funny you should mention it Ronnie as i mentioned it to chris at exeter last year and on the back of that conversation have registered a web domain for such a club. :D

HI
I hope he has made the rear wishbones 10mm longer:eek:

He hasnt exactly stuck to the book so to speak... He accidentally bought locost wishbones and has used them, but in doing so he has had to modify the rear end by adding bits on. I've told him to get some pics on and ask if his mods will actually work.

Ash thats a great idea, & Ronnie i think you have hit the nail on the head with the idea of a "club", this surely can be taken forward, as it can run alongside the forum for those that "WISH" to be part of it.

andy

If you need a small contribution towards the maintainance of the domain count me in. ;)

I am happy to assist in any way possible but I have to warn you, I am a complete & utter web moron :eek: :o

i have to agree with adrian on the organisational side of things. i would be happy to run the club but honestly dont think i would have time to do it until my build is complete. i would also strongly suggest that any other person offering to run such a culb finish their build first.

if someone with a finished car wants to take on the idea i dont mind doing hosting/tech stuff but i dont currently have the time to organise events etc etc.

PIP (project in Progress) and FOR (Finished and on the Road)
 

The first (ten or so) cars that were built and on the road do have some pioneering status and deserve to be acknowledged as "our heroes". The same goes for their builders.
But we would like to see a growing number of followers. As has been said, many people have bought the book and are building anonymously, without participating in the forum. Maybe the shields shouln't be numbered, apart from the 10 golden ones.

I suggest that we start a list where everyone who wants to be known can add themselves when the build has started and when on the road.

Joining the list is a matter of copy/paste, adding a line and posting to the registre thread. So the list gets longer and no club has to be formed yet.


FOR-list
number/identity of car or builder/date on the road mm-yyy / some details
001 / Chris Gibbs / 06-2005(?) / Pinto 1,8l - HAYNES yellow, red stripe
002 / Frankie boy / 07-2007(?) / Yamabushda-greenblue-full race cage
003 / Dogwood / 08-2007(?) / cossie 300bhp-orange with go-faster stripes
004 / Spud69 / 09-2007
005 / Slimtater /

PIP-list
number/identity of car or builder/date started mm-yyy / some details
021 / Joe carpenter / .... / ....
022 / Eddy"Huybi" / 01-2008 / Pinto 2,0l, signal blue, trackday only

Jumping from PIP-list to FOR-list : erase your line in the PIP-list and add a line in the List of Heroes.


Eddy
www.alfaproject.be

this is just my opinion , if the Roadster chassis is the main focus of the build but needs to be adapted to make use of what "available " donor parts are obtainable due to location / availability then i,d say yes its a Roadster, after all the book "suggests" the donor parts to enable the plans to be followed from the book.
thats how i,d see it anyway.

cheers
andy

FOR-list
number/identity of car or builder/date on the road mm-yyy / some details
001 / Chris Gibbs / 06-2005(?) / Pinto 1,8l - HAYNES yellow, red stripe
002 / Frankie boy / 07-2007(?) / Yamabushda-greenblue-full race cage
003 / Dogwood / 08-2007(?) / cossie 300bhp-orange with go-faster stripes
004 / Spud69 / 02-2009/ 2.0l zetec + bike carbs - orange with a fat black stripe
005 / Slimtater /


My 2p worth, sounds a good plan.

I haven't had much time to contribute recently but would certainly like to get involved.

Andy

keep the 2 lists together please
 

Thanks Andy for supporting the idea and completing your entry.
It's best to keep the 2 lists as one item until it gets too difficult to handle as copy/paste
I hope that the 33 persons claiming to have started join the List.


Eddy
www.alfaprojects.be

Project in Progress + Finished and On the Road
 

Joining the list is a matter of copy/paste, adding a line and posting to the register thread. So the list gets longer and no club has to be formed yet. Please keep the 2 lists together.


FOR-list
number/identity of car or builder/date on the road mm-yyy / some details
001 / Chris Gibbs / 06-2005(?) / Pinto 1,8l - HAYNES yellow, red stripe
002 / Frankie boy / 07-2007(?) / Yamabushda-greenblue-full race cage
003 / Dogwood / 08-2007(?) / cossie 300bhp-orange with go-faster stripes
004 / Spud69 / 02-2009 / 2.0l zetec + bike carbs - orange with a fat black stripe
005 / Slimtater / .... / ....

PIP-list
number/identity of car or builder/date started mm-yyy / some details
011 / Eddy"Huybi" / 01-2008 / Pinto 2,0l, signal blue, trackday only
012/ YOU ??

Jumping from PIP-list to FOR-list : erase your line in PIP and add a line in the List of Heroes.


Eddy
www.alfaprojects.be

Eddy, that is pretty much the info I was thinking of, but unfortunately what is above isn't correct.
I am also aware that we have partially hijacked HandyAndy's original thread (sorry!) so I think it will be best to start a new thread for the completed cars - perhaps admin can put it as a sticky on the Announcements section?
For those who liked the plaque idea, a taster:

Slim, that looks very smart, nice one, :cool:

andy

Nowt wrong there,nice one!

Before I loose the plot all together can one of you kind gents post a pic of the rear suspension brackets as the rear end is not all finished and it's difficult to guage position of the brackets.Thanks.

Yea ....COOOOOOL...:cool:

David

Joining the list is a matter of copy/paste, adding a line and posting to the register thread.

FOR-list
number/identity of car or builder/date on the road mm-yyy / some details
001 / Chris Gibbs / 06-2005(?) / Pinto 1,8l - HAYNES yellow, red stripe
002 / Frankie boy / 07-2007(?) / Yamabushda-greenblue-full race cage
003 / Dogwood / 02-2009 / Pinto 1800
004 / Spud69 / 02-2009 / 2.0l zetec + bike carbs - orange with a fat black stripe
005 / Slimtater / .... / ....

PIP-list
number/identity of car or builder/date started mm-yyy / some details
011 / Eddy"Huybi" / 01-2008 / Pinto 2,0l, signal blue, trackday only
012/ YOU ??

Jumping from PIP-list to FOR-list : erase your line in PIP and add a line in the List of Heroes.


Eddy
www.alfaprojects.be

finished
 

liking the database idea and the plaque could be interesting if kept up to date.

My cars finished, (MOT'd)just stripped it down to paint it. should be ready for iva soon.

Hoping to make the top ten!!!!!

Must update photo's, lol

BJ

well done BJ.
Can you put your name in the PIP-list ?

Eddy

nice one BJ, yes lets have some piccies please :cool:
get passed IVA then fun for the summer eh? :D

andy

This is a good idea, Slim's car was no.2 though......

cheers

Chris :)

Should I be ordering 40 or 50 plaques? :D

At this rate, we will need our own field at Stoneleigh 2010!

wow, just thought i,d check this poll.

:eek: 46 currently being built

2 starting in next few months

4 thinking about it

plus the 5 already completed :D

thats alot of Roadsters.

keep the builds going everyone, wouldn,t it be a great idea to have a get together at the Haynes museum ( they have a track too i believe ;) ) with 40 to 50 Roadsters, i,m sure even Haynes couldn,t deny us the day if we can get that many cars together :cool:

andy

What a bloody good idea that would me Andy....:)

Iwill travel to england.:D

well lets just say for discussions sake that by the summer of 2010, being optimistic there might be 30 completed Roadsters ( is that realistic or wishful thinking?), this woud give Chris the support to ask Haynes for the "Roadster Day" at the museum, including cars from abroad too, what a day that would be, might be worthwhile making it a weekend event.

So, taking this poll to the next step may i ask how many of the 46 current builders think they would be on the road by summer 2010?

i know this idea has been suggested before but i would like to push the idea & make it happen, & with so many cars now in progress i feel we can as a forum group achieve this.

would this be supported by the forum ?

lets make things happen eh? ;) :)

cheers
andy

count me in!!!!! sounds awesome!!!!

Im realy up for it! Would there be somewhere to camp. Or if there was enough of us we could probably get cheapo accomadation and have a few beers in the evening? Make a propper weekend of it?
:cool:

excellent idea :cool: count me in!

Mark

I'll be up for some of that :cool:

Wouldn't like to say that I would have a completed Roadster by then :o :o

Would be a cracking trip though.

Easy drive for me too :D

SVA re-test tomorrow. I'm hoping to be on the road before next summer!:D

Good luck Neil :)

I hope all goes well for you ;)

Another completed build on the road very soon :cool:

all the best for your retest, keep us posted :) :D

andy

Did someone mention "BEER" :cool: :cool:
if so i,m in :D
cheers les g

PS: what we gonna do

i,m not sure what facilities are available at the Haynes museum, i,ll contact Chris to ask him if he can contact Haynes to see if there is something we can do as a collective forum, & create an event from what Haynes would allow etc.
will keep you all posted via this thread, :)

andy

I think they are quite keen on club events. I attended the Electric Car club meeting last year. Need to say, the MEV Pocket out shined the rest of the pack! So do we have any dates in mind? If so will reserve the Dorset Cottage for the week.

i,ve pm,d Chris, who has asked Haynes about doing such an event, he will get back with any any info he receives.

i was thinking maybe sometime summer of 2010, tho it all depends on what Haynes say.

will keep you all posted with any news of an event.

andy

There may be more haynes roadsters out there than this forum belives. Do not forget that not every body that has brought the book,built or building a car has internet access or any interest in online forums.

This is very true i had a finished chassis before i broke my silence! and i bet there is many more like me, come on folk come out of the woodwork!

You can find the answers to most questions without the need to post up.

I started posting because they are a couple of people building very close to me and wanted to meet them to talk roadster and get a go in spuds finished car ;) Which i must admit was excellent :D

I'll add mine to this even though I have deviated from Chris's original concept somewhat, mainly because of the lack of finding a good donor car over here.
That said I still feel it is a Haynes roadster in my mind, so I added my vote.
Al:)

Andy, I only saw this reply last night. I must have been sleeping when following this thread.

Thanks for the reply.