RCR's Next car should be.....

[Dalton]

Fran, if you ever run out of ideas for things to do (not very likely) there are plenty on this Forum willing to help!

With the push (here in Oz) to energy saving, green thinking, and carbon credits, perhaps there is money to be made in a side production run of small, glassfibre, city cars with electric motors or hybrid motors (No, I'm serious). But I don't know the situation over there; perhaps this is a long way off.

Dalton

[Fran Hall RCR]

We are already doing an Electric SL Coupe...for a customer in Texas...
and another little electric vehicke keeps being discussed too....

[Big-Foot]

Originally Posted by Johan

A MK III and a MK IIIb are different.

From what I can tell the differences are merely cosmetic - As I recall the headlights and door handles - ummm - Perhaps I'm wrong...

[Fran Hall RCR]

Competely different car under the skin.....3b is almost competely aluminum and very similar to the T160 series Can Am cars...whereas, the Mk3 has much more steel and more in common with the earlier Lola Mk2's ....
the 3"B" name was used to bypass homologation issues back in the 60's...it should really have been named as a new car....this is the brief synopsis as I understand it.

[JimmyMac]

Fran,

So does this same analogy apply to most GT40 replicas and we should re-name them ?

[Thierry]

Fran,
on this post you write that 962 could be the next one.....
Are you serious ?
when it would be availiable ?

i'm planning to build one, i'm in touch with D.Smith for the bodywork and some parts.
i'm doing 3D CAD design of the frame (spaceframe tube) to prepare the build...
(it's an extrapolation of plans and pictures on books)

If you have more advanced solution.....

[Fran Hall RCR]

Jimmymac...I already do RCR40....

Its not really an anology.....just historically correct fact ...again...as I was led to believe... so I could be completely wrong and misinformed.,..so then I guess it would be historically incorrect fact but what the Hell its Friday...

[JimmyMac]

Exactly Fran.
It's Friday and I'm also off to the pub.

[Richard O'Clery]

Hi Big-Foot

As well as the MkIII and the Mk3B being significantly different under the skin as Fran said, the bodywork differences are not so subtle once you have a good look. To me, the MkIII is a very elegant car, whereas the 3B is much more aggressive, and better from an aero point of view with a lower nose, flattened off over the front wheel arches, smaller main rear air intakes and additional small intakes and a larger moulded in rear spoiler. I think the rear view of the MkIII is much cleaner.

Also the doors on the MkIII are true gullwing, whereas the Mk3B hinge to swing up and forward like the Mclaren F1.

These pics don't illustrate all the differences, but here you go anyway:

[Brian Hamilton]

Me likes the Mk3B mobetta.

[Mike Dozier]

Compare the 289 Cobra and the 427 Cobra....same name...similar looking...very different
animals.

MikeD

[Fran Hall RCR]

You mean like this one.......

[Rob]

droooooool...............

[Fran Hall RCR]

hehe..and you thought you had seen all of the tricks up my RCR sleeves...

[Mesa]

Fran's a goddam kid in a candy store.....

[Pat Buckley]

..or a candy store in a kid?

[Richard O'Clery]

Fran, now you're just teasing me!

I was wondering when you would get around to doing the best Lola of all, and here it is (apart from the double-bubble dash - I never quite got that).

[Fran Hall RCR]

left and right hand drive...all in one unit...