rotorman
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| posted on 7/1/04 at 10:23 PM |
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Another mid engined car.
Thought you might like to see this one. Built a few years ago, SVA tested and never used for 3 years. Also have a hillclimb/sprint version. Again
hardly used.
 
Rescued attachment 000_0015.JPG
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/1/04 at 10:29 PM |
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Size of picture
Good
god
can
only
get
a
few
words
on
page!
Can
you
make
picture
smaller?
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Alan B
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| posted on 7/1/04 at 10:32 PM |
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Hey Graham...welcome...
Thought it looked familiar..
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sgraber
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| posted on 8/1/04 at 03:38 AM |
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Whew! That IS a big picture!
A very interesting car. I imagine that it is similar to what Dominic has in mind for his clubman design? What is the powerplant? And why didn't
you drive it more? !!!
Do you have any more photos? But maybe make them smaller first? (or email them to me and I can scale them and email you back.)
The mid-engine builders are coming out of the woodwork! 
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Spyderman
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| posted on 8/1/04 at 03:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by sgraber
Whew! That IS a big picture!
The mid-engine builders are coming out of the woodwork!
What are you trying to say Steve? We're Maggots???? 
Terry
[Edited on 8/1/04 by Spyderman]
Spyderman
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GO
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| posted on 8/1/04 at 03:54 PM |
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rotorman, got any pics of the side and back? I'd be interested to see how the profile looks.
Whats the drive train?
EDIT - ok, so I was a bit slow there, steve beat me to those questions by about 13 hours!!
[Edited on 8/1/2004 by GO]
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Alan B
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| posted on 8/1/04 at 03:59 PM |
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I have a side picture that Graham sent me, but I'd sooner wait and give him the chance to post it first....remind later if he doesn't.
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rotorman
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| posted on 8/1/04 at 08:23 PM |
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http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4df29b3127cce865b5ff83d700000001610
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4df29b3127cce865b5fde3d560000001610
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4df29b3127cce865b5fcdbc750000001610
Some more pictures.
I can't seem to get the image hosting to work 
My 13 year old son has assured me that if you click on the link you should see them.
Ford 2300cc engine, 4 speed transaxle and very light car make for super performance.
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Hugh Paterson
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| posted on 9/1/04 at 10:16 AM |
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Good stuff, but methinks u should let your son do ur pic posting and stick to building the cars. Im gogglebox illiterate too. BTW
Cheers
Shug.
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MikeR
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| posted on 9/1/04 at 12:49 PM |
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Wow - that was a shock. That didn't look like what I expected at all! I'm impressed.
So how did you make the bodywork? and where did you get the transaxle from?
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Alez
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| posted on 9/1/04 at 01:45 PM |
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I love it, and would like to know aaall the details about it. It's the first self built, finished, mid engined car I see which has nothing to do
with a Le Mans bodywork. Oh and BTW, any others you may know please tell me! It's absolutely lovely, I wonder how difficult it would be to turn
it into a real Locost inspired one, that is, cheap and ugly body panels that just do the job.
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sgraber
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| posted on 9/1/04 at 04:20 PM |
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Extremely impressed! You are right, the first photo gave no hint that it would have such an interesting body style.
I would love to know more about the mechanical details... Maybe some piccies of what lies beneath? Longitudinal 4 banger... Racing gearbox?
Steve G.
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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violentblue
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 posted on 9/1/04 at 07:25 PM |
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I like it
[Edited on 9/1/04 by violentblue]
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Spottty
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| posted on 10/1/04 at 04:38 AM |
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woah! Thats not what I was expecting at all. Looks really cool! good job man!
Best thing to do for a build....
Ditch the wife! 
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GTAddict
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| posted on 10/1/04 at 01:39 PM |
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That thing looks like a blast. A very good translation of 'Seven' into mid-engine config. I want to know where the radiators are... I
can guess...
As one of my more petrol-veined friends says "Bodywork: Stuff which covers the interesting bits."
Mark.
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Rorty
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| posted on 11/1/04 at 05:13 AM |
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Interesting body shape. It appears to be very well constructed.
I too am interested in what lies beneath the skin. I can see a hewland nose cone sticking out the back, but is it a Hewland box or a VW trans, or?
I asume by your forum name that there's a rotary on board, Mazda?
Please let us have more details.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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rotorman
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| posted on 11/1/04 at 08:43 PM |
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Thanks for all your interest and kind words regarding my project. It was designed in 1994 to be a car capable of taking on all types of
"seven" variants in competition.It was my seventh build so it I tried to keep the "seven" look. Not easy in a mid engine
layout! I put a lot of effort into it so that it would be very quick in sprints, hillclimbs and races. All the parts were built in early 1995 but I
got sidetracked into running a race team using BMW M3s until 1998. I then got involved in GT racing, Venturi LM600, 550bhp mid engine beast, and as a
result it took until 1999 to get my project into a position that I could offer them to a customer. Alas by this time most other manufacturers started
to go the one make raciing route and I was tired out,there was only two of us plus some friends involved, trying to keep up with the legislators,
product liability insurance men and everyone else that was taking money out of the project. In 2000 I decided to stop and return to having fun
playing with cars.
Some Technical details.
Spaceframe chassis with stressed alloy tub inside
Double wishbone suspension, inboard at front, out board at rear.
Inline engine VW or Hewland transaxle.
Side radiator.
I have used Ford RS 200016v for comp car and Ford 2300cc 16v for road car.
Hope this helps.
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