MILLION POUND LUCAS HYBRID ELECTRIC RESEARCH CAR On Ebay

[rswift]

Not really in the realm of Piston Heads, but another unloved relic of our car industry.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MILLION-POUND-LUCAS-HYBRID-E...

[Fleckers]

well its not pretty is it ?

[thinfourth2]

WANT

[k-ink]

That is very special. In a drooling Joey way.

[AMv8 dreamer]

I`d rather have the SOTW , you could buy a lot of petrol for what new batteries are going to cost. It`s got the same steering wheel as well

[LooneyTunes]

thinfourth2 said:

WANT

Now if the vendor had been smart enough to choose a finish time somewhat later after "wine o'clock" I rather fear I'd find myself bidding against you...

[EDLT]

If it's unique, where are you going to get new batteries from, I assume it doesn't use a stack of standard car batteries?

[LooneyTunes]

EDLT said:

If it's unique, where are you going to get new batteries from, I assume it doesn't use a stack of standard car batteries?

Ahh, but it seems to. 18 of the beasts according to this:
http://www.sporting-reliants.com/images/Prototypes...

[gareth.e]

LooneyTunes said:

EDLT said:

If it's unique, where are you going to get new batteries from, I assume it doesn't use a stack of standard car batteries?

Ahh, but it seems to. 18 of the beasts according to this:
http://www.sporting-reliants.com/images/Prototypes...

dam! It's heavy! More than 2 tonnes

[YBTurbo]

Anyone for a Q car ?



Now hard would it be to fit a Rover V8 into that ?

[AMv8 dreamer]

YBTurbo said:

Anyone for a Q car ?



Now hard would it be to fit a Rover V8 into that ?

It would have a fk site better power to weight ratio aswell...... 18 batteries ffs

[LooneyTunes]

gareth.e said:

dam! It's heavy! More than 2 tonnes

...but at least the CoG should be low due to where all those batteries are stashed!

[Boba Fret]

would NEVER have guessed Reliant had a hand in that.

It looks like................a Reliant Kitten!

[soad]

Fleckers said:

well its not pretty is it ?

It sure isn't.

Anyone tempted to bid?

[thinfourth2]

AMv8 dreamer said:

YBTurbo said:

Anyone for a Q car ?



Now hard would it be to fit a Rover V8 into that ?

It would have a fk site better power to weight ratio aswell...... 18 batteries ffs

Excellent idea

Lets take everything that makes it a unique piece of innovative british engineering well ahead of its time and bin it only to be replaced by a discarded american V8.

but its a hybrid so we must hate it otherwise we aren't real petrolheads

Edited by thinfourth2 on Sunday 1st May 21:42

[saaby93]

LooneyTunes said:

Ahh, but it seems to. 18 of the beasts according to this:
http://www.sporting-reliants.com/images/Prototypes...

tell me how you navigated the site to find it?

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

LooneyTunes said:

Ahh, but it seems to. 18 of the beasts according to this:
http://www.sporting-reliants.com/images/Prototypes...

Imagine accidentally dropping your spanner across that lot...


In fact 216 DC volts would probably kill you if you touched it?
(With AC like the mains you can let go...but with DC you stick to it!)

[Boba Fret]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

Imagine accidentally dropping your spanner across that lot...


In fact 216 DC volts would probably kill you if you touched it?
(With AC like the mains you can let go...but with DC you stick to it!)

Ad with AC/DC you WILL ROCK!!!!

[bencollins]

jesus that was well tempting

[Caruso]

Range 40 miles in urban conditions, so 20 miles in real life. Oh, and 0-50 in 23 seconds.

Thanks, but no thanks.