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Guest TerryBarry

Just to add to Mat's pic's here's a view of the driver's side

For any of us who don't like the fit of the rear arches on the 2B just look how big a tyre you can get on the RH supplied alloys.

Yes Saturday was a good day - I could have done with a few more trade stands though - seemed like less than last year.

Cheers,

Terry

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Had a look at the Rager this morning. A most erm ... entertaining vehicle, with resourceful petrol tanks!

 

Anyhow, I told Richard I thought the Rager looked pretty "fun" and he said he was really glad that it appealed to "normal people" like me. I explained that I'm not "normal" - after all I've built a 2B. Then went to suggest that I would be an ideal purchaser. He seemed to think that because my wife let me build a 2B then a rager would be no problem!

 

Ant

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It certainly looked fun at first glance, but those rear lights inside chrome headlights, right behind the rear wheels, ugh! no! they'll last about 2 weeks before the chrome is knackered, i think that the rearlights should be somewhat mor conventional inside a housing of some sorts. Apart from that I think it's a goer!

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It's nice to see the V6 engine utilised, you can easily get an XR4x4 for around £500. with all that talque it should be good as an off roader.

 

I didn't see a price, does anyone know how much it is?

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I think it said the kit would be approximately £1000, but there's probably VAT and a load of options to put on top of that. To be honest though, it seems to be chassis and bodywork and an aweful lot of Sierra still in there.

 

Ant

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It said the "basic" kit would be around £1000. Like Ant says it's not a lot different to the 2B from a construction point of view just a bit more raw materials. I suspect that the "basic" kit will be somewhat different to what we saw though (remember the differences between the Kaig and the Kaig Vamp). I didn't sign up for details but it's a serious consideration when wondering what to spend the money from the sale of the S7 on (once the 2B finally hits the road that is).

 

Xr4x4's are fairly cheap to pick up. You could use a Cossie 4x4 but that's an expensive option - there were other 4x4 Sierras (Ghia 4x4 and GSi 4x4 to name but two). I'd expend some extra effort to get a late one with the 2.9 rather than the 2.8. More importantly it's an easy job to fit a cossie V6 where either of them came out. I saw a Scorpio Cos for £600 the other day assuming the engine was OK and everything else was scrap it's not a lot to pay for nearly 300bhp.

 

Iain

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Guest Angel Boy

I have been thinking about this and whilst agree that the Rager is nice and is as far from a 7-esque type car as you'll get I do feel that the idea maybe barking up the wrong tree.

From my limited experience of Sierras (mainly trying to source one as a donor) there didn't appear to be that many 4x4's around at a sensible price. If this is the future for Robin Hood then the sheer limited number of 4x4s sold by Ford limits the potential sale of this kit as either they will be basket cases or are loved by enthusiasts. Either way it is many ££££££'s to get an good end result. The advantage of using the bog standard sierra was that it was a popular car and that fact that the kit could use any of the standard Sierras as a donor was an advantage. It meant you could be choosy about which donor you selected

So what of the future? Personally I think the success of any kit is one which uses "the next Sierra" as a donor. A car for the masses in effect which limits the list of potential donors to Rover, Ford, Vauxhall and potentially VW. With the dimise of rear wheel drive amongst potential donors I think the whole idea has to change and whilst the 7 type kit will remain the focus has to change to either a front drive type kit (essentially a hot hatch in which case why bother) or a rear/mid engined coupe/carbrio. I am thinking an Elise type clone or something along the lines that Marlin have produced in the form of the 5exi where they have taken a front drive donor (the Rover 200) and mid mounted the engine to drive the rear wheels. It is this type of concept that I would be chasing if I was in Richard's shoes.

So how does a Ford Escort powered Elise-esque Roadster for about £3k sound :D

 

Andy

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Guest MikeD318

What about the 3 series BMW? There are loads about, many at a reasonable price. It has a very similar back suspension to the Sierra and is rear wheel drive and it's still being made as a rear wheel drive car so in 20 years time you'll still be able to make rwd kits out of the ones currently being produced.

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Guest nippykev

Hi all

 

I like the sound of a BMW doner. Build the car with a 4 cylinder engine and then change the engine for a 6 or 8 cylinder one as funds allow or a lust for power takes hold.

 

Kevin

2b may 2003

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Hello all.

First the rager, It said on the Text board at the show that it could be built Rear wheel drive or front wheel drive or four wheel drive.

 

On the BMW front Merlin were using BMW as the doner for there roadster a couple of years ago.

Piddy.

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