I'm New To This

[Guest Darren2010]

I have just bought what I believe to be a Robin Hood kit car!?

So I am looking for advice. it has a sort of conventional chassis and not a tubular one, is this right?

It has a chassis number etched on to the top of the chassis N/S front is this right?

It has tin side panels with fiberglass front wings and rear arches.

Solid rear axle with trailing arms and wishbones and shockers on the front.

Any advice would be most welcome.

Thanks

Darren

[Guest whiz]

Welcome Darren it sounds like you have a monocoque car possibly an S7 post some pictures up here you will soon find out

Andy

[Guest chris brown]

Hi Darren

Welcome to the mad house. If you go to the nw.rhocar.org site you will find a section on identifying Robin Hoods.

[theduck]

Sounds like a monocoque from your description. Put up some pictures and someone more knowledgable than me on the various models will soon tell you what you have.

[Guest Darren2010]

Can anybody tell me how to post a picture?

[Guest whiz]

If you put your pictures into photobucket then copy the image code link into the reply box

Andy

[Guest Darren2010]

http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/Darren_Swindells/library/Is%20it%20A%20Robin%20Hood

I hope there are some photo's above........

[theduck]

There are pictures, but have to say I don't recognise that front suspension setup.

[Tazzzzman1]

yep looks like an S7 to me

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Don't recognise the front suspension set up, could it be an early Triumph based car ??

 

 

[Big Jim]

I believe this will be one of Richards "Specials" the front suspension top part looks to be partly Triumph, but the bottom arm is completely different, that looks to be one of Richards fabrications. With you saying that it has a live axle, it then has to be either Dolomite, or Cortina, certainly not Sierra. although it has a ford engine in it now. You'd need to find out what rear axle is has in, Triumph or Ford.

The wheels look like Triumph.

That front suspension is not one of the "Mass produced" kits, the main tub is similar to the ones fitted to the early monocoques, as it has the very wide chassis "box sections"

Chassis number is a complete red herring, in those days, a builder could make up his own chassis number, and so long as when DVLA came to register it, there wasn't another vehicle already registered with that number, bingo!, you got it.

 

Check out the log book, see if there's any clues there.

[chris n]

The uprights are Cortina and so looks to be the sub frame with a made up set of wishbones.

What does the rear axle look something like this?

[Guest Darren2010]

The rear axle is similar, I think, there is no anti roll bar and my shockers go straight up into the "boot space" and look like old mini ones?. I am having a proper look tomorrow evening. I will try and get some more photo's. Thanks for the help, it is most appreciated.

[Grim]

it does look like a special - could it be a modified cortina front subframe to take double wishbones and coilovers?

 

Whatever it is, welcome!

[Guest Ian Maycock]

Darren

 

Where abouts in Oldham are you? I am just down the hill in Middleton.