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I want a fibreglass shell so badly, but cant ever see me in any position to afford one, lol

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-CLASSIC-Fibregl...1QQcmdZViewItem

someone buy my dream shell and show me how good it can be

Well cool

i think rally sport replicas dont exist anymore, but they quoted me 10 grand for a carbon/kevlar shell. i so defoantly would sell myself for a carbon fibre mini lol.

i think on the saftey front, if your crash a mini hard enough to worry about it then it isent going to make much differnece if it was fibreglass or steel? with or without a roll cage. they are reanforced in the high stressed places and so on.
or is it just my ignorance that makes me think this? -open to discusion!

RSR aren't trading anymoe - they pissed a lot of peeps off, had shoddy workmanship, and when it came too much, folded the company - and started again...
If the workmanship of that is anything like the front ends and other things of theirs i've seen it isn't even worth a grand...

wow-wee.

good reading, and makes you realize that a fully welded shell like a mini does actually work. So much for the 'minis are unsafe' arguments... or so it seems.

I've only crashed two cars, both were VWs..

Crashed my second mini into the barrier on the A19 at 70mph. It spun twice, ripped both wings off, and ended up bout a foot shorter on the passenger side. came away with a bruise on me elbow.

Funnily enough, the rear subframe from that car is now nicely in place on me turbo mini.

Yep wrote off my first mini (oh and the TT) I was doing about 55 in a 60 when a transit van pulled into a junction infront of me. I barley had time to brake. It was more or less a headon, but most of the impact was on the passenger side (no passenger in the car). My injuries were minor, the worst being my knuckles where they got thrown into the dash.

The before and after picture. (after is with the front cut off, but you get the idea)

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

bloody hell it knocker ya engine out aswell lol.

that looks harsh mate, is the whole shell twisted and moved to the o/s?

Yep the passenger side is about a foot shorter than the drivers side, look at the way the passenger door is bent. Incidentaly the van I hit only smashed its indicator!

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

Lotus do the odd turbo car with a GRP shell...

they can make it work ok :)

Alex

AlexF

glad i started this thread now, my eyes are opend and i dont want a fibreglas sshell anymore lol. but i dont want to have to srip the mini ever year iether:(

Alex - As Peter said - with highlights