

[ChrisJ.]

Errm, wow!


Another similar car with very nice proportions is the Sbarro Diva. That's an Alfa V6 in the back:
http://www.bozhdynsky.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/...