Gaz 1977
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| posted on 8/7/08 at 09:04 AM |
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I cant seem to put a pic on a edited post.
The seats have finally turned up, they are down in kent at the moment, so should be it the chassis soon.
Gaz
 
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 8/7/08 at 04:28 PM |
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I am reading with baited breath!
Although my car still isn't finished I have a hankering for a Fury - this however seems to beat it hands down in the looks department.
I look forward to reading more, especially a review!
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DIY Si
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| posted on 8/7/08 at 09:59 PM |
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Same here. Can't wait to see one in the flesh. Especially since I'm having to sell two of my toy cars, and having to break the other to
afford one!
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 07:44 AM |
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I cant wait either, I'm sure it will be in the mags, when the time comes, It's been in complete kit car 4 or 5 times already.
I'm looking forwards to seeing it with the seats in and the first track day around Brands. I might have to take the Mazda around first to get the
hang of it, as it survived the winter (see the photo, Thanks dad)
 
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 07:53 AM |
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I am really looking forward to working on the next model of the epona, I'm making a new chassis model and this one should be all singing and
dancing with opening doors removable roof etc. It will be going back to the blue colour, I'm not to sure about the red.
I found a new pic of the chassis
 
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Cafe Racer
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 10:44 AM |
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Thanks for the welcome.
I've been right back to the early threads and read through the whole thing - fantastic journey. One thing that's impressed me has been
the underlying feeling from your posts that this WILL happen.
As a family, we've had a few kit cars (Dad had two, my first car was a Triumph Spartan and I built a Westfield with my Brother) but we all got a
bit bored with the whole kit thing, basically because of the number of sevens and cobras or thirties styled stuff.
I've always fancied the idea of an up to date kit, and one that doesn't look like the front end of one car and the back end of a shed as
someone else put it on one of your other threads.
I fell in love with the Imola at Newark one year, but that never materialised (I don't think) and gave up after that.
I feel a mid-life crisis coming on...
I think I'll be giving Aeon a ring every now and then just to express an interest.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 03:20 PM |
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So the first track outing is Brands then? Is there a target date in mind?
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 05:15 PM |
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i have to get the seats in first.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 05:25 PM |
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Does that mean there's a full size shell knocking about then? Pics please if so!!!!
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 05:36 PM |
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not yet but getting close, i have a few things to work out in the model first.
Gaz
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DIY Si
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| posted on 9/7/08 at 05:50 PM |
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I thought it had gone off for scanning already?
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 10/7/08 at 08:17 AM |
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No i had a change of plan, Just want to get it spot on beforehand. Its alot quicker to change things at quarter scale then full size.
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Cafe Racer
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| posted on 10/7/08 at 10:39 AM |
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I spoke to Keith (Aeon) earlier, he's certainly very passionate about this project. He's certainly very keen for the constructive critism
to continue, but urges us to keep to constructive critism.
The first off/prototype chassis is fabbed (I guess that's what's in the picture on the previous page), but not finished. Sounds like
they'll waiting for the buck to finalise the door structure/side impact.
He mentioned more than once that they hope to see a full side body around Christmas time.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 21/7/08 at 09:57 PM |
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Any updates at all Gaz? How's the final version of the model coming along?
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SnapperJJ
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 02:24 AM |
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It looks great to me When can I have one?
I have been viewing the Aeon Epona project with great interest and think it is looking great. I am a great fan of coupes and like the car as it is,
because it has great shape, a full soft top would trash the lines. But you might want to have a targa removable roof pannal to to please the open top
boys.
But to be honest there is a lot of open top cars out there in the market place. But next to no coupes. I have had caterhams, an Elise S2 and a S2
Exige... I liked the Exige best.
But to be honest I have been search for about three years for a long cockpit Ginetta G4 coupe by Dare, but nothing had turned up in a decent
condition.
But on the Coupe front, there is nothing about in all honesty.
Think of some of the great coupes that there has been; Triumph GT6. MGB GT, Ginetta G4, Opel GT, Maxda almost brought out a true MX5 coupe but then
they changed the shape and ditched it because it would have had to shorter life span with the series 3 shape about to hit the market.
The only real coupes there are is the BMW Z4 Coupe and the Hynundi
I think that a good Frod 2lt 200bhp zetec or a 230bhp duratec with a good gearbox and adjustable suspensions with Ap brakes would make this a cracking
car - Raceline performance engines are very helpful and might assist in the development if they thought that there was a long term interest for them.
http://www.raceline.co.uk/
To make the car great for touring it would be good to have the rear window as a boot opening (Like on the TVR T350s) It was always a hell of strugle
trying to force the luggage into the Exiges tiny opening of a boot access.
What ever you do don't make the mistake Caterham did with the Caterham 21 by not having side window that don't go down. This was there
greatest downfall to the Elise. People never took the car seriously.
The only other thing that you have to remember with Coupes is that the roof holds in the heat when touring in the summer months in Europe. A targa
pannel might help with this, but when I have been touring in the Exige the Aircon was a big must. It would have been unbearable in the south of France
in 36-40 degres.
When do you think that the car will go into production? What spec's are you planing? What sort of price would you estimate for a brand new built
car?
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 2/8/08 at 09:45 AM |
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Hi and welcome to the site.
I am currently working on the final model to iron out a few aspects that I'm not too keen on. Its coming on well. i will post pics once it is
done.
We have made sure that the boot is big enough for a set of golf clubs, (the rear glass opens) I want the car to be usable and practical so
weekends away are no problem.
The side windows will be electric taken from the smart roadster.
The first chassis (mine) is very much a development tool so there will be tweaks to it.
SPEC
I am building mine on a budget so please don't take the following spec as being fixed in any way. We know we can fit a variety of motors in the
car.
1.8 zetec running 2lt cams, bogg bro manifold to zx9r carbs (possibly supercharged and fuel injected in the future)
recon xr4i close ratio box
LSD from xr 4x4.
I am hoping for about 150ish BHP from the Carbs and 200+ with the supercharger.
The car should weigh about 700kg in a fairly racey spec.
it is difficult to give a price for a finished car as it depends so much on spec. The best thing to do is ring Aeon and speak to Keith.
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AR-CoolC
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| posted on 4/8/08 at 08:54 AM |
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quote:
The side windows will be electric taken from the smart roadster.
Great idea, but one thing to bear in mind with the Smart Roadster (and all Smarts for that matter) is that the glass fixings for the glass on that
mech are on the outside, as the outer door skin is removed to replace the glass on them. If you want the fixings to be on the inside then look at the
Mk3 Golf mechanisms.
[Edited on 4/8/08 by AR-CoolC]
Imagine what it would be like if there were no hypothetical situations.
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 10/8/08 at 06:22 AM |
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thanks for that info,
i only intend to use the glass part, I imagine the mech its self will be the one from the Gt3 and i don't know where it originally comes
from.
Thanks
Gaz
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RazMan
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| posted on 10/8/08 at 08:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Gaz 1977
i only intend to use the glass part, I imagine the mech its self will be the one from the Gt3 and i don't know where it originally comes
from.
Mk5 Escort iirc
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/8/08 at 08:59 PM |
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As a first posting on this thread - al lI can say is:
Good luck with it - it certainly looks the part - more power to your otherwise sore elbow.
Steve
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DIY Si
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 07:47 PM |
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Any updates at all Gaz? Or have you been busying working now you've graduated?
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 08:13 PM |
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Its looking good, getting there,
Its been a bit manic recently.
I am starting a modelmaking company,
moving house,
building workshop
picking up a new car tomorrow
and working on the final epona design. (no big changes, just fine tuning)
In a couple of weeks there will be images of the revised design.
Thanks for the continued interest.
Gaz
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DIY Si
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| posted on 17/9/08 at 10:13 PM |
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Bloody hell, you're a busy man! Fair enough in that case. I'm sure we'd all rather see you take your time and get everything set up
and fully sorted than rush things and not get it quite 100%. Oh, good luck with the new company too.
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 10:41 PM |
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can't have this drifting off the longest running box on the front page.
I actually got all excited the other day reading about the raw falcrum, then I looked a bit closer an realised its not the same design at all!
OPPS!
Any news?
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Gaz 1977
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| posted on 16/10/08 at 05:48 PM |
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very soon.
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