Hi,
John Francis wrote:
Oh, you can go pretty fast in one. A college friend of mine found that out the hard way; he came round a bend on a country lane to find a group of hikers spread out all across the road. He managed to avoid them all, but was less fortunate in avoiding the tree branch hanging over the bank. It came straight through the windscreen, and straight through his chest.
We even managed to get three people in that car on one occasion, but that really only works if the two people in the passenger seat know each other _very_ well (they certainly will by the end of the journey :-).
The Vitesse does pretty well with that 120HP, too - not surprising in a car that weights about 1800lbs dry. I've had one up to around 120mph.
Despite the lowish power output, the GT6 was a nice little car. Light, and close to the ground, so it seemed you were going fast, even if you weren't!
And then...... You can bump it up to 2.5litres by just putting the the crank and pistons from the 2.5PI. The Vitesse with that in will go a tad faster but gets there noticeably quicker. Doesn't use much more fuel, either. Last I heard, there were plans afoot to swap the PI head and electrics.
A 130mph convertible with no cage, unventilated discs on the front, 8" drums on the back, a body held on by six bolts and distictly er, _different_ suspension. Doesn't bear thinking about.
mike
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