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I have enjoyed mine over the years. Great fun to,drive,and fun to construct whilst solving construction processes within the chassis. In Europe now only constructed in U.K. and I think Netherlands.

No follow up video?

Fair to say Ron inspired thousands of people, what a great book when it was released.

Great video - So proud to have had the opportunity to donate the carbon to Duncan for the awesome rear spoiler :)

We need more Fiat 126s in the US!

131 !!! Absolute B.S. No one has the money, or the time to build that many kit cars, not without a team of mechanics, a fully equipped workshop and independent means. Not to mention all the terrible quality of reproduction parts on the market, and it takes plenty of time to recondition/refurbish all the components of the donor car.

Have you tried DIY hydro forming ? This method allows for a very neat solution that is repeatable and quick once you have made the former. It lends itself to different shapes and sizes with a great surface finish without any hammering ! Here is an example of this method.......... ua-cam.com/video/p_hb-KfuB6M/v-deo.html

I built a Rickman Ranger in the 80s. The donor car was my MK2 Escort which I had already converted to to 2L Pinto engine. It was my daily driver for about three years until I sold it. It's first use was a return trip to Aberdeen from Essex over a weekend for a wedding. We also took it abroad for family holidays. Never a problem. I prepared carefully and built it alone under a self built carport in my back garden, taking a three week holiday to do it.

I bought a brilliant kit car. It was a Quantum Xtreem. Lotus 7 size but built on a stainless steel monocoque with inboard front suspension. It had a Ford Duratec 2 litre engine with Omex engine management, with type 9 gearbox, a limited slip diff and disc brakes all round. It had been the factory demonstrator and was very quick and handled very well. I had to modify it a bit as it had been made for someone much taller than my 5 foot 8 inches. I moved the pedal box back and fitted a smaller diameter brake master cylinder to reduce the pressure needed on the pedal. Sadly I had some skin cancer from sailing in the sunny Med, and sold it as an open car was no longer a good idea for me.

Great hero story 🎉

It’s not about horsepower it’s about balance. Balance makes a car a pleasure to drive. Nothing is sadder than an ersatz cobra where the best part on it is the RAF sheepskin jacket on the owner’s back.

Great video!! Thank you very much. I may have to make one to clear the VVT valve. Maybe bonnet/hood vents next?!

Very knowledgeable man great to see a British company doing well here and overseas .

Love these how to vids. Could have shown more of the shirt though !!!!

Went to the Open Day at GBS on 7th December & was lucky enough with my friend to get a personal tour of the garage. I can only say what a genuinely nice guy Richard was - extremely knowlegeable and enthusiastic about what they did, how they did it all & was able to explain everything in detail. Very Genuine Guy & very impressed with the amount of Bespoke and In-House stuff that they can produce to avoid quality or supplier issues. I hope that the company continues to go from strenth to strength.

We apologize for error in setting music volume level. ... We can only try to do better in the future. ... The Original Livestream is here (without edits, added media or MUSIC). ua-cam.com/users/liveA-NnzSK7nLA?si=_O2SwQRDVS8x0vcz

Everytime we at 7 Spot speak to Richard Hall and the team at GBS they always come up with nuggets of information that you may now know about. This one was "Oh well yes we are making the nose gear for am Electric VTOL aeroplane - Oh and yes we are rebuilding a Formulae 1 car " !!!! This is why we love speaking to all the team at GBS.

Tried following this, but the music was too much.

It's so great to see humble guys like Richard (and all the boys) just out here doing crazy stuff at such a high level.

Those wheels.... 🤤

Had a NCF Diamond for 3 years and 30,000 miles loved it.

I’ve been a huge fan of the DAX Rush and when I went to Uni as a mature student (42) I chose the CCRR system the subject of my thesis! Interesting I was fitting the system to an FSAE car and couldn’t do it mechanically, so I ended up using hydraulics. I had no idea that McLaren used a similar system! I did build a scale model so I’ll have to dig it out one day!

Very interesting discussion, but I wish I could turn off the background music. Nothing wrong with the music itself, but in this instance I consider it noise.

Interesting Spot, comments about building a Robin Hood and assembling a Westfield, well I bought a secondhand not started Robin Hood S3 not knowing the issues with RH builds and with no experience with building a kit car. I had demolished my garage to have an extension so no garage. Put it in a neighbours garage for a year until she sold the plot from under me and I had to finish the car on my driveway over the next 3 years. With a bit of help from Gingerfix I completed it and passed SVA first time.

Having watched this I have a few questions. 1/ Is this group just for lotus 7 type kits? I thought it was but the subject matter of this video would suggest otherwise. 2/ Trevor was referring to a book which I believe told how many of each kit car kits were made and sold between certain dates and if they were still in production. I an currently 2 years into the second total rebuild of my car which is a replica of a 1950's MG sports car. I also believe that this kit is still in production, albeit in very small numbers. If so it would make it one of the longest running kits still available.

This would probably really interest me but unfortunately I couldn't hear what was being said, because of the music.

Where would you class the Rickman Ranger? which is basically a rebodied Ford Escort mk1/2. It has a chassis and body bolted together & with the doors and glass pre fitted! as was the headlining!

Started watching but the music got in the way of the dialogue. Might try again later with the sound off and subtitles. Another probably interesting vid spoilt by intrusive music 🤨🤨

What is the book/document which Trevor keeps referring to?

Back in the 80s a well-built JBA Falcon was declared a better car than the Morgan and at around 1/3 of the price of the Morgan. Autocar which as many will know is not a kit car magazine and after testing a Falcon against the Morgan declared the Falcon the better car. Morgan were far from happy as you can guess. I have that magazine and display it at classic etc car shows. I have a Falcon built by the famous kit car builder John Watson and its a beautifully built car.

Good discussion... My limited experience of caterham , westie and a top-end British GTR definitely had Westfield as the most polished. The caterham was nice but when a customer pays premium for the brand and, for example receives a triumph herald steering rack that they need to strip and shim up before even contemplating bolting it on( despite being brand new ) was somewhat of a safety contradiction to me . Many new builders lack deeper mechanical ability and presenting potential errors on steering - braking components wasn't something I'd expected from the premium 7 brand .... perhaps their later change to a rolling chassis kit was as a result . The biggest can of worms though was the most expensive GTR brand . Now completely revamped but 17 years ago was absolutely appalling for most average "assemblers" . There was a definite distinction between builders who are expected to have fabrication facilities and knowledge and assemblers with only basic tools . The modern kit car probably needs to cater for the latter in our instant fix world. Great chat .

The reaction from Morgan owners was a picture when I took the Chevy powered Hawke around Malvern ! I did go to the factory before I built it for a job interview, they told me I didn't have the right "skill set" so I didn't get the job ! The Hawke was about the 10th car I had built !

LCD was the company with the Hawke in the end. I built the green one with the Chevy engine shown here.

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Absolutely loved this. We were following Duncan when he was running at Pikes Peak as it was streamed live on TV in the UK.

Amazing achievement, well done guys!👍👍👍😎

Fantastic video, just shows what some very clever guys in a shed can achieve.

I recently rewatched all the episodes of The Prisoner!

This has been a great episode. It was really enjoyable listening to the car preparation story.

I built my Locost with a 2 litre injection pinto & an axle from a donor Ford Cortina with a type 9 five speed this making it 4 inches wider at the rear, starting in Jan1998 & finished it with the SVA test at Norwich Jupiter rd on 15th Dec 1999 day before my birthday & i still have her today. Most of Ron's original book is still as i cut it up in a clear loose leaf folder 😂

I got a copy of the first Haynes book when it came out. In 1999 me and a friend decided we would build one Locost each. I had no mechanical experience whatsoever my friend had some and was a bit of a whiz with electrics. Crucially I had something he didn't, a garage big enough to work in. Took use 3 years but we did it. Great experience, I Learnt a lot both about cars ,and also about myself. We've still got them. Great cars, always turn heads.

I HOPE YOU PEOPLE WILL MAKE BIG KITS FOR BIG DRONES 😅IN THE FUTURE 🎉🎉🎉

I love your videos , Im 17 and kit cars really spark my intrest! excited for more videos!

excellent video chaps,most entertaining trip down memory lane!

amazing little cars, fantastic power to weight ratio

I think the other issue these days is finding affordable car friendly workspaces. Ok the other had the amateur car builder has never been so well equipped to design cars. Today 3d cad with fea simulation is accessible. 3d cad designs have never been easier to get manufactured with things like laser cutting, plasma cutting, CNC machining and 3d printing.

What a Top bloke 👍

Awesome video. I was just wondering how you prepped those parts for powder? did you sand and degrease?

Thank you for the discussion of the various championships and classes. At leat you folks had several classes for the less expensive smaller cars. The closest we got, I believe, was the "run whatcha brung" classes at Nelson Ledges, divided solely by displacement in the 1980's and 90's. Today's vintage classes on this side of the pond are increasingly expensive to run, ie. Pittsbugh Grand Prix which is perhaps a representative example. The engine building has become downright expensive with technology not available back in the day. You folks also have vintage trialling which is a relatively inexpensive entry to competitive motorsport. I have tried for years to get people interested in doing a trials course or vintage hillclimb here. Our shop has a 1924 BSA Model 10 and a 1935 BSA Scout as well as a number of Ford Model A's. A comment I often hear is "BSA never made cars". My usual response is to go read a book. I have approached the local Model T and Model A clubs, but alas, those gentlemen do not wish to get their autos muddy and prefer to sit in lawn chairs at car shows. As the owner of a third generation machine shop and what's left of our race team, I find this frustrating. When my grandfather was racing in the 1920's and 30's, most class rules were designed for competitors with very little money. Again, thank you for the discussion. --Dr. Lynn