robinbastd
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| posted on 14/1/04 at 09:46 PM |
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Another new middy
Here's another new middy,I've posted the link to their gallery to save you trawling through their website  The car has been likenened
to a Vindicator (bodywork designed with a ruler) but I think that the guy had a copy of St.Ron's gospel and had seen the light in the mid engine
section of locostbuilders.
I dont want one.
Ian
http://www.dragonsportscars.com/thecar/images.htm
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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suparuss
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| posted on 14/1/04 at 10:46 PM |
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bit ugly init. very risky design for sure, but probably not something youd have on the road anyway.
i dont want one either.
Russ.
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violentblue
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| posted on 15/1/04 at 12:04 AM |
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interesting I'll give then that, I like what they did with the suspension.
but it is a tad on the ugly side for me.
a few pics of my other projects
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Alan B
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| posted on 15/1/04 at 12:10 AM |
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Hmmm?...not sure what it's trying to be...
Surely a car with trackday intentions (if that's what it is) would have more appropriate wheels......looks it it's trying to appeal to the
boy racer crowd...
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kb58
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| posted on 15/1/04 at 12:14 AM |
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It would be fun on the track, giving a friend a ride, but on the street it would be a different story. I didn't read much on their site. If
it's just the one for himself, more power to him, we should welcome him here. But if he's planning to sell them...
That's a common theme I see in the kit car business. Lots of enthusiasm but not much business smarts. I'd be doing a lot of marketing
research to test the waters before going into production. Many, many car companies have found out the hard way that their car they thought was
beautiful, isn't to most people. (And, that most people have no desire to actually build their own.)
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TheGecko
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| posted on 15/1/04 at 12:53 AM |
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Hmmm,
Looks to me like they took a Formula Ford, split it up the middle, and added 18" or so and stuck it back together. That nose section looks
like an ironing board! Of course, I shouldn't cast stones, since my car's styling is pretty much the result of wrapping the chassis in
ali and painting 
Have to agree with Alan, I'm not sure what the intended role of the thing is.
Dominic
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tadltd
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| posted on 15/1/04 at 01:03 AM |
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didn't this appear in a national (UK) newspaper at the end of last year? Daily Mail or summat?
Steve.
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Dreckly
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 posted on 15/1/04 at 02:04 AM |
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Thanks for the link Ian, but not for me either.
No good for you anyway - your aged, lanky bones would never fit!?! Only Jesting Mate!
Curious machined Alloy front upright though.
Ken.
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MikeR
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| posted on 15/1/04 at 11:45 AM |
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just about to add the same comment about the upright. Its been in the Manchester Evening News around Chrimbo time.
I have to admit it part of the reason i've gone off the idea of building my own single seat f1 replica car..... anyway i think the weight
distribution of having the engine sat by my side will be much better
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kingr
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| posted on 15/1/04 at 02:15 PM |
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Whoah, that thing's ugly, I really don't like the nose on it, it looks like the aerodynamics would be all wrong. If it's ever
designed to go on the road, that spoiler would have to go. I would guess that it's track only. I'd buy an XTR2 even if it was double the
price.
Kingr
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Rorty
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| posted on 19/1/04 at 04:32 AM |
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It looks like an "MDF Special". It looks best on the trailer....as if it's going to the tip.
Shockingly ugly.
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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