MEV Replicar Build Pictures

[Sonic7]

I notice Stuart Mills has been busy and has started to post Build Pictures of his latest creation ' The MEV Replicar' over on the MEV Owners Forum, don't think it will be long before it's up and running! http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board...

nigel

[Sonic7]

Just spotted this picture over on the MEV Owners Forum, must say side profile of the body looks absolutely beautiful, cant wait to see it in the flesh at Stoneleigh.

[Sonic7]

naturals said:

Question for you Sonic7 - what's the quality of the build manuals from MEV like? Is there anywhere you can see some sample pages online? I'm a complete beginner at these things and need a project which isn't going to stretch me too far. This seems like a good compromise (I've previously toyed with GT40 and C-Type / D-Type replicas) being somewhat simpler and a good deal cheaper!

Good question, MEV don't produce manuals as such well not as far as I'm aware. They produce guides that are mainly in pictorial form and take you through the process of building your kit. Now to some this might seem at first somewhat alarming, however Stuart Mills at MEV goes to some amazing lengths to design a kit so that it is easy to build.

Now the kit 'Replicar' that you are considering if you build and register it based on an MX5 should be straight forward, the basic stripping of the MX5 can and has been achieved by many, expert and novice alike, check out the MEV Owners Forum for a wealth of information from builders 'Exocet' threads. Again the refurbishing of what's used of the MX5 donor for the 'Replicar' is almost identical to the 'Exocet' so wealth of knowledge, experience and help can be gleaned. As the drive train and suspension is standard MX5, bolting it to the new MEV chassis should be straight forward, placing and fixing the body in place should also be straightforward assuming MEV have dedicated attachment points.

Whereas I'm sure MEV will be keen to utilise the MX5 wiring harness, they have at least on the Demo car build used after market clocks, now what provision MEV will or have maded in the kit for connecting the aftermarket clocks to the MX5 wiring harness I don't know so will have to wait and see.

Overall, not only with the great support from MEV direct, but the forum and other members experiences, I'm sure that the 'Replicar' like the 'MEVster' and the 'Exocet' before them are without doubt among the easiest kit cars to build available in the market today.

nigel

[Sonic7]

smash said:

Website is here: http://www.replicar.net/mev_replicar.htm

Besides the Relicar site you can also find out info including pictures at the MEV website http://www.mevltd.co.uk/ or for the latest and greatest check out the Stuarts Build Blog on the MEV Owners Forum http://www.mevowners.proboards.com/index.cgi?board...

[Sonic7]

That's just beautiful

[Sonic7]

Stuart Mills said:

Not sure what this means, it does run now though, please see driven vid here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlDfaOJvkKg

Fantastic to see it running, and its great to here that it'll be on track at the MEV Owners AMM next month

Edited by Sonic7 on Tuesday 4th June 21:23

[Sonic7]

Having built and being a current owner of a MEV Sonic 7 for 3 years now I'm getting that itch to build again! I'll also own up to the misses owning an MX5 mk2.5 with only 66k on the clock so I'm quite tempted. But to make sure I'm going to the MEV Annual Moger's Meeting at Curborough Sprint track on the 13th July to see the car in action before I make a decision.

Anyone else on here going? I believe its free to spectate just need to be a member of the MEV Owners Forum.

[Sonic7]

While working on a proper video, I thought I'd release this 10second clip of the car being driven as a tease!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYxohU9Jq3k&lis...

Edited by Sonic7 on Monday 26th August 14:01

[Sonic7]

Finally got some time to edit some of the video footage that I took at Curborough during this year's Annual Mog'ers Meet hope you enjoy

Please leave a comment and/our give us a thumbs up on Youtube if you think its worthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X-lzZz0VqE

nigel

[Sonic7]

I see it's made the front cover of Complete Kit Car this month