Can you fit a camera (realtime), so that people can view the progress of their car... looking forward to seeing how you set it all up. Good Luck.

That's a good idea and not too difficult (eventually) when I get the broadband connection in. I'll certainly bear it in mind

I thought that was a pic of the new Ribble Stealth :)

Looks good matey, interesting times ahead!

Andy, recently did a lot of research on heating my workshop and have come to the conclusion that space heaters aren't a good idea, if your talking about the tubular kerosene or gas fired ones they will make the place quite damp, you would probably be better off with some second hand industrial IR heaters, cheaper to run and only produce heat where you need it not the rest of the airspace.

Something like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Infrared-H...item1c2f31c408

HTH

Good call Mac. I've just been reading more and agree with your own findings.
Are you on nights or just an insomniac? :biggrin:

Nope just a 5 1/2 hour time difference here in Sri Lanka

Ah. Now I remember ;-)

Only trouble with infra red heaters in an engineering workshop is that they only heat people up, everything else stays cold. This results in a lot of condensation on metal and issues with extended drying times for resin, bonding paste and paint.

It might be an idea to knock at your neighbours units and ask what heating they use. You'll probably get some useful advice together with free cups of tea and potentially useful new business contacts.

That's just my two new pence worth and I hope you find a suitable solution.

I'm popping over the road to Warrior Boats early in the week so will have a chat there. Could be a combination may be required

You can use ir on fibreglass etc, body shops use them for drying paint on patch repairs. In an ideal world a unit with an existing oil fired dry air system would be the answer but it would still cost a lot to heat that. Andy a mate of mine has a Worksop that size and he got hold of some old curtain side material and used it to separate it into a smaller heated area and a much bigger unheated area, alternatively maybe a workshop within a workshop made of stud timber and heat that?

All. Please be warned that Mick Hughes, he who used to work with Gary, is trying to pass off a mildly modified ex Sammio as his own 'Miglia Speedster V8' and intends making moulds of it.
As the now owner of this design, I find this in no way amusing and a deliberate attempt to undermine the investment I have put into it. I've already warned him that if he starts offering it as a kit I will be taking legal action against him and hope you all follow my thinking.

I take it your referring to this Andy, Linky
Blatent knockoff IMO, best nip it in the bud quick mate. Hope it doesnt come to that though and the "gent" in question sees sense, if its of any assistance i have an in at one of the kitcar mags with someone i used to race with, sure they might be interested in such a blatant rip off. This sort of thing does the industry no favours at all.

Thanks Mac. Yes, that's the one. I would have thought that Mike, of all people, would know better. Any publicity of this attempt to clone, should he try to continue, would be very gratefully received. His best bet, in my opinion, would be to sell that car. It does look to be finished fairly nicely from a distance, so he may get a fair price for it and diffuse the situation.

Andy, good to see you've set the price for the new reworked bodies, £999 seems a very good deal and I'm hopeful maybe the quality will be there as well. Will the option to build your own frame from drawings involve a cost for the drawings or will they be "open source"?

The plan will be to have a set of drawings downloadable by username and password which will be given on receipt of a deposit from the web site so a builder can get cracking on it even before their shell is ready.

VIATRON ....You can read my stand on this in other postings , so won't repeat here and don't want to get caught up in a situation that I have had no influence on .
My experience of 25 years of creating fibreglass bodies , kits etc. is unfortunately the magazines aren't interested in these arguments...they actively encourage new products and don't run for the hills every time a new Cobra emerges that will have undoubtably started as someone elses body....

Right or wrong ....its a fact.

Andy , I really like some of your new ideas , expanding the product in a very positive way....maybe keep some of your ideas to yourself for now though , eh ?

Just a quick news item. We've just accepted a deposit on Navigator 001 :biggrin:

Excellent news. Are you filling up the workshop, yet.

Excellent news. Well done. First of many.

First shot of the line up in the new workshop!

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...psc4e20c65.jpg

They fit in very easily, whats next... wheres the one you built (wine Red).

Micha bought it.

Really, it must have been good...

That's a compliment then, it must have been constructed as good as it looked as he has not been on here bitching about it. Lol.

Yes, those only fill one corner! Vanessa is out for MoT at the moment. she will be coming back soon. :biggrin:

Nice! Since i got rid of mine I've been told that both my mother and wife preferred it over the new toy.

They're wrong, obviously!

But if i only had the space (and the money) then I'd be seriously considering taking to you.....
if..
if..
if..

:)

Dave, you want one of these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QErVqOCz-5o

So Navigator 001 it is then! better crack on with my chassis on my return!

Just seen the new ebay listing and it needs more pictures and information imho. It was ebay that sold the Sammio to me in the first place. I'd searched 'Spyder' looking for an RSK 718 replica and found Gary's listing instead. It had enough information about the concept and photos - from bare shells to finished cars - to convince me I could build one myself. I know the jury's still out on whether I can or not, but Gary got another sale. Good luck!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ribble-Pil...item337f8a6c4e

I agree. I'll be adding more photos soon but wanted to get the advert placed as soon as I'd set the pricing concept. Glad you found it though. I've already got a potential sale in France as a result !

Love the factory photo. :cool:

There is something about the cars in an industrial setting that seems just right.

So good luck with your new premise Andy, hope it all goes well.

Take care, Paul. :)

PS
Is it the angle of the photo, or does the blue demonstrator's radiator stick out higher than the bonnet?

No.1
 

Gaz can you put a grill in on No1 to see if it a bit of attitude, The Red Ribble Rhino looks a bit sad tucked away at the back!:panda: :panda:

Do I spy a slightly more swoopy top-of-door-line on the little green machine? Looks like another "possible" to add to my list.

Good spot that man. It does have a bit of the TR2/3 about it. Could be a good mod for the (slightly) less mobile to climb over the side of a doorless car.

Very well spotted that man :biggrin: Yes, we're looking at exit / entry routes that will make it easier without doors and add to the lines at the same time. That Green car will embody all our new changes in one go. Probably spray it a lovely Scarab Green afterwards.....

Tell you what you could always lengthen the bonnet a bit a glue half an upside down wheelbarrow to the bonnet ?

:peep:

Stop it! :laugh:

Seriously, I have considered putting a foot-hole in the rear (passenger side, at the height of the lights), and a grip-tape patch on a strengthened area (steel beneath) on the rear deck so that I can just walk up the back and step in.

I saw an old chap at Gurston Down get in to his car like this and I was rather taken by it.