The aim of the club is to help and support members during the build (and inevitable ongoing maintenance and modification) as well as to plan and organise events throughout the year. The Club attends all the major kit car shows throughout the year providing a stand. If you attend you'll always be warmly received. We also have stands at many other shows all around the country.
It's not just shows though, our active area secretaries and members regularly arrange run outs and longer trips, plus the annual club camping weekend. Keep an eye on the events section of the forum for news and details of upcoming events.
The Club also produces two magazines a year, exclusively for club members, filled with all manner of things club or motoring related, and members can get their own articles published in it as well if they wish.
The Club is an independent organisation, and although we have our roots as the Robin Hood Owners Club and Register (RHOCaR), we are very much a club for all makes and model of kit car, so anyone can be a "Hoody", as it's all about the state of mind, not the car you drive! Being a member of The UK Kit Car Club has many benefits above those already mentioned. Members benefit from discounted insurance with nearly all of the specialist kit car insurers, and often find that the discount is more than the club membership fee. Membership also gets you full access to the forum. You'll also find other members are willing to go well above and beyond for any other member they see is in need of help !
So whether you own a Robin Hood, a GBS Zero, a Locost, an MK, a Westfield, a Caterham, (or any of the many other types of kit car), everyone can benefit from joining, so what are you waiting for ?
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My 2B now needs to go to a new home so I'm posting it here first before it goes anywhere else.
Robin Hood 2B V8, epic performance, ultra reliable. Built by me and IVA’d in 2011, correctly registered as Robin Hood on V5. Originally built with a 2.0 Pinto then upgraded to a V8 in 2015. MOT’d until November 2026. Huge folder of receipts, loads of build photos, absolute fortune spent. Specification as follows
Engine
Rover 4.6 V8. Cross bolted high compression block. Done around 17k miles since fitted, was rebuilt with new rings (Std), big end (Std) and main bearings (+.010”), cam bearings. Block surfaces decked. Piper 270 cam, new cam followers, timing chain and gears. New oil pump and has an oil cooler fitted. Ported 10 bolt cylinder heads fitted with big valves (1.63” inlet and 1.4” exhaust). Kent cams uprated valve springs (one coil less). ARP cylinder head studs. Adjustable pushrods and steel rocker arms. SD1 flywheel. MIJ stainless steel 3” side exhausts. Custom lowered and baffled bump. Serpentine drive belt and water pump, Coolman Cortina radiator, never ever overheats, even in traffic on the hottest days.
Fuel injected with Emerald K6 ECU, Innovate MT-X lambda controller.
Recently dyno’d at just over 270bhp and torque is around 378Nm but it’s not all about the numbers. Will happily drive at 20mph in 5th so very lazy when you want it to be.
Transmission
Ultra rare R380 RWD gearbox fitted with taller 5th gear set (0.732:1 was 0.77:1). Custom Dave Mac propshaft with heavy duty universal joints. Helix 240mm heavy duty TVR clutch.
Rear Axle
Cosworth Scorpio 7.5” viscous LSD, 3.64:1. Cosworth driveshafts. Polybushed suspension arms.
Suspension
GBS front wishbone upgrade (removes bump steer from the original setup. Gaz coilovers all round. Springs – Front 8” 300lb, Rear 10” 300lb
Brakes
Front - Sierra Cosworth 283x24mm vented discs. Mondeo Mk2 calipers, Rear – Sierra
253x10mm solid discs and calipers. Peugeot 306 master cylinder. MGB handbrake lever.
Wheels And Tyres
JBW minilite replicas, 6” x 15” front, 7” x 15” rear. 205/50 15 tyres.
Interior / exterior
Fully carpeted, fibreglass seats. ETB gauges. Premier wiring harness. Lucas wiper motor, classic mini heater. Driver and passenger headsets with intercom – yes, it is noisy. Comes with lift off doors and Surrey top. Decent sized boot, fully lined so stuff stored in there doesn’t get wet. Also comes with a removeable aluminium hard top. Has an opening rear window and roof vents. I custom made this for the car but haven’t really used it that much but it might as well go with the car. The photos with the hardtop fitted are from 2014, before the V8 was fitted all the other photos are recent. Full stainless steel chassis and stainless panels, Wrapped in 3M fiery orange vinyl.
This is a properly sorted, well-built car, not Sikaflex, expanding foam and dodgy wiring. Price reflects quality of build and parts used. Genuine reason for sale – I have another car I’m building, and this one isn’t really getting the use it deserves. If it sells it sells, but I’m not giving it away.
If you’re interested, read the next bit carefully because it’s important.
I’m open to sensible offers but will only do a deal face to face. I’m happy to see genuine buyers but don’t want my time wasted. If you ask for the lowest price or message me with offers, you will be ignored. Don’t come to view if you don’t have the funds to buy it, or if you need to get approval from your wife / partner (they probably won’t like it anyway). No test drives without proof of insurance. Everyone says their kit car is fast, this really is and it’s quite capable of finding your talent level and surpassing it.
£9250 ono
Contact me via personal message or 07831 612855
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I will be coming on Sunday with my Robin Hood 2B . I will pay on the door for my passenger. Save me a place on stand
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Same here, much prefer tne PC. . The app wasn't a replacement, just an alternate method. Although I still write webapps I am afraid full blown apps are well beyond my ability.
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Wise words. Its off now not at all what I expected, replacement ordered
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Hi Alan,
I personally think the new dashboard is difficult to navigate, it was a better layout before (in my opinion).
Also I have an Iphone but would prefer to digest information etc. from my pc rather than an app, was going to an app voted on by majority of members or a select few?
Regards
Harry
(Pintogogo)
