marc n
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robin hood
news here
please email rather than u2u
direct workshop email ( manned 8am till 6pm )
www.mnrltd.co.uk enquireys to :-
chrismnrltd@btinternet.com
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Guinness
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 04:43 PM |
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wow
venture capitalists eh?
hope all the people building hoods at the moment get enough support and the employees find alt employment.
mike
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Dusty
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 04:55 PM |
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Half saw it coming. All the rumours of late. As a Robin Hood owner I'm sad that the company Richard Stewart started and ran for years could be
destroyed in a little over a year by the new owner, or parent company events or leaves on the line or whatever. End of an era.
Where does this leave all the lightweight builders. Stuffed?
[Edited on 12/9/06 by Dusty]
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donut
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 04:59 PM |
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Someone on here works (worked!) for Robin Hood don't they?
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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stevec
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 05:04 PM |
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Saw it coming too,
My mates got the only SVAd Lightwieght. I feel sorry for The guy (Trevor) currently in limbo over his fail at Southampton. and all the other people
who are going to struggle with their builds.
Glad I listened to you guys and bought an Indy.
Steve.
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chockymonster
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 05:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by donut
Someone on here works (worked!) for Robin Hood don't they?
Volvosport did.
I think he fell out with them though as they seem to have given him a real slagging off on the RHOcar forum
PLEASE NOTE - Responses on Forum Threads may contain Sarcasm and may not be suitable for the hard of Thinking.
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 05:30 PM |
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yeah , that was me .
i think they were responding to some coments i made , which i never commented on !! LOL
yes , a real slagging which has been recorded for later .
[Edited on 12/9/06 by Volvorsport]
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Danozeman
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 06:01 PM |
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quote:
Investigating origion of last two posts!!!!
????????
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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graememk
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 06:04 PM |
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what did the post say ?
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chockymonster
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 06:09 PM |
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Robin Hood has gone in to administration.
PLEASE NOTE - Responses on Forum Threads may contain Sarcasm and may not be suitable for the hard of Thinking.
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graememk
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 06:13 PM |
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www.robinhoodsportscars.co.uk isnt working again
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stevec
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 06:18 PM |
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Wasnt working yesterday.
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 06:50 PM |
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Lolocost.co.uk is still working are'nt they the same crowd????
Should we be carefull about buying from them in the meantime????????????
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iank
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 06:59 PM |
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Volvosport: Hope you get something sorted out employment wise quickly. I remember how excited you were when you got the job.
Anyone know what went wrong? Was it a massive dip in sales from the lightweight debacle? Did they leverage the buyout at a stupid level? Or was it
just something to do with a complex set of interlinked companies Rover stylee?
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 07:00 PM |
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ISTR that they raised the prices when they took over, if so that cant have helped.
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 07:33 PM |
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well , the comment made against me was obviously done by somebody at the factory and in a position to know the password on rhocar - ie 2-3 people .
yes the company is in administration , i spoke to them today - including the receiver .
itll all come out in the wash - and possibly some sort of official investigation may happen .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Simon
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 07:38 PM |
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What did the "RH community" post say (it ain't there now) - I'm guessing they've sold their last btsoi
ATB
Simon
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stevebubs
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 08:04 PM |
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Aye; has vanished now.
Basically said something along the lines of ..
The parent company of Robinhood Sports Cars has gone into administration.
Robinhood Sports Cars Limited has been placed into Administration with Grant Thornton.
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Simon
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 10:02 PM |
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Which probably means the original owner will buy it back for a song, and keep the wedge he made from its sale
Lots of cash, and a car company!
Cool!
ATB
Simon
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iank
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| posted on 12/9/06 at 11:13 PM |
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Not sure he'll buy it back, I think he wanted to sell it so he could retire. At least that's the story he was floating when he had the
company up for sale.
rhocar seem to be in denial right now and deleting posts referring to the problems until there is 'official' notification.
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Petemate
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| posted on 13/9/06 at 10:29 AM |
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Echo what Dusty said.
Damn shame if it has gone all t**s up. The kits - rough 'n ready. The former owner - also rough 'n ready but I always found him OK to deal
with. (if you approach a hard businessman/woman bolshei you will get it back) RS was a down-to-earth type who was an absolute genius at utilisation.
Before I bought my RH, I spoke to owners on the advice of Gina who, BTW, was well clued up on the marque; the owners all advised that building a Robin
Hood is hard work but worth it in the end.
I expect and hope that the RHOCaR club & forum will continue to give full support to any members in difficulties as far as it is able. My
experience is that it is probably the best LSIS club going, if one looks at the sheer speed of replies whenever a member has a query.
Long live the RH.
My 2 pennorth.
Pete
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Mat-d-Rat
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| posted on 13/9/06 at 09:12 PM |
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Just for reference RHSC posted (There are several people with RHSC access at RHSC I believe) that the company had gone boom, then several hours later
the remarks where removed (With a post saying they where looking into it) leaving us back in the WTF country. I'm trying to get them to post
proper news on the actual situation (like we don't know), jsut as a matter of course rather than anything else.
## # Mat # ##
Webmaster of www.RHOCaR.org
my eXmo - http://projectX.rhocar.org
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JamJah
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| posted on 14/9/06 at 01:18 AM |
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I wonder if Airfix were about to release a RH lightwieght kit...!?!
Yes it is a horrible situation, I know what uncertain employment prospects are like. But from my experience of RH I think it was inevitible. At least
itsin recievership so highly likely someone will do somthing with it.
Anyone know any 12 yo russain billonaires who want to have a new toy?
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Scotty
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| posted on 14/9/06 at 07:37 AM |
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short term, i feel sorry for those who bought the lightweight kit. I'm sure long term the problem will be resolved. someone surely will buy rh
as although not my type, it certainly encouraged a lot of people into the kitcar world
PLEASE NOTE! All comments made by this person are to be considered "Tongue in Cheek" and are not meant to be taken seriously in any way - so there!
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graememk
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| posted on 14/9/06 at 12:38 PM |
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Quote from RHOCAR
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RHSC had 2 shares, 1 owned by mark segal, 1 by Oxclose Holdings. Mark Segal is a Director of Oxclose. Oxclose have gone under therefore so have RHSC.
A rescue package was being sought.
The Lightwieght heres what I heard.
The lightweight if built to a high enough standard will pass the SVA. Trevors wasn't. RHSC got his car with a view to testing it at Notts. When
it was received it was decided that it would even fail there. RHSC pointed out the failings in the build quality and gave Trevor a 2B kit.
Trevor I'm sorry if this is wrong and I have been lied to but please feel free to post your own version of events.
As to RHOCaR trying to protect RHSC that is absolute b0ll0x. If you have a problem with what some of the moderators have done th Donington and discuss
it with me there.
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