RE: Chris Harris video: Noble M600 and Atom V8
Discussion
Gatsods said:
Japveesix said:
Anyone know how many M600s there are out there? Assuming it's still <10 cars in total?
Baby blue: M600 GB
Grey: M600 RHD
Red: M600 LHD
Lovely blue tinted one for sale here: http://www.romansinternational.com/luxury-car/565/...
White one that was also for sale by Romans and is maybe now around Leicester?
Is that it at moment? Are they just slow building them or are they not really selling any?
Add an orange one to that list, have seen it in one of Shmee150's pictures on Facebook in the background Baby blue: M600 GB
Grey: M600 RHD
Red: M600 LHD
Lovely blue tinted one for sale here: http://www.romansinternational.com/luxury-car/565/...
White one that was also for sale by Romans and is maybe now around Leicester?
Is that it at moment? Are they just slow building them or are they not really selling any?
Absolutely fantastic video by the way, these really are top drawer!
graemel said:
DA I ran a 1993 Overfinch 5.7 injection 330bhp LSE as a daily driver a good few years back. Black with Sable leather. Great car but cost a lot to run. I had it three years. Went through three sets of shocks and steering dampers. It broke the gearbox. You get a lot of heat sink through the bulk head. I had the exhaust manifolds wrapped and they melted. New ceramic coated exhaust manifolds. Brake pads every 10,000 miles and discs every 20,000 miles. 12mpg. It did not get driven particularly hard and never went off road. Good luck and enjoy, I had a lot of fun with it. Oh it also had remote start on the alarm system. More often than not it would back fire and blow smoke out the K&N filter and bellow out from around the front of the bonnet. Caused some very bemused looks on peoples faces
They are fantastic beasts. Everyone I've met who's owned one has had problems. I think I was lucky. The guy who actually had the work done started with a total nut and bolt restoration of an LSE in 2004 and then sent it to Overfinch in 2005 for every option available. This included improved brakes, uprated gearbox etc. I believe it was the last conversion of a Classic they did. He had a matching Defender done at the same time. His bills amounted to about 100k on the Rangie.
When I bought it the problem I had was the suspension packing up when running above 100mph. It took me a year to find a garage who would listen and actually fix the problem which was really quite simple.
Other than that it was perfect. Consumption was a bit punchy at around 5 mpg in London.
I sold it earlier this year with the intention of building a better one using a fully restored and galvanised 72 2 door. We'll be fitting the JE running gear from their Zulu and while the original plan was to also fit their AJ-V8 engine I suspect we will ultimately use a crate LS3. and then a complete interior redesign/trim.
The idea is to have a car that has absolutely no electrics other than the Syvecs management system so very little to go wrong but handles well for a 40 year old fridge and plenty of poke.
Fingers crossed.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Thursday 19th April 19:45
Porsche997C4S said:
Why dont you get a car from the 1950's with no buttons on it then? Buttons + gizmos are fun.
For many this is clearly the case. I'm well aware that I'm the odd one out here. Modern cars and tech offer just so much but for me some cars have now gone too far with their buttons and lights. Just like Japanese stereo manufacturers in the 80s.
PascalBuyens said:
You, my dear man, need to drive the Typhon the way it was intended to be driven: supercharged. I believe RG may have a setup for you available, if you'd ask
My dear Waffle Quaffer, we've had this conversation before. I'd be trading some reliability to obtain something I just wouldn't be competent enough to drive. It's already a bit too punchy for the road and I'd rather track something I could bin and not sit there weeping afterwards. Like my wife's car. I think once I have some spare time I'll grab a proper track toy though.
DonkeyApple said:
They are fantastic beasts. (definately)
The idea is to have a car that has absolutely no electrics other than the Syvecs management system so very little to go wrong but handles well for a 40 year old fridge and plenty of poke.
Fingers crossed.
We think alike. It's why my daily driver for the past 9 years has been a Ford F150 Lightning pick up truck (standard 380bhp with 450ft lb of torque) no gizmos apart from abs and a 911 3.2 Carrera Super Sport for fun. No pas, abs or any magic buttons The idea is to have a car that has absolutely no electrics other than the Syvecs management system so very little to go wrong but handles well for a 40 year old fridge and plenty of poke.
Fingers crossed.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Thursday 19th April 19:45
graemel said:
We think alike. It's why my daily driver for the past 9 years has been a Ford F150 Lightning pick up truck (standard 380bhp with 450ft lb of torque) no gizmos apart from abs and a 911 3.2 Carrera Super Sport for fun. No pas, abs or any magic buttons
Perfect compliments. Someone told me you need to put the mother in law in the back of the F150 to give the back wheels better traction when hooning.
Chris this is your best work bar none IMO. Fantastic driving and shots, it makes the viewer feel like a passenger. 
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