Are you madabout kit cars      
 "We've Got Kit Cars Covered" Information about Madabout-Kitcars.com Contact Madabout-Kitcars.com         Home of UK kit cars - madabout-kitcars.com Various kit car write ups All the latest kit car news Kit car related and general discussion

Search
Manufacturers
Kit Cars
Kit Car Data sheets
Picture Gallery
SVA Knowledgebase
Clubs & Communities
Build cost estimator
Kit cars for sale
Knowledge Base 
KitcarUSA.com
Classic-Kitcars.com
 

Go Back   Madabout Kitcars Forum > Mad Chat > General chatter

General chatter This is the place to talk about anything kit car related that doesn't come under any of the other categories

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 4th May 2022, 17:01
Lucky@LeMans Lucky@LeMans is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,142
Lucky@LeMans is on a distinguished road
Default Robin Hoodz at LeMans 1999 !

Found some grainy footage of the RHOCAR ( Robin Hood Owners Club And Register ) and our annual LeMans trip for the 24hr race.
This was a trip out for lunch at the Hotel De France in La Chatre. That year was smaller in number than previous years with around 40 club members attending.
Later going on to park on the Mulsanne straight roadside for an impromptu car show which brought the traffic to a stand still ! 23 years ago !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiKsMFRnTwo
Reply With Quote
Available from eBay
  #2  
Old 5th May 2022, 07:55
Mister Towed's Avatar
Mister Towed Mister Towed is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,328
Mister Towed is on a distinguished road
Default

Great footage and a beautiful location, but I swear I saw a Delta wing U.F.O tracking you at about two minutes in.

Or maybe it was a Millennium bug.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 5th May 2022, 14:24
redratbike's Avatar
redratbike redratbike is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,446
redratbike is on a distinguished road
Default

great video

my dads just having his recommissioned after sitting in a lock up for 15 or more years

new battery and petrol down the carb and it burst into life

he’s 82 and we built it together , he wants one last summer of fun i think
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 5th May 2022, 21:02
Lucky@LeMans Lucky@LeMans is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,142
Lucky@LeMans is on a distinguished road
Default

Great bunch of people in that club back in the 1990's. Huge attendance at all the shows, I think we saw over 200 Robin Hoodz at Stoneleigh one year ! MD Richard Stewart was a right character, shame he sold the company ( for
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 9th May 2022, 13:20
Mick O'Malley Mick O'Malley is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 845
Mick O'Malley is on a distinguished road
Default Duttons at Le Mans '88

Great footage, took me right back

I organised this club trip having seen photo's of one made in '72, so very early in Dutton history - lots of shoulder length hair! I was magazine editor at the time and was hoping for a real convoy as we had 100+ at Stoneleigh for a few years but only four others signed up. The Dutton Sierra in the picture was owned by our membership secretary and the Phaeton on the left has featured in my Monaco blog.



We camped, Jaguar won, perfect weather, and once the other 250,000 punters had departed we found our way onto the track - we were just passing the main stand opposite the pits when this was taken. I went again a good few times up until about '97 and saw Jaguar win again twice - I discount the Mazda win as I'm sure the ACO weighted its capacity equivalence to beat the XJR9s, which came 2nd, 3rd & 4th. Shades of the Lotus 23 debacle!

Happy Days!

Regards, Mick

Last edited by Mick O'Malley; 9th May 2022 at 13:25.. Reason: Oops!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +0. The time now is 23:00.

copyright © madabout-kitcars.com 2000-2024
terms and conditions | privacy policy