Might be getting me a project car for Historic racing/hill climb

[dalla]

Hi guys

It is long time since i have been on here. One of the reasons is that i have been quite busy converting my 1970 Lotus Europa to a 5 speed gearbox, as the old 4 speed was shot.

Working on the Europa, has given me the urge to build a car more or less from the bottom. And for quite some time i have been tempted to do Historic hillclimbing, and maybe also circuit racing. And i have also allways liked the Mini Marcos. So in a week or two (iam currently working in Japan) iam going to look at this project.

How it used to look at some point of íts life (before it moved to Denmark)

http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/memcars/7012.html

What do you think?

Finally also a pic of my Europa:

 

[CIW]

Love it, but then I'm biased! I had a look over one of these at Le Mans Classic a couple of years ago and our engine builder (Nick Swift of Swiftune) cleaned up at Goodwood last year in a long wheel base variant that looked terrifying to drive.

What engine will you run in it and will you keep that sunroof?

 

[dalla]

Will run a 1275 as the Homologation requires it. The sunroof will be closed. I have a mate who is a glassfibre expert. He works with the wings for wind turbines, so iam sure he can sort it.
The holes for the rear lights will also be closed, and i would like to run Mini Van/Estate rear lights instead.

 

[CIW]

Sounds good, good luck with it.

 

[dalla]

Cheers, i really hope it works out too. The asking price is a little over 4000£. Hoping i can get it down a bit, as that is too much for a Mini Marcos in this condition. But it have been forsale for quite some time, so iam hoping.

 

[Dweeb]

that is f**king ugly

 

[dalla]

LOL yeah i know. But its got character .

Seriously though, it is not the nicest looking car. But it is basically a fibreglass mini, with even better aerodynamics. The homologation allows it a weight of 535 kgs, so that should make it a good competitor in its class in Historic racing. Another plus for me is that it is quite rare.

 

[Russ_16v]

Nice to drive the Morcos - will be good fun

And i love the Lotus, looks lovely

 

[Pete.]

Saw one on a trailer yesterday and a couple at Beaulieu today. Have always loved these and absolutely adore the Europa. Look forward to the project build.

 

[dalla]

Went to see the car yesterday, It looked like a decent project, but was unfortunately not totally complete. It is missing front hubs and brakes. Also missing its rear subframe and cylinder head.
These are of course things that are readily available, but also quite expensive to buy new. The biggest problem though is the Registration Document, it never travelled with the car from the UK, so i have been on the phone to the DVLA today, to try and retrive it. So if this is possible, and if i can get a decent discount iam buying it.

 

[Englebert]

Clearly has a bit of history going by the stickers!

Should be fun, can't go wrong with historics really. A nice atmosphere to compete in and the cars actually go up in value for a change.

Is there a decent website for a calendar of Danish events? I'm probably driving to Denmark this year so will try to get to an event.

 

[dalla]

http://www.dasu.dk/web/guest/loebskalender

Here you go. I will reccomend the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix. It should be amazing on an international level.
http://www.chgp.dk/en/

 

[dalla]

And yeah i love the old stickers.

 

[CIW]

Good luck with the DVLA Dalla, not sure if this is of any interest to you but a few of my mini racing friends make the trip over the channel to compete in this series:

http://www.british-car-trophy.de/