DRC INDY 7
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 02:29 PM |
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Dick Turpin Lightweight 07 model
Looks like the guys at Dick turpin motors aka GBS formally know as Robin hood sports cars etc etc
Have now decided that the 2005 model lightweight was not enough and have now decide to revamp it and call it the lightweight 07 model i wonder if we
will have the same dedication from the team when there are some slight problems
Here is the add from there website
BRAND NEW LIGHTWEIGHT TO BE LAUNCHED VERY SOON!!! THE NEW LIGHTWEIGHT WILL USE MANY OF THE SAME PANELS AS USED ON THE ORIGINAL LIGHTWEIGHT, IT WILL BE
EVEN LIGHTER AND DIMENSIONALLY SIMILAR
THE LIGHTWEIGHT 07 WILL FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL RULE OF FUNCTIONALITY,SIMPLICITY AND COMPETITIVE PRICING- YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED-WATCH THIS SPACE
http://www.greatbritishsportscars.com/index.php
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Puddle Dodgers Club
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UncleFista
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 02:48 PM |
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They have a new nosecone too.....
here
[Edited on 2/4/07 by UncleFista]
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 02:51 PM |
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hmm and it looks quite fine too
the new lightweight, even lighter...baking foil perhaps, I hope it's a bit stronger than the last attempt.
[Edited on 2/4/07 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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arrybradbury
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 02:52 PM |
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I think I've just been sick
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DIY Si
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 02:55 PM |
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Do we reckon this one'll pass the SVA? Or just be a shiny new version of the old death trap?
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 02:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by arrybradbury
I think I've just been sick
not like it? or have you had a long night out...
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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grahamgg
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 03:00 PM |
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Where is the hood RS I can remember seeing the chassis at one of the shows last year,maybe they have been concentrating getting the lightweight sorted
out.
But after the disaster over the original lightweight I would have dropped it..
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iank
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 03:02 PM |
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I've never bought anything from a company who doesn't know about the caps-lock. Don't think I'll start now.
The 'old' lightweight was heavier than many of the steel spaceframe+grp cars at 600kg for a zetec car.
As implied ^^^^, the proof of the car is in SVA passes.
p.s. don't like the new nose either
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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DIY Si
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 03:12 PM |
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It wouldn't be too bad if it was a light weight car though. As said, a zetec lightweight still can in at ~ 600kgs which is not in the slightest
bit light, merely about average. If you want light weight, go see MNR and buy a Vortex RT+ (I think), as it has a wet weight of <400 kgs.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 03:57 PM |
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the only way to achieve good chassis stiffness using that method is using materials that arent lighteweight on your pocket .
a chap on the rhocar site got an early one passed thro an SVA with just reinforcement of the existing chassis .
Still , the two guys in charge who suck each others dicks for a living can merrily go on their way .
add the fatigue issue into it - and you might aswell spend on something thats of tube construction .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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diyer
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 05:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by arrybradbury
I think I've just been sick
not like it? or have you had a long night out...
Mine passed, no real mods!
Gets a bit boring, especially from people who haven't even built a car yet!
Simon
[Edited on 2/4/07 by diyer]
[Edited on 2/4/07 by diyer]
Hug a Hoodie!
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iank
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 05:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by diyer
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by arrybradbury
I think I've just been sick
not like it? or have you had a long night out...
Mine passed, no real mods!
Gets a bit boring, especially from people who haven't even built a car yet!
Simon
[Edited on 2/4/07 by diyer]
[Edited on 2/4/07 by diyer]
I suspect the original comment was about the new nosecone.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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graememk
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 08:29 PM |
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i was told that the Lightweight in question failed due to poor build quality
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arrybradbury
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 09:19 PM |
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Indeed, my comment was based on the new nosecone (i.e I'm not a fan) but I make no judgements on robinhood as was or the car because I have no
evidence to go by either way!
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DRC INDY 7
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 10:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
i was told that the Lightweight in question failed due to poor build quality
No just a poorly designd car that was blamed on poor build quality ............
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Puddle Dodgers Club
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RK
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 12:52 AM |
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Well, at least they're trying new stuff. I don't like the nose personally. OK, I HATE the new nose, but somebody might like it.
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scotty g
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| posted on 5/4/07 at 05:14 PM |
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I always thought that the lighwieght had very nice proportions and had the potential to be very nice little car, shame it turned out to be mostly as
good as old pants!
Nosecone-------Eeeeeeeewwwww!
Floor mounted pedal box-----not bad at all.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 5/4/07 at 11:12 PM |
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oooh and there'll be fun fun fun till the daddy takes the rivets away
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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locost_bryan
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| posted on 13/4/07 at 04:00 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
Nosecone-------Eeeeeeeewwwww!
They call it the RS - refreshingly honest!
Looks like it was designed by a committee.
The pointy bit at the top, and the vertical bar remind me of the shark-nose F1 Ferrari of the early '60s. The square bit at the bottom is
completely out of place anywhere other than David Coulthard's jaw, and what's with the little ears on the side - as if they'll do
anything to smooth the airflow around the suspension!
Now, if they made the bottom pointy like the top, and sloped the opening forward (make the top longer or the bottom shorter), then it might look
OK.
Otherwise, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! about sums it up.
Bryan Miller
Auckland NZ
Bruce McLaren - "Where's my F1 car?"
John Cooper - "In that rack of tubes, son"
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