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Me too!
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Here's the same car in Cornwall last month. Love it (apart from apparent lack of seatbelts...)!

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It has seat belts now ( harness) .
Twin 40’s mapped ignition, lowered. All body work done and painted by himself on a shell dragged out of a field. Probably just under 100 bhp and ~600 kg or a bit less. Just done his 1st track laps and now keen to do more. Not too much choice in Cornwall I guess.
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Certainly are some nice cars out there, few bog standard.
A lot of work going into these cars, and if young people are doing it all, just great, esp if DIY with mates.

Hard cars to keep alive I would think with engines and boxes getting tough to find or repair (according to a G4 Ginetta hill climber i know well).

Back in the early 70's a few mates had them, rev like mad with a good combo of handling and even stopping.
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Imp International spent a few days in my Dad’s home town, and his first car being a Singer Chamois he was there like a shot….

This car caught my eye from his pics, built in a similar way (maybe slightly over- wheeled but I like it)

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The dark metallic green car does normally run a BMW bike engine, as quite a few modified cars do now.
Did he make it to the main display on the Sunday ? Never a bad turn out for a little car that you never see any more
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Yes he did Tim

His brother in law saw a couple of cars in Chawton this morning, so still a few around. Wish I had have known it was on, as I would have planned a trip down. An imp is on my bucket list, came very close to buying a Californian a few years ago


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One of each please
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Had an invitation into the BRDC at Silverstone courtesy of Mike Wilds. Fortunately, I was dressed appropriately. Image

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I guess you can't turn up in your race suit then?
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Wow, that’s me ruled out between April and October!


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rhd racer wrote:Wow, that’s me ruled out between April and October!


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gridgway wrote: Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:53 pm I guess you can't turn up in your race suit then?
If you read it race suits are not banned.
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