adithorp
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| posted on 5/2/11 at 06:43 PM |
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I prefer the original nose. The new one is too Cobra like. Either way looks like a big job getting it to look "right". I'd still
prefer the LeMans Spitfire conversion, posibly with an engine upgrade. I wonder if the Mazda v6 would fit... with Clairs Triumph  throttle body
system?
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 5/2/11 at 06:50 PM |
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Adrian, does anyone do a Le Mans conversion?
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 5/2/11 at 06:57 PM |
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To answer my own question, yes there is a Le Mans conversion.
Linky
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pewe
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 04:08 PM |
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JohnB, knew there was something familiar about that side shot.
Looks similar to my first open top car - a Fairthorpe Electron Minor (google it lads - probably before your time).
That had similar aspect ratios and it had doors. As I said above I knew it reminded me of a 60s glass fibre special!
Despite it's ugliness (too short at the front) it went like stink and pre-dated McLarens three seater arrangement by quite a few years (albeit
three across at a squeeze).
The twin carb Standard 8 engine (later to become the Herald engine) didn't have much problem punting along the paper thin glassfibre (later to
be called GRP) body - in fact a mate at the time who built GRP reckoned it was less than race weight. Torix Bernnet designed the chassis and I have to
say he got it 99% right.
Cheers, Pewe 
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adithorp
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 05:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
I have to agree with the others about the heath robinson frame and dodgy looking finish on the website.
I'd be looking to turn it into a LeMans Spitfire
Did you search the web for that John, or did you find my link?
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 6/2/11 at 05:42 PM |
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I'm sorry Adrian, I missed your link completely for the Le Mans Spitfire, should've gone to Specsavers!! It certainly looks really good but
not a cheap option.
Pewe, I remember Fairthorpes very well having owned a Rockette in the 80s. My car is the red one with the white stripe. It is pictured along with the
other cars outside the old Fairthorpe factory in Denham. It had been rebuilt by Motorville (Messrs Collins) after many seasons of competitive
trialling. The Rockette was a bit longer than the Electron Minor which certainly does resemble the shortened Sammio.
John
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