Seller says it's a 2.0 pinto engine, type 9 and rear end out of a Sierra.
Michigan Title obtained. Imported from Lancashire England! Lotus Super 7 replica kit car Road legal 3300 miles 2L inline 4 paired with a 5 speed manual type 9 gearbox from a Ford Sierra. Electronic Ignition Aluminum Radiator with Electric fan. Brake and tires are good. Wolf racing alloy wheels. Smith Guages
Just double checking. The OP isn't the owner and isn't involved?
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
E36 M3, sorry NMNA.
Also, I was tempted to sell the Mustang If it was a real Caterham.
OK, I just didn't want to offend anyone. I'd look at this very carefully if someone is thinking of buying this. I attended dozens of Kit car shows in the 80's and 90's before emigrating to the US. Robin Hood were around for a long time in the UK kit car market. They had various '7'esq vehicles for a long time. At one point they were sued by Caterham, at others they sold plans, including a version with leading arm rather than trailing arm suspension, yes really! This car appears to be one of their later 'monocoque' chassis cars. These had some issues. After I left the UK, they introduced a thing called the SVA, single vehicle approval. Basically a way to inspect and approve kit cars, hot rods, specials, one offs, etc. for legality and safety before they could be registered. There was a time when these RH monocoque 7's were failing the test due to the insufficient chassis structure. The chassis were made from two folded stainless steel box sections running the full length with bulkheads between, but zero internal structure. Sort of like a 60's/70's formula car. But there's a big difference between two properly engineered alloy box sections of 18"H by 8+" section installed 18" apart, and two 12"h by 2-3" wide stainless sections with no internal structure around 48"+ apart. I know they found a way around it, but caveat emptor.
Now, this car was obviously road legal before coming to the states, those folded sheets above the front UCAs are a classic example of needing to make sure there are no forward pointing sharp edges etc. So I assume it was deemed safe at least at the time. Honestly I'd skip it, but if people are interested go in with eyes wide open.
Having said that, I'm sure this would me much much safer than some hot rods, death karts, T buckets etc. I see over here, but I wouldn't drive most of these either, other an at 2mph in a parade!
OK, I'm wrong, the cover over the front LCAs is actually part of the chassis, but there for the SVA. I found a pic of the chassis in an old ad.
But you can see the side box sections with no internal structure. And I don't want to think about folded welded stainless from a fatigue stand point.
Can't remember when SVA came in although I do think that it was a thing when I lived in the UK during the first decade of this century.
Agreed, Robin Hood doesn't exactly have the best reputation in the UK kit car world, or at least didn't use to.
This is probably a single donor car vehicle (as in, the whole drivetrain underneath is likely from a Ford Sierra) and that might explain why it's got an early 80s plate on it if we assume that it had been registered on that in the UK. If it wasn't a single donor car, it would've likely received a 'Q' plate instead.
While it looks nice and is relatively cheap compared to some of the other Se7en-esque cars I've seen for sale recently, I think it's still considerably overpriced for what it is.
Ah, so that passenger (left) side with the ripple in it, is the folded sheet structure. Generally not good.
Looking closer at the engine picture, where one would normally have a riveted outer skin to a tube frame this one has a rectangular folded sheet.
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