Hi all,

I am currently planning to start my Haynes Roadster build in the next month so i am gathering parts together.

Just wondering if anyone has bought any parts from gillham online and what their experiences were like as they are fairly local to me.

www.gillhamonline.co.uk

Thanks,

So far only one person on the Haynes Roadster forum has used them, to buy chassis plates. They were impressed. They seem to offer the Saturn Sports Car / NTS engineering bodywork (both ceased trading). I'd wait until they had some quality recommendations from the kit car scene.

Don't use them for bodywork. If you want quality bodywork go to equinox. I've got some Saturn bodywork and its not very good and pretty thin. Equinox are redoing mine atm much much better

http://www.equinoxproducts.co.uk/

[Edited on 8/11/12 by Ben_Copeland]

Are you on commission or tied in them Ben as you have them in your footer?

That being said they should be able to provide very good quality fibreglass work as that seems to be their main business. I think there is a different nose cone in the offing with wide front to hide the front edge of the shocks, (I think) wait until pictures arrive on the web site.

The moulds for the NTS/Saturn parts would have been quite old by now as they started as Flabby's or Triton moulds I believe, and I have herd of odd comments where the dimensions are out from a few builders, so something to watch for although the moulds can be corrected.

AGM also do very nice work, have been to his shop and had a look at some of his work and it was exceptional to the eye. I think it all comes down to styling choices.

The AGM and Equimox parts have a similar style of butting up edges, so that dowels can be used to secure one to the other

Rear wings and front cycle wings are still quite universal as I have found after needing to replace all my wings at one point due to little mistakes.

The items one would find very hard to make yourself are nose and scuttle, the rest could be done in aluminium if you like that type of thing (yes I do). But you may also need the rear tub in fibreglass if you don’t have the tubes on the back.

I would say if your close to equinox use them, if you are close to another company check them out and shop around. Your preference may be for unusual colours so always make sure you have that option where ever you go.

Adrian

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Originally posted by AdrianH
Are you on commission or tied in them Ben as you have them in your footer?

Adrian

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OK promoting them because of service, nothing wrong with that!


Adrian

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Are you on commission or tied in them Ben as you have them in your footer?

That being said they should be able to provide very good quality fibreglass work as that seems to be their main business. I think there is a different nose cone in the offing with wide front to hide the front edge of the shocks, (I think) wait until pictures arrive on the web site.

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I cant see the picture of the nose cone.. Is it the wide option on their website? I am wondering how this fits with the side panels as i think it looks better than the standard unit.

Also do you know if their rear tub fits to standard book frame or are modifications required.

They are only 50 miles from me which i think is close enough to travel to if its a quality product.

I picked up Equinox bodywork about 3 weeks ago. Apparently the rear panel will go over the book frame (i.e. curved top tubes) but I am considering cutting mine off anyway... I picked mine up and it's 90 miles - just didn't trust someone else shipping a full bodykit. The Christmas offer of £695 seemed too good to pass up!

I'm planning on using them for chassis plates and possibly their wishbones. I doubt they can do much wrong with pieces of metal, the wishbones are obviously a bit more critical.

£700 for the lot? Good price. May see if I can get them to hold that price in a month or two when I take the plunge. Do they look good quality? If u leave the book tubes on would you mind letting me know if they do fit straight on and maybe a pic.

Any idea what the thinking is behind the wider nose?

Well i bit the bullet and ordered some wishbones and a nose cone from gillhamonline. I have to say that both look like good items.

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Well i bit the bullet and ordered some wishbones and a nose cone from gillhamonline. I have to say that both look like good items.

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Well i bit the bullet and ordered some wishbones and a nose cone from gillhamonline. I have to say that both look like good items.

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If you don't mind me asking, how quickly did they send the items out after you placed the order? I appreciate they are made to order but I'm just wondering how long it takes.

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The items were sent in 2 parts, wishbones came in under 2 weeks (i think it was about 11-12 days) and the nose took 3 weeks.

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I was planning to buy rear uprights and bushings from them, but since earlier this spring their website seems to have disappeared. I e-mailed with them earlier this year and they mentioned that they were in the process of merging with a an other company. Do anyone knows what happened?

Where can I otherwise get ready-made rear uprights and bushings for Haynes Roadster?

Try Talon Motorsport (Phil), he fabricates quality pieces and price is competitive. Always used his services recently and never had any problems. Swift deliveries too.

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Try Talon Motorsport (Phil), he fabricates quality pieces and price is competitive. Always used his services recently and never had any problems. Swift deliveries too.

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Can't complain with my lead times
You need to investigate bodywork Phil. I will happily take some of the test pieces off your hands.

Some recent updates over on the Haynes forum: http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=13665 - it seems Gilham has re-launched itself as http://chameleon-garage.co.uk/...


Not sure whether the tactic of trialling a business under one name, then restarting it under another, instills confidence or not - personally it seems a bit weird to me - but I am coming to the conclusion that with all kit car suppliers, it seems the best thing to do is see people and their products in the flesh - then make your own mind up.

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Can't complain with my lead times
You need to investigate bodywork Phil. I will happily take some of the test pieces off your hands.

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