Another would be Atom competitor?

[Bruce Fielding]

[quote="dingo"]
Two seater, open race car, but @ STG 49k+ to start and very possibly 3500 lbs + I was thinking it could not
be considered an "Atom alternative" functionally. 

This is a more of a Vintage replica.
Maybe then you could suggest a Cobra is an Atom alternative.
In terms of attracting the funds from s.o. who's into cars, perhaps it IS a potential competitor.
Like a small single engined 'plane is a potential alternative. 
Or a brace of Breitlings.

[/quote]

Good point. It's not an Atom competitor.

[Jacob Potts]

[quote="dingo"]The orange annd black vehicle is the New Zealand Hulme F1. . . . Another of very similar ilk is the Caparo T1[/quote]

Wow, dingo, are you psychic or something?  Just look at this photo of the Hulme F1 taken at the Goodwood Festival of Speed:



They are even the same color: McLaren racing orange!

The two cars are definitely competitors of each other, if not the Atom! :-)

Jacob :-)

[dingo]

Oooh !  See what I see? 
Who needs CF fenders when you can mimic crossply tyre tread on the fenders! 

I repeat. 

OOOhhh!

p.s. No comment Bruce on my recently posted Gallery shots?

[bolus]

Haha, those fenders are cool.  That would be a good style windshield for those that need one to register.

[dingo]

I don't think that wrap around windscreen is very safe. With a helmet, perhaps it's OK.
I could just imagine a side impact sending ones' head into the top bead. 

Curtains. Fava beans and a nice chianti comes to mind for some reason. Ah no, that was liver, come to think of it.
Someone help me out on this ? The FBI agent \ Hannibal \ warm meninges..Uh oh ! I'm going to fain.............

[kenazusa]

I love that car, it would look great in the garage next to the Atom, now if the controls were only on the proper side.

[dingo]

I'm $ure that could be arranged.

[Bruce Fielding]

...and another one:





website: http://www.lifestyleautomotive.co.uk/lobini_01.html


It's made in Brazil.

Apparently it has a thin strip of carpet running down the transmission tunnel...

[John Lloyd]

[quote="Jacob Potts"]
[quote="dingo"]The orange annd black vehicle is the New Zealand Hulme F1. . . . Another of very similar ilk is the Caparo T1[/quote]

Wow, dingo, are you psychic or something?  Just look at this photo of the Hulme F1 taken at the Goodwood Festival of Speed:



They are even the same color: McLaren racing orange!

The two cars are definitely competitors of each other, if not the Atom! :-)

Jacob :-)
[/quote]

This was literally a cardboard cut out it didn't even have an engine!  They were (I assume still are) looking for investors.

[John Lloyd]

[quote="KenAZUSA"]
I love that car, it would look great in the garage next to the Atom, now if the controls were only on the proper side.
[/quote]

If you mean the gear stick I think it is if you follow the link and look at the photos.

[Andrew Hobson]

[quote="Bruce Fielding"]
Strathcarron's back - and this time it's Honda powered!

It's called the Javan R1 and it's made in Cornwall.

See:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoe ... elise.html

[/quote]

This was also at the Festival of Speed, but just a prototype tucked away in the trade stands.  I chatted to the chap and wished him luck.  Since it made practically at Lands End, I wonder how they will get people there for a test drive.  Its quicker to get to Paris than to Lands End.  It amy even be quicker to get to Lyon.
Andrew

[dingo]

Has anyone seen this in the fleisch?

[Bruce Fielding]

Yes. It's the pit lane at Brands! I've seen it lots of times!

[dingo]

Very droll Bruce, very droll indeed!

[bolus]

Anyone mention a Donkervoort yet?
http://www.donkervoort.nl/cars/d8270rs.htm