Metal Hippy
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| posted on 31/8/03 at 08:39 PM |
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The Great Beemer Challenge
The engine, gearbox, front hubs and the like are all now out with the front sub frame.
Will get photos done asap....
Rich.
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 31/8/03 at 08:54 PM |
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bout time
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 31/8/03 at 08:59 PM |
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a year on eh ??? should be done for 2030 ?
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 31/8/03 at 09:41 PM |
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In the legendary style that normally belongs only to Gusterwotsit...
Bollox. 
Seriously though, there have been various reasons progress has been lacking, but now I'm not gonna let progress be slowed down too much if we
can help it.
But my thanks very much go out to the one and only Mr Mark 'Man Mountain, car roof remover extraordinaire' Harrison otherwise known as
Mark H from this forum without whom today wouldn't have progressed even half as well.
Mucho respecto my man.
Rich.
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 31/8/03 at 10:05 PM |
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Oh yeah and Emma 'Nut loosener lady' Harvey who was 'on hand' at all the right moments....
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 31/8/03 at 10:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Metal Hippy
In the legendary style that normally belongs only to Gusterwotsit...
Bollox.
That sounds too polite to be me!
Glad u and Mark made some good progress!
atb
steve
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pbura
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 12:05 AM |
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Way to go, Rich! 
Don't spare us the gory details, man. How are you squeezing that monster in there? Give us some dirt! 
Best,
Pete
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 07:43 AM |
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My sex life is nothing to do with this board Pete....
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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Mark H
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 posted on 1/9/03 at 09:22 AM |
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Shucks (embarrassed)!
Yes a productive day was had! The Quandt family would have been turning in their grave however! Up there with the Rover sale I would have thought.
Oh yeah... Has anyone else tried angle grinding in a tinder dry barn? We only had one minor fire
Only a chassis design, some seats and and an SVA to go!!
Mark Harrison and
Q986 KCP back from the dead...
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 09:32 AM |
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The fire was very very minor and I didn't think it warranted mentioning....
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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pbura
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 11:30 AM |
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quote:
My sex life is nothing to do with this board Pete....
And thank goodness for that!!! I really set myself up for that one...
Seriously, though, your plans must have jelled in order to prompt this flurry of activity, so I am curious. Are you using Jack Collins' chassis
plans? [His car looks fantastic with that straight 6, btw] Are you going to be able to use your Beemer running gear? What kind of rear
suspension?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Pete
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 11:38 AM |
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Well I've had a good look at Jack's plans and been measuring up and doing comparisons....
I think we will be making a few modifications to it like making it an inch narrower at the rear....
Obviously engine and gearbox will be from the Beemer... Nice 5 speed dogleg box... The rear diff is an LSD and according to Mark is a similar size to
a Sierra equivalent which is good.
Rear suspension will possibly be a modified version of the semi trailing arm suspension on the donor utilising the donor hubs...
Not sure about the front at the moment, if we're gonna convert to double wishbone we may need to create some kind of bracket to convert from the
Macpherson strut...
A lot of work involved yet, but all possible given a bit of time and patience.
Will keep the board informed no doubt. 
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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pbura
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 12:01 PM |
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Should be a helluva car. I'm an adherent of the "whatever floats your boat" school of car-building, i.e., no purist. Inline sixes
are pretty magical (how about that Jaguar-engined Luego!) so maybe for the third car. Second will be a mid-engined Honda or Quad 4. Just kidding of
course.
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 12:09 PM |
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quote:
Should be a helluva car.
Well we're not claiming it'll be the fastest Locost derivative out there in a straight line and definitely not cornering, but it should
still handle well and be pretty punchy. As I've quoted before... that running gear got the 2 tonne Beemer to 60 in 7.2 seconds so it's not
exactly gonna be slow.
At the end of the day it will be whatever it is and no more.
I'll love it however it compares to other cars.
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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pbura
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 03:10 PM |
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quote:
At the end of the day it will be whatever it is and no more.
I'll love it however it compares to other cars.
Amen to that! Each car has its charms.
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ned
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 04:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pbura
(how about that Jaguar-engined Luego!)
Well, for starters it has chrisw's old 3 spokes on it by the look of it!
NEXT,
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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pbura
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| posted on 1/9/03 at 08:42 PM |
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quote:
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(how about that Jaguar-engined Luego!)
Well, for starters it has chrisw's old 3 spokes on it by the look of it!
NEXT,
Ned.
The ENGINE, Ned, the ENGINE.
Geez, you'd think you guys had never seen cool wheels before.
Pete
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 2/9/03 at 10:06 AM |
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It's not so much the engine as the sound....
Mind you, that's a part of the engine....
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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ned
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| posted on 2/9/03 at 12:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pbura
quote:
quote:
(how about that Jaguar-engined Luego!)
Well, for starters it has chrisw's old 3 spokes on it by the look of it!
NEXT,
Ned.
Geez, you'd think you guys had never seen cool wheels before.
the wheels is a long standing joke - on chrisw. who'd want 3 spokes, really?
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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pbura
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| posted on 2/9/03 at 12:46 PM |
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the wheels is a long standing joke - on chrisw. who'd want 3 spokes, really?
I'm joking, too. They're probably the
automotive equivalent of a mullet haircut, but mine came with the donor so I'll use them, fashion be damned!
Pete
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