Vodou car up for sale

[twinturbo]

Just Spotted this on the bay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vodou-Haynes-Roadster-Kit-Car-Project-/151079343534?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item232d07d5ae

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[MikeB]

Good spot, we never did get to see the bodywork from Vodou, looks half decent.This will probably go for not much £

[Stot]

The BIN price is a bargain considering it comes with all the donor parts and is one of Phils chassis too. :eek:

Cheers
Stot

[jason 82]

Only down side is that it is right in the depths of Cornwall below st.austell. That's going to be one epic drive, it's going to cost a fair bit in fuel !:eek:

[Talonmotorsport]

Epic drive? Your half wrong there I delivered that one it's the first of only 2 ever made production chassis. I did'nt know that any body work had been pulled from the moulds.

[jason 82]

Could be worth a punt then.

[Dualist]

Only down side is that it is right in the depths of Cornwall below st.austell. That's going to be one epic drive, it's going to cost a fair bit in fuel !:eek:

That is what is gonna make it mega cheap ;)

[Richwill]

I am a new member to this forum although I have been a member of Locostbuilders for several years and thought I would take a look on here as I wanted to build a Haynes roadster after having the books sat around for years.
I bought this at the weekend. It does look to be a bit of a bargain although I havent had time as yet to check it over completely.
I know the main chassis is well built but there are brackets that have been fittied which I will need to check over as they look to be just tacked in place.
I am looking forward to building this through the winter and welcome any guidance you guys can give.

I already have a Luego Velocity on the road so am familiar with these cars.

Regards
Rich

[K4KEV]

Welcome aboard Rich....already a seasoned vet

[Dualist]

Welcome dude, you got a bargain there :)

[TheArf]

Hey Rich welcome to the nut house

Arfon

[Richwill]

Hopefully looking to make a start on this soon. I have noticed that the previous owner has made some odd alterations to the chassis which I may need some help with. I will take some pictures and post soon and hopefully someone will be able to make sense of what he has done.
Cheers Rich

[Spikehaus]

Where are you located in the country Rich?, that chassis is not so far away from me so guess someone local purchase it. It would be good to have a few more builders in the South West

[Richwill]

I am in Exeter. I am always looking out for other local builders/owners and am an active member of the apple county kit car club which although based in Taunton / Bridgewater does hold meets all over the South West and welcomes all kit car owners.
Take a look at the website to get an idea of what we get up to.
www.applecountykitcars.co.uk

[baz-r]

im also in exeter

[alga]

Register yourself in the builders' map, the link in in my sig!

[tkpm]

I'm not to far away in north devon

[Richwill]

I managed to take some photos of the chassis and the odd modifications that the previous owner had started. What do people think he was trying to do by welding these small blocks onto the top rail?
I am hoping to rub down and paint the chassis shortly.
How do I get the pictures to load. I get a message saying they are too big ?

[ayjay]

Hi Rich
Re photos, store them in photobucket or similar then they will be automatically resized to allow posting on here.

[Richwill]

Loaded pictures to photobucket but can't get them to upload from my iPad. I haven't used photobucket before so may be doing something wrong. Still getting a message saying file too large.

[Richwill]

http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag275/richwill2/2FDC1B98-9657-48DD-9044-30DB51129C62_zpsyjtzcklh.jpg

[Richwill]

The link above works.

[Talonmotorsport]

I think what he has 'tried' to do is raise the nose bonnet and scuttle up to clear the engine, which would make some sense but why not use full lengths instead?

[Richwill]

Does this need doing? I have the 1.6 engine and box from a Mk1 Mx5 to fit in.

[Talonmotorsport]

I have seen the Vodou body work about 2 years+ ago and can say now it will be a very tight fit. I'm not sure that Matt ever got round to offering an engine to the chassis with the bonnet in place, I'd be very surprised if there was more than maybe 1 or 2 pulls from the moulds. You have a few options but both the bonnet and the sump will need cutting to make it fit.

[Richwill]

Thanks for the input Phil. I will have to look into the options to arrive at the best solution.

[PorkChop]

http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag275/richwill2/2FDC1B98-9657-48DD-9044-30DB51129C62_zpsyjtzcklh.jpg

If you wrap img tags around the URL (that's [IMG] before and [\IMG] after the URL of your photobucket link), it'll embed the pics for you in the post.

Out of interest, what happened to the Vodou moulds etc, does anyone know?

[Talonmotorsport]

As far as the moulds go I can't help any further with as I really don't know what happened to Matt and Vodou after I delivered the chassis, it seemed to be moving on then just sort of went quiet after 2 months no phone calls,emails or forum posts.
You could try contacting Mark formerly of Triton as he advised Matt on the processes of making GRP parts but I think contact between them died off too after a while.