Originally posted by chris mason
best of luck Paul and Alan with your new venture, if you ever need a spanner monkey for a few weeks full board
then let me know Regards
Chris
We (skydivepaul & Alan b) are proud to announce that we are now the agents for MK sportscars in the USA.
Operating out of our 6000 square foot garage in Longwood 10 miles North of Orlando and our R&D facility near Melbourne we have a large workshop
with four lifts and a showroom at the front and a 2000 square foot machine shop.
We will be offering kit and accessory sales as well as part and fully built cars to our customers requirements. Initially we will have two MK Indy
kits and two Indy R kits available with full bodywork and running gear. Two demonstrators will be available, one with bike engine power and the other
with a 2 litre four cylinder engine.
The cars and kits will be here with us early August 2008.
For our customers who prefer us to build a complete car for them we will also offer full after sales service and repair for the car at our garage
which will be a first in the kit car industry here in the USA.
These are very exciting times for us out here in Florida where the weather is perfect for open top sports car driving and we can introduce the BEC to
the mainstream kit car world here.
Please take a look at our website www.smartsportscars.com this has an introduction to what we are doing and we are in the process of building a
bespoke site for the MK’s.
Thanks
Paul & Alan
MK Sportscars USA
[Edited on 7/7/08 by skydivepaul]
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Originally posted by chris mason
best of luck Paul and Alan with your new venture, if you ever need a spanner monkey for a few weeks full board
Regards
Chris
Good luck lads,I am sure you will do very well with the Indy over there,great news,well done
,I will pop in for a cup of tea if I am ever
pasting by
Just noticed you have a picture of my car on your webb site,thanks I am honoured
[Edited on 19/05/04 by PAUL FISHER]
Congratulations lads. I've only ever met Paul once while he was packing up his house ready for off, and he seems like a thoroughly nice chap. I
also now understand why he was a little guarded re: his future plans
Anyways, how's about a specialist rental service for us UK BEC owners visiting the US?
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Originally posted by Alan B
quote:
Originally posted by chris mason
best of luck Paul and Alan with your new venture, if you ever need a spanner monkey for a few weeks full board
Regards
Chris
Thanks Chris...you just never know..
I can't speak for Paul, but housing and feeding visitors is easily sorted..
Alan
We happen to be traveling in the USA at the moment and are currently in Charleston , South Carolina heading to Miami next week 
we could always
come in past and say hello from the UK
[Edited on 7/707/08 by mad4x4]
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Originally posted by mad4x4
We happen to be traveling in the USA at the moment and are currently in Charleston , South Carolina heading to Miami next week
[Edited on 7/707/08 by mad4x4]
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Originally posted by skydivepaul
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Originally posted by mad4x4
We happen to be traveling in the USA at the moment and are currently in Charleston , South Carolina heading to Miami next week
[Edited on 7/707/08 by mad4x4]
Call in and see us. tel no is 407-831-9741 we are just off I4 on 17-92. Have a look on the website for the map.
cheers
Paul
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Originally posted by Alan B
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Originally posted by skydivepaul
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Originally posted by mad4x4
We happen to be traveling in the USA at the moment and are currently in Charleston , South Carolina heading to Miami next week
[Edited on 7/707/08 by mad4x4]
Call in and see us. tel no is 407-831-9741 we are just off I4 on 17-92. Have a look on the website for the map.
cheers
Paul
And, perhaps, after that call in and see my shop...I'm only 5 minutes off the main road to Miami...
You bet it's open....
Ahhhh the Sugar Shack........
Do you remember the night we went Alan! 
I'll have to make a point in coming over for a visit again....soon!
Fozzie
"Major components such as differential, rear drive shaft, front uprights, braking system, steering rack and column all come from the popular and
easy to locate Ford Sierra." Yes in the UK! Have you checked shipping costs?
While I wish you nothing but good fortune with the venture, there are NO Ford Sierras in North America. So you can't say they are readily
available to us. I think you should be making that clear.
The main problem building a car like this in North America is a total lack of donor cars: the MX5's cost a fortune and there is nothing else that
will work (that has been made in the last 20 years.) The whole concept of these cars as "kits" doesn't fly in North America - unless
the person is prepared to spend more than a good, roadworthy, second hand MX5: upwards of $25,000. I am way over that and I'm not done. The only
carbon fibre is in the front wings, by the way.
I just don't want anybody else to be led down the garden path to frustration when important parts are not available locally. I know all this
first hand!
So, getting down to brass tacks, how much do you want for a back panel, rear arches, and a nosecone?
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Originally posted by RK
"Major components such as differential, rear drive shaft, front uprights, braking system, steering rack and column all come from the popular and easy to locate Ford Sierra." Yes in the UK! Have you checked shipping costs?
While I wish you nothing but good fortune with the venture, there are NO Ford Sierras in North America. So you can't say they are readily available to us. I think you should be making that clear.
The main problem building a car like this in North America is a total lack of donor cars: the MX5's cost a fortune and there is nothing else that will work (that has been made in the last 20 years.) The whole concept of these cars as "kits" doesn't fly in North America - unless the person is prepared to spend more than a good, roadworthy, second hand MX5: upwards of $25,000. I am way over that and I'm not done. The only carbon fibre is in the front wings, by the way.
I just don't want anybody else to be led down the garden path to frustration when important parts are not available locally. I know all this first hand!
So, getting down to brass tacks, how much do you want for a back panel, rear arches, and a nosecone?
Just following on from this......
As Paul says the idea is to offer all the hard to find parts with the kits so as to create a relatively painfree and cost effective build up. In time
we will change over to US sourced components for the donor parts....some of this work is already done, but for now other than the engine and
transmission the hard sourcing work will be done.
Then you'll be stiff competition for the Westy's from Flyin'Miata in Colorado!
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Originally posted by Fozzie
Ahhhh the Sugar Shack........
Do you remember the night we went Alan!
I'll have to make a point in coming over for a visit again....soon!
Fozzie
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Originally posted by RK
Then you'll be stiff competition for the Westy's from Flyin'Miata in Colorado!
Now I know where to go if I ever fly over to Florida. To you in Longwood and then to Cape Canaveral, 2 main attractions in the south
kits arrived today.
2 usa spec kits and two usa spec Indy R kits.
colour choices
yellow
orange
red
red
more pictures and info to follow
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Well done
Whats the difference between a UK kit and a USA spec?
(and its not a joke, real answers only
)
Left hand drive.
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Originally posted by paulmw
Well done
Whats the difference between a UK kit and a USA spec?
(and its not a joke, real answers only
I sure wish you were around when I ordered my Deman (Demon is more like it...). That is a very reasonable price for your kit.
BTW I'm making a rear panel out of ally (2 parts because I couldn't get a big one in the car).