Hi all - new member from Bedfordshire

[scottydog]

Hi all - I thought I'd register and say hello rather than lurking in the background.

I am presently the owner of a Renault (Alpine) GTA v6 but not for much longer.

Building a kitcar is something I have wanted to do ever since I became interested in cars - probably 30 or so years ago. I have never done one but decided a while back that my next car will be a kit.

So, the Alpine is up for sale and the money will be used towards a kit. At last it is really going to happen!

My mechanical skills are "fair to ok". I have done a nut'n'bolt rebuild of a 'bike and have refurb'd a couple of car engine top ends, replaced head gaskets etc... A kit will be quite challenging for me - and that is something I look forward to!

I want to build something (relatively) simple and low cost for my first project so I have been looking for a while at a few of the Lotus 7 replica kits. I'm quite amazed how much difference there is between the kits considering the end result is always going to be some variation on the same basic shape.

I'd not heard of MEV until going to Stoneleigh and was really taken with the Rocket and Sonic 7. It's really good to know that there are alternatives to the "7" type cars (not that I don't like them - I do, but there are a lot of them about).

I am planning on going to Newark in a few weeks time and making a decision then - but at the moment the Rocket is top of my list. There's a good chance, once the GTA is sold, that I will be ordering a Rocket kit.

Looking forward to it..............

Simon.

BTW....If anyone is interested in the Alpine.........

homepage.ntlworld.com/sts-and-jp

[mightylad]

Hi Simon, Welcome to the forum!

You're in the same position I was before I ordered my rocket (done a bit of tinkering b4 but not much else - and wanted to build something different!). I ordered the kit August last year and haven't looked back!

If you go for the rocket you wont go wrong! but if you do get stuck there are plenty of helpful people on the forum - just ask!

Cheers and happy building,

Ol

[mattsmev]

Hi Simon

Welcome to this forum, a fountain of knowledge, help and inspiration from build to full use. Look forward to seeing you at Newark, you can have a good look at real customer cars to see what can be achieved. It's good to have a good look before you choose the rocket ;-).

Cheers

Mattsmev

[nigel]

Good to have you on board Simon

Hay, and whats wrong with the Sonic then matt

nigel

[scottydog]

Well, things seem to be progressing more quickly than I expected. A chap drove up from Bexley today and met me at work to look at the GTA. He liked it and made me an offer (and a good one at that!) which I accepted.

The car has been on the market for 7 days and only advertised through the owners club. To my way of thinking that's pretty good! Maybe I should have asked for a bit more money ;D

All being well, on Sunday, I should have a fairly decent cash injection into the kit car fund :-)

I still haven't made a final decision on what car I will build yet - that will happen after visiting the Newark show. However I wouldn't have bothered to register on this forum if there wasn't a pretty good chance that I'll end up choosing a MEV.

I've shown the MEV website to a few people at work and their reactions are always quite amazing yet no-one gets particularly excited about a "7" replica, maybe because there are too many around. I pretty much feel the same and haven't seen anything else of interest so unless I spot something at Newark it seems to be pretty much a foregone conclusion.

Tell me if I'm wrong but the MEV seems to be pretty much in a class of it's own.

I could be a bit stuffed if I test drive one and don't like it!

Simon.

[roadtrackrace]

Why wait till Newark? Come and have a test drive. The Rocket is made in Nottingham and the Sonic7 in Mansfield so an easy jaunt from Bedfordshire.
There is nothing quite like these cars. They are incredible to pilot, use modern components and weren't designed 50 years ago.
Newark is a great place to meet the owners but the manufacturers are generally unable to give test drives at the show as their demo cars are in the halls on a stand.
The owners undoubtedly will oblige with test drives weather permitting.
RTR.

[Scott]

Scottydog,

Welcome, If your interested Weather permitting, i will have our Rocket out on Saturday and if you wanted to pop over to Northampton and have a look you are more than welcome ??

Scott ,

[scottydog]

Hi Scott - thanks for the offer - appreciated. I have to work on Saturday unfortunately, otherwise I'd have really liked to have had a closer look at your car (I'm sure that was yours I was looking at at Stoneleigh - seriously nice . Thanks again.

RTR - as soon as getting the money together is looking to be a reality then I'll be on the 'phone !
Simon.

[scottydog]

I took a few pic's at Stoneleigh and I have the one that I took of the black/gold rocket from the MEV stand as my screen wallpaper.

Today is a slow day at work, which does make a change. Just as well though - I have spent the last hour and a half telling people what the car is and talking about it at great length. Four different people including our IT director at the last count. Basically anyone who has wandered past has sat down and asked about it.

I have never owned a car that got anything like as much interest - and I am still months off even buying a kit and probably a couple of years away from having anything on the road.

Ownership is going to be fun! I was waiting until Newark to make up my mind and commit but I think peoples reactions have made up my mind for me!