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by **fangsport** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:28 pm

following in the footsteps of John Britten, but with 4 wheels.

good to see he decided on a 'real' V8:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4828959a13275.html

by **frost** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:20 pm

he looks like the old man from "the woulds fastest Indian"
love kiwi back of the shed DIY

by **Adamal** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:19 am

You mean Sir Anthony Hopkins?

Its good to finally see the Hulme F1 get off the ground. I thought it was going to get perminantly shelved.

$5 million to get to where it is now. Estimated selling value of $300,000. I hope most of that $5m was R&D, and not the manufacturing cost!

by **2jayzgte** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:32 am

Adamal wrote:You mean Sir Anthony Hopkins?

Its good to finally see the Hulme F1 get off the ground. I thought it was going to get perminantly shelved.

$5 million to get to where it is now. Estimated selling value of $300,000. I hope most of that $5m was R&D, and not the manufacturing cost!

Thats $300,000 Euros is'nt it roughly $700,000 NZD yep strictly for the rich and you probably won't see any of these out on a rainy day.

Bit of a feel good vibe to it as well they came back fromn the share market crash hopefully the car sells well overseas because I can't see to many NZers rushing down to by one.

by **Leon** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:02 am

Possibly not the best time to be selling a supercar.

That said, I think this car was 'announced' two + years ago, so it might be some time before the vehicle is in production anyway.

by **sergei** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:36 am

The engine choice is piss poor in my opinion. Technology from 30ies in my opinion is a bit old.

by **Jdawg** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:04 pm

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed to see the engine choice but they are probably restricted by budget and the Chebby would be the cheapest option.

by **Mr. Mainstream** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:47 pm

sergei wrote:The engine choice is piss poor in my opinion. Technology from 30ies in my opinion is a bit old.

i wouldn't say that the engines a piss poor choice, those ls7 engines are relatively new and ive heard nothing but good about them, certainly are not 30's. V8's have changed since soviet russia

i think that would be great fun for a stomp

by **fangsport** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:49 pm

sergei wrote:The engine choice is piss poor in my opinion. Technology from 30ies in my opinion is a bit old.

Jdawg wrote:Yeah, I was a bit disappointed to see the engine choice but they are probably restricted by budget and the Chebby would be the cheapest option.

did they use lexus engines in the late 60's early 70's?

what engine was fitted to the car that Denny Hulme drove that this car was based on, and got it's name from??

anything other than a Chev would have been sacrilige, and they may have needed a name change, as i don't believe his estate would allow anything else?

by **cogent** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:23 pm

Sorry, but LS-X series engines = ownage.
I personally feel that I would have a hard time deciding whether to carry out the all too popular LS1 swap into my RX7 should the 13b go pop.

OMG so shiny! · by **Dell'Orto** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:39 pm

cogent wrote:Sorry, but LS-X series engines = ownage.
I personally feel that I would have a hard time deciding whether to carry out the all too popular LS1 swap into my RX7 should the 13b go pop.

Do, and I'll stab you to death with apex seals :twisted:

by **cogent** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:47 pm

I know, I know, sacrilege even to myself.
But headers and a cam and intake and you net 500whp and torque to spin the earth backwards! In a car that isnt a truck underneath to boot!
Rotors dont even have the option of swapping out a cam!

by **mr30%jr** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:27 pm

i personally dony like it but well done to him

my supercar of choice is still an R8, its still cheaper than his and it has a roof.

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