Steve
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Making progress in small, easy to handle chunks of awesome
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Aug 31, 2010 22:32:45 GMT
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Joe......you are a friggin' genius!!!! I too was about to make this mine....but got pipped to it  I LOVE what youve done so far man.....get a bike engine in there pronto!!!! Steve  |
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Aug 31, 2010 22:33:49 GMT
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I was considering buying this, butI'm glad you got there first. It's horrible, but ffs 70+mpg. Let us know how you get on!
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BiAS
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Club RR Member Number: 147
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Aug 31, 2010 22:45:11 GMT
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You've done an awesome job so far I had to swallow a little bit of sick when I saw the first picture, but you've applied the equation and applied it well: (car+wheels)-rideheight=win Looking forward to seeing it arch'd. Can you turbo the diesel twin? |
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(car+wheels)-rideheight=WIN
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Aug 31, 2010 22:52:50 GMT
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Thanks again everyone for the great response!
As for engine ideas, a bike makes the most sense. The diesel could probably be tweaked a bit, I would imagine, but I don't think the transmission would take too much extra grunt - I'm sure I could still see 'Kit-Kat' in some of the casings!
Joe
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bozo exhausts and oil cooler would be amusing
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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This car is so hideous it comes right out the other side and into fantasmical territory. Get some arches bolted on there and some Boso bits and bobs and job's a good 'un I reckon.
Bonkers, but in the best possible way.
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
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This has the potential to be Build Thread Of The Year.
Completely off-the-wall thinking, creative engineering and awesome turd-polishing skills. Everything RR should be about, IMHO.
WIN WIN WIN.
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MonzaPhil
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Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought
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PLEASE MAKE IT DO WHEELIES Now I have milk coming out of my nostrils from my Crunch Nut Cornflakes.... Great stuff. Inspiring in fact. |
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This is now a clicky linky!  |
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epic build....nice work on the stance.....if you need some arches, i have a a set of mini sportspack arches going spare?
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this is epic joe! really looking forward to see how this comes together.
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Excellent. You've made an Aixam that I would consider owning, which is no mean feat!
Makes every other car with a slam and rim job on here look obvious!
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I must admit, I was thinking 'bike' before I'd even picked it up! These things weigh sub 400kg, so they've got potential. The suspension is dreadful though and the brakes are in a whole new league of awfullness! They're of such poor quality, I reckon parts from a quadbike would be a definate upgrade! We will have to wait for any major re-engineering, as I've got my Volvo to sort and my house extention to finish first! Zoe would be highly unimpressed if this took priority over her new kitchen! Plan was to get some arches on it and just have some fun in it. Considering some huge graphics for it though - any ideas on this welcomed..... I was thinking Manga Girls, or something? Joe Why not do something a little more original? Seeing as it's a Greenie/Granny mobile, why not do something along those lines? Like a granny with zimmer and a dirty hippy locked in a streetfighter-eque battle? |
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...if you need some arches, I have a a set of mini sportspack arches going spare? Cheers Matt, they could well do the job - how wide are they? Not sure if they'll be tall enough though, as there's still a fair bit of travel on the back due to the way I moved the shocks. May have to go for something more 'boso-esque' to avoid arch fouling. If anyone has a spare oil cooler kicking about drop me a line please  , it doesn't need to be oil-tight. Some pipes would be handy too! Cheers, Joe |
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you are a hero! I could never imagine one of these looking so cool, proof that any car can look good with the right treatment  |
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Sept 1, 2010 11:52:04 GMT
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...if you need some arches, I have a a set of mini sportspack arches going spare? Cheers Matt, they could well do the job - how wide are they? Not sure if they'll be tall enough though, as there's still a fair bit of travel on the back due to the way I moved the shocks. May have to go for something more 'boso-esque' to avoid arch fouling. If anyone has a spare oil cooler kicking about drop me a line please , it doesn't need to be oil-tight. Some pipes would be handy too! Cheers, Joe they are these ones in a flexible rubber, brand new. they cover a 7" rim on a mini, so stick on probably 2.5" approx  I also have another set in a harder, almost rigid plastic that have been modded so they fit the front wings of a mini clubman. dunno if they'll do but might? |
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Sept 1, 2010 12:17:32 GMT
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This is absolutely brilliant ;D
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The Doctor
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Sept 1, 2010 12:39:39 GMT
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 the proof that EVERYTHING has potential! NICE!!! |
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10mpg
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Sept 1, 2010 13:49:56 GMT
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Ha ha ha ha love it...
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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Sept 1, 2010 15:05:41 GMT
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That car is class!
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Sept 1, 2010 18:17:18 GMT
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Clubbymatt - think I'm gonna have to try something different - I need arches that don't have the lower return part and it would be a shame to cut them up to try and get them to work.
Cheers though. If I get stuck, I may come grovelling back!
Joe
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I LOVE what youve done so far man.....get a bike engine in there pronto!!!!
, it doesn't need to be oil-tight. Some pipes would be handy too!
