Hi Guys, I am building a Robin Hood Lightweight. Anyone else out there building a similar model RH who want to share ideas?

tell me do they come assembled or do you have to rivit them together ?

be prepared to take a little flak around here! Robin Hoods for some reason attract it! You must have one of the first lightweight kits what is it like? I am building a locost from the book, so far I have been less than impressed with the bits I got from Lolocost part of the Robin Hood empire! I bought a set of bushes and bush tubes, the tubes have all needed setting on the lathe as they are too narrow in the bore to take the bushes and all the widths are different but they were cheap!

I hope your kit is more accurate than my tubes or you are in for a lot of work to fit everything!

Caber

you get what you pay. hoods used to be cheap that why they needed a bit of extra time

however i trust with the price increase theres a quality increase. . . .

the kit is what is, where mk kits and others of the same type are easier to build and locost from scratch, hoods come in between and are at the right price for there quality

any kit car will only ever be as good as the builder makes it

the lightweight looked good to me.

Yeah, you definately need an air riveter!

Yes, its a fair bit of work - but rewarding!

ps
I have my flak jacket ready and waiting!!!

I would love to know how the build goes so please keep us posted ,few pics ect.


regards warren

I want one but was put of by its rep.Maybe next time.

i have put a couple of pics in my photo archive. well keep you posted

I think the lightweight should be an altogether different beastie to the old tubular RH's

I for one would be interested to know how it goes.

Any chance of posting some pics?

Good luck with it

Cheers

Mark

Is it an aluminium one, a mild steel one or a stainless one? The last time I looked, they suggested that all three would become available.

What's the weight of the 'lightweight' is there really a significant difference from the traditional sevens?

Ah you have

They did suggest a choice of materials, but it is only actually available in Ally.

I think they quote "just over 500kgs" with a Duratec engine installed and alluminium hub carriers, so with my zetec engine and sierra hubs will be a bit heavier

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Originally posted by diyer
I think they quote "just over 500kgs" with a Duratec engine installed and alluminium hub carriers, so with my zetec engine and sierra hubs will be a bit heavier

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Oh right thats interesting, i can only go on the RH info, i don't know what a typical locost car weighs!

My mate Simon is building one he is at a fairly advanced stage now. he is using a 2.0 ltr Zetec black top and MT75 box.as you say a air riviter is essential. I nicked it to do the floor on my Indy last week,I am sure he would like to share notes with anyone else who is doing one.

The RobinHood owners club would be a good place to share information and they are a great bunch there but please stay here as well as people here have a truly vast range of knowledge and experience.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Cheers.

hi.
you must be one of the first.
I'm impressed how far you have got with the build in such a short time it looks great.
Like Scotty G said go to the Robin Hood owners site.Link
I'm still Area secretary for RHOCAR in East Anglia even though I now building a Luego.
One of my members is building a Lightweight I have no news on his progress yet.

I thought it was you Simon "DIYER" What sort of handle is that. He never told you all that its his second air riviter, He F****d up the first one, Still it wasnt his. I have pinched your axle stands from work by the way LOL
Steve.

good progress!! 1 question and 1 comment.
Is the square box swection for the front suspension aluminoium or steel?

I'd suggest you look into fitting some cowling from the fan to the radiator to ensure blown air is driverted to the radiator.

yes the box section is Aluminium

What guage is the metal? Any special type of rivets used? Is there any adhesive ala elise to add some extra bond to the joints?

Thanks

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What guage is the metal? Any special type of rivets used? Is there any adhesive ala elise to add some extra bond to the joints?

Thanks

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diyer
I'm very interested in your build, thanks for posting some pictures - hope to see more soon.

I've been thinking about building a monocoque for some years now (I still don't have a garage, so I'm just a dreamer)

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Originally posted by tigris
What guage is the metal? Any special type of rivets used? Is there any adhesive ala elise to add some extra bond to the joints?

Thanks

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In the Elise, the adhesive is the main joiner, the rivets are there just to prevent peel at the extremities of the runs

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For once I am not going to slag robin hood on this one!!!

I'd like to see your work as well, very interested in rivetted monocoque design so lets see!!

The "bendy tube" robin hood that I have seen recently is utter shite, never seen such an abomination of a design in my life, but the folded and rivetted ally idea has possibilities!!!

Out of interest, what rear suspension does this use? Presumably not the sierra rear beam as used in the 2B as that would account for a significant chunk of the 500kg!