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The Jester is one of the few Sylva cars that I found difficult on the eye, but I can see the genius in the design. I'd love JP to come up with new beach-buggy type vehicle, very simple chassis and body with a single-donor ethic. Wipe down GRP interior and incorporating a factory Windscreen and soft top / hard top option from an MX5. Rear-engine with maybe Ford KA / Fiesta as the single donor. I'd build one if simple and cheap enough.
Mistrale said:
As I recall, the Jester styling was done by a chap called Huw McPherson - a design graduate!!! I've seen a couple with Ka lights and they look good in my eyes - would be a logical update to the Mk1 Fiesta mechanicals to replace them with Ka too.
I own a KA a nice car, but the gearbox and engine are of an older design. I believe they are very like the MK1 Fiesta's, I have read of them already being used, so not really a update. I would looked a more modern Fiesta or beyond Ford to some like the Toyota Aygo as better update.I agree but a running Toyota Aygo will probably not cost £200 and it be laden with lots of stuff a £5k buggy build will not need with complex wiring loom to sort out. Imagine being able to swap over all the Ford mechanicals in several weekends and ending up with a 600kilo mid-engined cheap fun buggy.
Mills could be our man... Give it some traditional beach buggy styling Stiggy and put me down for chassis number 1!
Mills could be our man... Give it some traditional beach buggy styling Stiggy and put me down for chassis number 1!
Furyblade_Lee said:
I agree but a running Toyota Aygo will probably not cost £200 and it be laden with lots of stuff a £5k buggy build will not need with complex wiring loom to sort out. Imagine being able to swap over all the Ford mechanicals in several weekends and ending up with a 600kilo mid-engined cheap fun buggy.
Mills could be our man... Give it some traditional beach buggy styling Stiggy and put me down for chassis number 1!
I agree a simple one piece body shell. No doors and mid/rear engine. It could have weather protect that has door. I have an idea for what this could be like...Mills could be our man... Give it some traditional beach buggy styling Stiggy and put me down for chassis number 1!
This is the Range GT from the 1960's. I like this design. Almost any engine could use by a design like this.
Strangely I have an unfinished yellow jester in my garage - 90% there, but I've too many projects and may end up advertising it. It has nearly every part new though so it would make financial sense to sell it to someone restoring a mk1 Fiesta, but it would be a shame to do that to it. It always appealed to me (not many cars where the back looks better than the front!), although I've made improvements on the headlights.
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