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Oct 22, 2017 23:15:36 GMT
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Hi everyone,
Let me introduce myself a little:
My name is Peter, 37 years old , married, self employed, 1 son and another little curse word on the way. I live in Holland, so excuse me if my writing is not totaly correct, but you can always look at this topic as a photoalbum 
I have been fouling around with mopeds, bikes and cars all my life ( wish I kept some ). I have build a fair share of road going cars and now in the process of making a racecar from scratch.
I've found this awesome forum linked in another cool website ( landcruiser.net ), Have been reading different topics / story's of you guys and some of there are just stunning 
In Holland there are not many real petrolheads, don't get my wrong there are plenty of young guys who polish there rims and spoilers , and have other people mount there online ordered power gaining exhaust mufler from chinabay, but there are not many people around who realy make stuff, or try something different.
so why this thread ? don't realy know, but maybe it leads to a working racecar some day.
We ( I build this car together with one of my beste friends ) are already 2 years in the build, so the first part is going to be a flasback.
were we go:
After I sold my old racecar ( almost 10 years ago ) I haven't been near a track, as I was busy setting up my life and business and nor had the money or time to go racing again. 3 years ago I went to the Historic grandprix of holland, and the vibe came back , harder then before. I realised ( and convinced my wife ) that it was the ultimate way of dealing with the stress of owning a business. Off course I told my buddy about the great cars I saw and the hammering V8 sound witch just hits you on the chest. Off course he was becoming more and more interessted as I kept talking about racing again. But after a quick search on the internet we both landed back to earth, the good stuff is just not affordable. The fact that Jon was in between jobs didn't help very much.
We raced seven type cars before with bike power, there are great fun but after racing them a couple of years the wow factor seems to slip away, so we wantend to move up a notch. I like the V8 rumble very much, but a sportscar type race with a v8 starts somewhere at 50k so thats a no go. But what if we make are own sportscar  I had build a car before, so how hard could it be
After numerous evenings searching the NET for ideas, whe came across a UK based company who makes GRP bodies for classic Lola racecars. As we both hate GRP work, we both agreed that we were going to buy a complete bodykit and make the rest ourself.
Not sure how it exactly went down, but whe settled for a Lola T492 body in black
should end up looking something like this.
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Last Edit: Sept 22, 2020 12:44:14 GMT by fat-stig
If it doesn't fit you need a bigger hamer
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No question, bookmarked and in for the ride!  |
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Go for it - and a build thread on here will give you lots of help (- useful information) and support ( for when things don't quite go right!) What is the current state?
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duncanmartin
Club Retro Rides Member
Out of retro ownership
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Oct 23, 2017 14:32:56 GMT
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You are definitely in the right place. This forum is full of people who can offer advice and guidance, and also just encouragement and enthusiasm (I fit the later category). And your English is impressive, so don't worry about that. I just want to know what happens next! |
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mk2dk
Part of things
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Oct 23, 2017 14:45:55 GMT
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I'm ready too,will follow the build on here. Keep the pics coming
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Oct 23, 2017 16:43:58 GMT
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Yes please !!
And welcome
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Oct 23, 2017 19:13:27 GMT
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Looking forward to it.
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1987 Alfa Milano/75
1979 Alfetta Mille Miglia
1976 Alfetta GT race car
1970 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye S
1968 Fiat 850 spider
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piguin
Part of things
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Oct 24, 2017 10:57:10 GMT
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Bookmarked - can never have enough of self build cars  |
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Oct 25, 2017 20:16:38 GMT
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Thanks guys for the warm welcom. @ flyingphil , it has almost 4 wheel on it. After setteling for the T492 body we ordered the body in the UK. We ordered a black body because whe would like to give it a John Player Special livery They are made to order so it took about 6 weeks before we recieved note that the body was ready for pickup. That would mean a small roadtrip !!!!!!!!!  So we rented a van and drove true Belgium to France and on the train, after about one hour driving on the wrong side of the road ( sorry guys ) we found the industrial estate in the middle of now ware. After finding the owner of the firm we got a small shop tour. If you look at the outside of the shop you wouldn't expect mutch of it, but it turned out there main businnes is making Formula 1 replica's for show use. As it was at the end of the formula one season so there were multiple cars in differente state of finishing, I was not allowed to take pictures bucause the championship was not decided at the time beeing. They make the body's using the original moulds, so the were bound by contracts to keep it all secret But after 2 years it is safe to say that they were making Mercedes replica's  but this is what we came for  The quality looks and feels ok for a racecar, the GRP is not realy thick but we did not want a heavy body, The fitting is "period" some pics of the body unpacked      looking good !!!!! |
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If it doesn't fit you need a bigger hamer
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Oct 25, 2017 20:46:28 GMT
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Was the place you got the body from called Harry ...... something ? In Northamptonshire not far from Silverstone ? I had friends who used to work there along time ago .
Excellent project .
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what a cool project...Ill definitely be following along...and welcome to the forum!
JP
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I know its spelled Norman Luxury Yacht, but its pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove!
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Wow!
I'm speachless. Nice project with a good friend - this sounds like a lot of fun and success.... and many more friends!
Good luck and please, keep us informed!
Ivo
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Last Edit: Oct 26, 2017 8:32:32 GMT by Deleted
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eurogranada
Europe
To tinker or not to tinker, that is the question...
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Hey, a fellow Dutchman! You'll find there are quite a few on here... also some uk people working in the Netherlands as well.
This sounds like a very interesting project so I for one also bookmarked this.
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v8ian
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I'm loving this already, not sure if it's deliberate or not, but, i love the Sunco barrel in the background, I can sense a blue and yellow Lola T492 coming our way?.....
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Oct 26, 2017 10:06:36 GMT
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Hey, a fellow Dutchman! You'll find there are quite a few on here... also some uk people working in the Netherlands as well. This sounds like a very interesting project so I for one also bookmarked this. Sommige wonen in Down under |
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MiataMark
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Oct 26, 2017 10:35:17 GMT
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I'm loving this already, not sure if it's deliberate or not, but, i love the Sunco barrel in the background, I can sense a blue and yellow Lola T492 coming our way?..... I'd vote for Sunoco livery over JPS, JPS has been overdone and it is tobacco advertising.  |
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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Oct 26, 2017 12:05:46 GMT
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MiataMark
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Oct 26, 2017 13:21:21 GMT
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Yes but does it smell like, stale cigarette smoke? I'll stick to Brut 33!   |
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1990 Mazda MX-52012 BMW 118i (170bhp) - white appliance 2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 TD4 2003 Land Rover Discovery II TD52007 Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon JTDm
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Oct 27, 2017 21:59:42 GMT
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@ miatamark , Sunoco livery would also be cool We will try to get it on its wheels first, and then decided about the colors. @ skylinedave, no the company is called Equinox there website
@ the rest, thanks for your comments After collecting the body we could begin with the chassis. The reason for getting the body first is that we now have the right dimensions for wheelbase and trackwith. True another forum I got in contact with a Lola owner, he was kind enough to give us some measurements of his car. Althoug it is modified a lot in the years we could use some of the original dimensions Like a painter we started with a clean canvas.  I got a caroliner car bench for free from a customer witch gave us a nice flat and level surface. Put on a nice sheet of MDF so we could draw out the outer lines of the chassis. The original car has a chassis made out of alloy sheet. Beacause I'm a bit scared of alloy getting brittle as it ages and the tent to fold to gether as a newspaper when they crash, we will make a steel chassis covered with alloy sheet. It wil be heavier than the original chassis, but than again, the original had a Ford pinto engine and we are going for some extra power.  The base chassis is made of 25x25 box section.   First we made the lower chassis rail  Then another one as a upper rail.   After a day of hard work we endend up with this. Ofcourse we where eager to see how it would look with some wheels and the body on top    Of course we had to sit en "testdrive" it  Jon doing his "fast lap"  |
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If it doesn't fit you need a bigger hamer
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Oct 27, 2017 22:19:24 GMT
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Looks like an interesting build, I will keep an eye on progress.
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2017 14:39:00 GMT by nalesutol
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