mystery kitcar shite

[autofive]

picked this up last night - i think its a Dutton Melos, but no docs, no frame number, no clues

 

 

 

1.6 Escort axle

 

711m block x-flow

 

....with twin weber

 

[Alexg]

Wow, you bought a car, and you don't even know what it is! Winner

[autofive]

Wow, you bought a car, and you don't even know what it is! Winner

what it is isn't really important, its a 711 1.6 x-flow, gearbox and escort rear axle, and a few other mk1/mk2 escort bits - the rest is frag feed

[trigger]

That means nothing to me, I guess that it's vaulable for the Escort spares then?, What a 711 x-flow?

[pogweasel]

Congratulations on your purchase of the new Dexion Dexi-rack II lightweight sportscar...

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Congratulations on your purchase of the new Dexion Dexi-rack II lightweight sportscar...

at least dexion gets painted

[trigger]

I know this is a bit morbid, but after my crash at the weekend I've start to find myself looking at cars in a slightly different light.

 

Can you imagine (i know you don't want to) the result if that kit car was involved in the same crash, I can't imagining it faring very well in a 30 mph collision let alone anything else even quicker.

 

It surprises me that these kind of cars were deemed safe to build in the first place, I wouldn't have thought that tubular frame was very strong.

 

Then again i guess it's no worse then a motorcycle that has no driver protection at all.

[garethj]

[Tough love mode]

Come on, trig. Man the fuck up.

 

You were in a crash, with any crash luck plays a much bigger part than airbags or NCAP stars. If the car behind you had been going faster, if the driver had braked half a second later, if it had been raining, if it had been a 7.5 tonner, if, if, if... That way, madness lays.

 

[Really tough love] If you really want to avoid that crash you had, you could have left a bigger gap from the car in front. Then you can brake more gently and control the gap behind you too. Or you can leave an escape route. Someone who’s really good could probably tell you other ways to make your journey safer, but YOU are responsible for your safety. If you really want to be safer, YOU can do something about it; don’t just leave it to some car designers and luck.

 

Cars from the 70s are gonna hurt you more than a car made yesterday. It follows that cars made in 2030 will be even safer, are you going to put off driving until then? We’ll all be looking back on cars made in 2010 as death traps and sneering at how foolish people were to even get in them.

 

Don’t worry mate, you’ve had a nasty experience and your brain does all kinds of things afterwards. Don’t let it spook you too much.

 

And LOL at Pog’s Dexion sports car comment

[trigger]

Yep sorry, point taken, I'm just waffling shit as normal! Just ignore me, Though I'd just like to add that i did leave a big gap, it was matey behind that caused most the damage.

 

Anyway back on topic again....

[wuvvum]

From my memories of when I used to read kit car magazines (which admittedly may not be 100% impartial), kit cars tend to do pretty well in crashes with moderns - those tubular steel chassis are surprisingly strong and the lack of crumple zones means that the modern is just going to fold up and the kit car will survive relatively unscathed. If you hit a solid object though I suspect the outcome could be rather different...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm gonna say its a Dutton. Not cos I recognise it, but because in my experience most wanky old kit cars are Duttons.

 

Actually they used to be a semi-common sight on the roads didnt they, old Dutton Sierras and Phaetons. I'm happy to report that they are pretty freakin thin on the ground nowadayZ.

[autofive]

is indeed a dutton

 

a dutton melos, i think

 

with the body tub, electrics and pipes out of the way and engine and box ready to lift out tomorrow

 

 

[barrett]

Looks rust free, you should try punting this onto the Dutton forum (I assume one exists) before you frag it. Might save someone some Mig wire and whatnot.

[Angrydicky]

Actually they used to be a semi-common sight on the roads didnt they, old Dutton Sierras and Phaetons. I'm happy to report that they are pretty freakin thin on the ground nowadayZ.

There's a Dutton Sierra slowly turning green in a front garden near me. I keep meaning to get a picture. EPIC SHITE