Section : General

Help Needed!! 

Posted By : Gary Shaw, 27-May-2004, 11:46pm

Ive recently bought a herald based kit car and i'm trying to identify it!!
On the plans its labeled as a stanbury TT.





Any ideas?

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  Posted By : Graham Cowan, 28-May-2004, 12:10pm

  Gary,
  I recall seeing something similar many years ago. Identifying features to look out for are:
  1/ The front and rear suspension should be able to tuck under the car allowing the tyres to act as floatation devices.
  2/ The sills on this model should encorporate retracting wings (note unlike a Herald sills, these ARE structural).
  3/ The engine should tick over with a clearly audible burble.....listen out for " chitty, chitty, bang, bang; chitty, chitty, bang, bang etc......".
  4/ The car should also come with two irritating child actors.
  
  
  
  
  
  p.s.
  sorry, couldn't resist.
  Graham.

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  Posted By : Clive Speaks, 28-May-2004, 01:15pm

  Not so much a kit car, more a set of plans. I built one of these about 15 years ago.
  &163;15.00 bought you the plans and the only other thing that was a must was a very rusty Herald, throw away the body, cut off the rusty bits of the chassis and then get your Black and Decker out. Mine had a Spitfire motor and would go up anything in 4th gear!
  One thing I do remember clearly was its ability to swap ends on just about any surface. Great fun!

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  Posted By : John Davies, 28-May-2004, 05:47pm

  Gary,
  I think the best word for it is "sturdy"!
  
  It looks like a classic Trials car - small, ultra-light, weight well back with cutaways, rather than doors - that used, to still do, plug up steep muddy slopes and rocky paths, in the oldest motorsport of all. And named "TT" for trials rather than the Isle of Man, I think.
  
  Trials cars don't need rollover bars or cissy things like that - give it a go!
  
  JOhn