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Midas

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11th Nov, 2010 at 10:42:58pm




On 10th Nov, 2010 Ben H said:
The question is (for me and purists every where) is how many cars can you think that are fibreglas moncoque?

Metal cars with glass bodies are not GRP cars to me.

This of course rules out almost all the ones listed.


The Midas cars are all monocoque construction.

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11th Nov, 2010 at 11:31:23pm

The Pellandini fits into that category too.

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12th Nov, 2010 at 11:06:11am

I think trabants were fibreglass i seem to remember my grandad telling me about his!

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12th Nov, 2010 at 12:37:55pm

I thought trabants had cardboard panels

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12th Nov, 2010 at 11:08:08pm

Trabbies were mostly cotton reinforced epoxy, so not fibreglass.

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13th Nov, 2010 at 02:02:03am

ahhh ok!! my grandad did say plastic, so maybe thats what he meant :)

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19th Feb, 2011 at 01:54:08pm

The Lotus Elite (not the 1970s one) was CF moncoque, and had the rear suspension tops break through the body on several occasions.

I'm a bit of a Lotus nut, so excuse me for that, but have a certain love for Minis, especially those that have a bit more OOMPH.

Many other Lotus cars were technically mono-coque Cf with subframes made of metal (Esprit, Europa, Elite & Eclat of the 70s, etc but people often refer to the metal bit that mounts the engine , gearbox and wheels as a a chassis. They're technically not, and confirmed by DVLA as swapping a chassis is hassle with them , swapping a subframe (same as minis) thankfully is not.

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21st Feb, 2011 at 09:08:41pm




On 11th Nov, 2010 wil_h said:
Of course, all Mini Marcos derivatives are GRP monocoque.

When you look at how thick the GRP is where strength is needed they're pretty tough cookies. Small and light tend to bounce rather than crumple too.


Yep - gets my vote!


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21st Feb, 2011 at 09:51:23pm

My GTM Rossa is a fibre glass monocoque

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21st Feb, 2011 at 10:03:38pm

I got told trabants where made of paper machei... Lol

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 I popped my first one out the other day...

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