Realm C Type

[tonycordon]

[anonymous-user]

That looks perfect/purrfect but it would be great to have some words too! Is it new to you? Any adventures in it done or planned?

[Drooles]

Absolutely stunning!

[TR4man]

Come on Tony, you can’t just post a picture and that’s it.

Tell us more.

[Evoluzione]

I clicked on this as I had no idea what one was.
Still have no idea.

Great thread so far, at least it can only get better!

[Northbrook]

Looks lovely so far. More please :-D

[anonymous-user]

I got well into building one, got a donor car the lot. Then realised with VAT it was going to be circa £75k in parts alone.

Anyway we don’t know why the picture was posted it may be his neighbour has one?

[tonycordon]

Hi, a bit more information, the car was built during 2017/18 and SVA'd and first registered in 2018. I bought it in April 2019. It used a Daimler Soverign Series 3 4.2 as a donor. So has 4.2 XK engine, front and rear suspension, brakes and final drive and a Toyota Supra 5 speed gear box. It.s finished to (I believe) a high standard. The cockpit and doors are alloy lined with no raw glass fibre to be seen anywhere. The engine breathes through 3 bored out SUs which act as throttle bodies for a Megasquirt ECU, I had a minor problem with one of the throttle linkages that caused a glitch in the fuelling that I couldn't sort out,, but a visit to Northampton Motorsport soon cured that! 206.7 BHP/264.8 FtLbs corrected. Its sufficient!
One of the plans had been to use it for a trip to Le Mans Classic (supported by friend's 520D estate..no luggage space!) so next year now, we still have our tickets...
More photos to follow...
If you haven't heard of Realm, see here.....https://classiccarwebsite.com/item/realm-engineering/

Edited by tonycordon on Sunday 9th August 11:53

[tonycordon]

More pics

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[tonycordon]

So, Pushfit, what did you do with all the 'bits' that you had acquired to get 'well into' building a C Type? You didn't have a 'proper' steering wheel did you?

[tonycordon]

In case anyone is wondering I have tried to model the car on XKC052. I didn't like the 'recognition' stripe across the nose so left it off
http://media.collectordata.com/200810/QRJdCj.jpg

Edited by tonycordon on Sunday 9th August 16:07

[tonycordon]

out of interest, this is what it looked like before I 'messed it about'.



I sometimes wonder if I should have left it 'pure'. It's all reversible anyway....

[Hagus]

What a lovely thing.

[ToneyCaroney]

tonycordon said:

So, Pushfit, what did you do with all the 'bits' that you had acquired to get 'well into' building a C Type? You didn't have a 'proper' steering wheel did you?

Don’t Suffolk do an accurate replica steering wheel?

[Drooles]

One of my favourite ever car designs. Iconic and so perfectly proportioned.

[williamp]

Yes thats lovely. Look like period headlights, too. Are they any good, or like candles??

I hope its lous. Lovely and loud with that XK snarl...!

[Paul S4]

Great car and it will make some noise as well...!

If I were taking that to Le Mans....I would prefer a full windscreen ....but thats just IMHO.

I drove my1970 Lotus Elan back from Villars in The Alps with the hood down all the way back to Calais in one 'hop'...and I cannot imagine doing that sort of trip with those aero screens, no matter how authentic they may be...!

But as said, that is just my opinion !