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Arjan356

posted on 11/11/06 at 08:59 PM Reply With Quote
Love it, but one problem...will it fit on a MK-indy??

Arjan

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smart51

posted on 11/11/06 at 09:08 PM Reply With Quote
Looking at it again, it probably is a bit of a grower. I agree with the production car look and think that the mesh was a bit of a faff. A choice of 2 nose cones gives something for everyone.

The comments about number plates are good. Road cars have to have them. It isn't a bad idea to have somewhere proper to put them.

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stevebubs

posted on 11/11/06 at 09:14 PM Reply With Quote
with all bars removed bar the badge oneImage deleted by owner
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stevebubs

posted on 11/11/06 at 09:15 PM Reply With Quote
and with all bars removedImage deleted by owner
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smart51

posted on 11/11/06 at 09:39 PM Reply With Quote
removing the bars doesnit help. Perhaps some black design film on them would be better. It would make them less visible but still present.
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GeorgeM

posted on 11/11/06 at 10:22 PM Reply With Quote
now i've got more decissions!! I'm off to see Marc next Saturday to order mine
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chockymonster

posted on 11/11/06 at 11:03 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Arjan356
Love it, but one problem...will it fit on a MK-indy??

Arjan


Nope, Marc won't sell the bodywork seperately





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Danozeman

posted on 12/11/06 at 09:41 AM Reply With Quote
I like it but i have to say i prefer the old one. MNR's are the best looking imho.

It looks good with the 1 badge bar. I like the idea of black bars and coloured rest.





Dan

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Peteff

posted on 12/11/06 at 10:36 AM Reply With Quote
Where does the numberplate go?

If you fit a legal front plate you'll be covering half of it up anyway. I think it makes the front look like an old tractor but that's just the image it conjures up in my mind.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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Dillinger1977

posted on 12/11/06 at 10:37 AM Reply With Quote
I like it, though i can definately see how it might polarise opinion. (marmite, as Iain put it!)

out of interest (and planning ahead incase I wreck the current one somehow.. ), is it in any way interchangeable with the 'old' one?
I can already see that i'd be left with 2 notches at the bottom of the sides as I have the nose that has a 'lip' that hooks under the sides.





-Rog

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Hammerhead

posted on 12/11/06 at 12:42 PM Reply With Quote
Just thought I'd add my interpretation too. I think a little less bulk would help. IMHO Rescued attachment mnr.jpg
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jacko

posted on 12/11/06 at 05:06 PM Reply With Quote
Just a little like Quantum front don,t you think
But nicer
Jacko

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rjbrookes

posted on 12/11/06 at 08:35 PM Reply With Quote
i will have a few more beers then look at it again!
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clutch_kick

posted on 12/11/06 at 09:33 PM Reply With Quote
I love it the intercooler will look sexy behind that new nose
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Gergely

posted on 13/11/06 at 11:35 AM Reply With Quote
Initially I thoght it was ugly but in about 5 minutes I start to like it more and more. It is difficult to change that 50 year old shape to make it modern and not out of place. Initially I didn't like the scuttle bulges of the MNR's either, but now I do and I think that the new nose complements the scuttle area nicely.
I am still undecided whether all bars should remain or Hammerhead's version. That looks very nice.
Where would you put a normal licence plate? Cover up the lower intakes? Anyone with photoshop skills?

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Dillinger1977

posted on 14/11/06 at 12:42 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dillinger1977
out of interest (and planning ahead incase I wreck the current one somehow.. ), is it in any way interchangeable with the 'old' one?



just a wee nudge incase you missed this one marc

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marc n

posted on 14/11/06 at 01:41 PM Reply With Quote
yep the both types are interchangeable with the main body section
so to replace to new nose you need nose scuttle and bonnet

[Edited on 14/11/06 by marc n]





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marc n

posted on 14/11/06 at 05:13 PM Reply With Quote
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marc n

posted on 14/11/06 at 05:14 PM Reply With Quote
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TimC

posted on 14/11/06 at 05:29 PM Reply With Quote
That looks the...

... Dougie Donnely's






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Winston Todge

posted on 14/11/06 at 06:02 PM Reply With Quote
It really is a grower....

From those angles I reckon it looks the nutts.

Is it a taller bonnet by any chance Marc? Are the scuttle and bonnets directly interchangeable?

Ta,

Chris.






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Winston Todge

posted on 14/11/06 at 06:21 PM Reply With Quote
Just curious as to whether the colour is the same RAL code as my car Marc? As the colour space your camera takes piccies at seems slightly out of kilta?

Did some fiddling matching it roughly to the same RAL as mine... Similar as in the flesh?

MNR new bodywork
MNR new bodywork


Plus this thread has a load of piccies of the old car to highlight the two different bodyworks more accurately...

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=31504&page=1

I still think the old bodywork is slightly more slick. But then I would say that as I'm building one! 8D

Chris.

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Winston Todge

posted on 14/11/06 at 06:24 PM Reply With Quote
That Brands day was when I realised that I'd made the right choice of car for me...

Only a few months until I get to try mine out in anger!

As you can tell I'm looking forward to it...

Chris.






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jamesg20

posted on 14/11/06 at 07:50 PM Reply With Quote
Don't listen to 'em Marc, that thing is now looking stunning. Just what is needed to carve the niche into the already niche market and give some immedaite product identity amoung the competitors.

Gets my thumbs up.


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Peteff

posted on 14/11/06 at 08:03 PM Reply With Quote
Will the market be flooded

with people selling their old bodywork off, any old style nosecones going spare





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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