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ned - 28/6/04 at 09:24 AM

Saw this at goodwood on friday, thought you guyts might be intested in seeing a finished car?!

This one was running a 'blade engine but the guy on the toyo stand recon'd they were working on an audi 1.8t version....

Ned.

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garage19 - 28/6/04 at 09:58 AM

Its got lights and indicators, so I assume they must be going for road legal but I'd love to hear what the SVA man says about that front end!!!

spunky - 28/6/04 at 10:02 AM

Two seats. Makes it a better choice than the Edge formula style car.
Not sure if they appeal to me though.
Maybe just a bit too outrageous.

John

timf - 28/6/04 at 11:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by garage19
Its got lights and indicators, so I assume they must be going for road legal but I'd love to hear what the SVA man says about that front end!!!

at a guess fail

mangogroove - 28/6/04 at 11:05 AM

Theres a writeup in the july 2004 kitcar mag

Alan B - 28/6/04 at 03:26 PM

Don't you need to cover the tyres for SVA?

I'm sure wheel arches will change the look drastically.....

ned - 28/6/04 at 03:28 PM

oops-forgot, yes it would have wheel arches on the guy said - wouldn't look so good on the toyo stand with wheels arches on though i imagine

Ned.

sgraber - 28/6/04 at 04:55 PM

IMHO... It's amazing what a little paint will do... It's the same as an ugly girl wearing makeup.... A little better... Another pitcher of beer please... I'd say a 12 pack would do.

Peteff - 29/6/04 at 10:42 AM

Take the spoiler off and it would comply.

kb58 - 29/6/04 at 02:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Syd Bridge
Should be easy to home build. All the body panels are flats of some sort.

Couple of sheets of 6mm mdf or 3mm marine ply,and job done! Very imaginative!

Off to the timber yard now.

Cheers,
Syd.

And those flat sides are what make it look home built. To have any chance at attracting customers, they *really* need to give it more curves. Heck it would weigh less too.

Alez - 29/6/04 at 03:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kb58
And those flat sides are what make it look home built. To have any chance at attracting customers, they *really* need to give it more curves. Heck it would weigh less too.

I think that's very subjective, actually it looks very nice to me. And, for instance, the Turner LMP looks much better to me than the XTR, and it has much more flat surfaces.. Flat surfaces are generally more aggresive I think, and more risky too, but can be effective. Personally I think the LMP is a beauty

robinbastd - 29/6/04 at 09:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Take the spoiler off and it would comply.

Take the spoiler off and it would fly!

tweek - 3/7/04 at 07:12 PM

surely if they're anyway serious they'd be keepin in touch with the SVA people while they're designing it no?

andkilde - 5/7/04 at 03:30 PM

At first it repulsed me. It does grow on you after a while, it will look remarkably different with front wing removed and wings added to pass SVA -- might not be too noticable if the wings are kept in black though.

Still have trouble with the flat "bonnet" area, ping-pong anyone? I might simplify the rear treatment as well, back to a fairing for each passenger.

But, the rest of the car is rather fetching, sort of a pretty girl in dire need of a nose job.

Cheers, Ted

Spyderman - 5/7/04 at 11:22 PM

Would look a lot better if they took the ironing board off the front!

Mark Allanson - 6/7/04 at 07:55 PM

It looks like sonething brought in one winter night by a Newlyn trawler