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by **RedMist** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:23 pm

I always liked the M250 as a Stratos replacement.

by **rollaholic** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:52 pm

thats win.

someone has deep pockets!

by **eskimo** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:44 pm

Dam you fezza's dam you!!

by **R.U.F** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:10 pm

Agree with DXrolla should have stuck with POP up headlights.

by **d1 mule** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:22 pm

not that its gonna happen, but cant get popups homologated for road use anymore, too much of a padestrian hazard

by **BZG Wagon** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:43 pm

d1 mule wrote:not that its gonna happen, but cant get popups homologated for road use anymore, too much of a padestrian hazard

Serious? I had no idea.

That really sucks.

by **~SlideWays~** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:19 pm

d1 mule wrote:not that its gonna happen, but cant get popups homologated for road use anymore, too much of a padestrian hazard

Oh FFS!

by **GDII** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:50 pm

I think the last car to have pop up headlights was one of the Lotus Esprit cars. Also it reduces your top speed. But who drives at top speed at night anyway....

by **MAGN1T** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:49 am

One of my mates actually built a Lancia Stratos replica about 25 years ago, well him and another person built 2 of them.
Roger did the chassis fab, (he even cast his own wheels) the other did the plywood body plug, made the moulds, then did 2 fibreglass bodies.
Rogers car was based on Lancia beta running gear, he later swapped out the motor for a Nissan V6. I've driven it too.
With the Lancia Beta motor I think it did low 1 min 20s around Manfield.
I seem to remember him telling me that it was too light, with the big tyres it wasn't good in the wet. Tended to aquaplane badly.
He's working on a fully enclosed motorcycle right now, has training wheels that drop down at low speed so it doesn't fall over.

Steve

by **TRD Man** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:53 am

We must have mutual 'mates' because it was a very good friend of mine that built these cars.
In fact I was looking at importing a replica out of the UK a short while back and got to wondering where these things are these days.

by **Malcolm** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:36 pm

Don't suppose this is one of the replicas you're talking about?

by **TRD Man** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:08 pm

That's the deal.Looks like a Hawk kit. Is that one locally owned?

by **Mr Revhead** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:17 pm

Saw one in Welly a while back. Nearly got a speeding ticket trying to catch it up for a closer look!

by **LEAKER** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:29 pm

could have been that one. Correct me if im wrong but i'm firly sure thats out the front of te papa?

by **~SlideWays~** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:35 pm

Malcolm wrote:Don't suppose this is one of the replicas you're talking about?

Looks like the one from a member of the Constructors Car Club in Wellington. All kinds of interesting cars.

by **Malcolm** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:56 am

Yep that's right, it's someone from the Constructors Car club. They had a display outside Te Papa when I was down there displaying/presenting during the F1 exhibition there. Got to snap a bunch of pics of the cars as they were leaving but only managed to speak to a couple of owners/builders.

by **~SlideWays~** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:59 am

Malcolm wrote:Yep that's right, it's someone from the Constructors Car club. They had a display outside Te Papa when I was down there displaying/presenting during the F1 exhibition there. Got to snap a bunch of pics of the cars as they were leaving but only managed to speak to a couple of owners/builders.

That would make sense, I was thinking it must have been a while ago since those wire tree things haven't been there for ages.
Here's the car's details:
http://www.constructorscarclub.org.nz/replicas.html

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