Hi everyone, I know its been a long time but I have been busy, started a machine shop, worked my tail off watched the machine shop fail, and had to sell everything, got a job, started a new project and now have been driving it all over the place, Its a Chevron (Lotus7rep) little kit car, it weights a little under 700 kgs and is running a 3.8 V6 out of a Holden (GM Aus) so it is a lot of fun to drive, I know its looking ratty but I have using it as a D-Driver and I sort of like the ratty look, I have just put the box on the back as my son and I are going to be going camping over Xmas,
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Originally posted by bryankiwi View Post
thanks for that, it was a real kick in the guts, but onwards and upwards. I now have a normal job so I can speed time with the familyPatrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??
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Originally posted by Dan Barlow View PostFor sure .....bummer as bout the shop . But the car is so cool ! How about more pics . Under the hood and around it ?
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Originally posted by bryankiwi View PostOriginally posted by Dan Barlow View PostFor sure .....bummer as bout the shop . But the car is so cool ! How about more pics . Under the hood and around it ?
https://youtu.be/IkpiSGhutJcLast edited by silver_bullet; December 16, 2018, 11:05 AM.Patrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??
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When I first joined Ford out of college, I worked in the Special Vehicle Engineering group on a "homologation special" rally car project, which involved working closely with the Ford Motorsport rally team.
We wanted to try out some new suspension pieces, so I was sent to visit one of the rally team suppliers to deliver some rear axle crossmembers to be modified, by a company called "Speedbend" - a traditional "one man, his boy and a dog" shop underneath railway arches in north London. The owner was "Bernie", who constantly had a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth, and usually made the custom fabricated exhaust systems for the Ford Works rally cars from sheet and tube stainless - a work of art to maximise cross section while keeping as close to the floor, suspension and chassis rails to minimise the chances of it being ripped off on a rally stage.
At the time, my manager was building a Lotus 7 clone called a Robin Hood, and when I mentioned this to him he asked me when I went back to pick up the parts to ask Bernie if he had ever done an exhaust system for something like a Lotus 7.
I put the question to Bernie, who paused and said "Yeah, about three thousand. I did all the originals for Chapman......." !Last edited by Red_Kitty; December 16, 2018, 04:19 PM.
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Originally posted by DanStokes View PostAndy - what a great story! Did he do the system for your manager?
He wasn't looking to spend what Bernie would have charged, and ended up hacking something together.Last edited by Red_Kitty; December 16, 2018, 06:17 PM.
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Originally posted by Red_Kitty View PostWhen I first joined Ford out of college, I worked in the Special Vehicle Engineering group on a "homologation special" rally car project, which involved working closely with the Ford Motorsport rally team.
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