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Yes of course TVR's, Lotus and anything else interesting counts. The point of putting the word "Specials" in the club name was supposed to attract anyone passionate about cars who had anything mildly interesting. The majority of owners have kits but we are interested in cars in general.
)yeah sort of morgan replica,as the ginetta is sorta lotus replica but at the moment there hogging too much emty space and i could do with the cash,so there going to go along with the rest of the fleet including the cerby,im actualy capri less for the first time since i was 16 as i so both my x pack and another 2.8 last week.even my house is going up for sale next week.
froggie said:
yeah sort of morgan replica,as the ginetta is sorta lotus replica but at the moment there hogging too much emty space and i could do with the cash,so there going to go along with the rest of the fleet including the cerby,im actualy capri less for the first time since i was 16 as i so both my x pack and another 2.8 last week.even my house is going up for sale next week.
I helped my old man build a white Merlin TF (by Thoroughbred Cars, now defunct) in 1982. It was reg. as XEF 990Y but doesn't show up on the RAC database. I did find a kitcar website by accident the other day that featured two owners' Merlins, one of them had the exact same colour-scheme as the Thoroughbred Cars demonstrator.
I know there have been a few other versions of the Merlin since then, some are not as nice in the detail department.
That one was box chassis with one-piece GRP bodyshell, Cortina 1600 engine and autobox (owner only had one arm after a works accident), mostly Cortina running gear, Beetle tank and rear lights, Viva heater, Corbeau seats, cherry wood dash, headlamps from an Austin 7.
The chassis was built like a brick sh!thouse, I doubt it would have rusted away by now. It used to eat autoboxes as the Cortina weighed a lot more and the Merlin was thus too fast for an auto with no oil cooler...
This was the site....http://ulster-kitcars.org.uk/gallery.htm
Brian Thompson's is the one that looks like the TC demo (and the one we built), Don Caldwell's has a different-shaped grille so may be a later or earlier version...
froggie said:
might have a pop along,are there any merlin owners there im intrested in prices and availability.
i also have a ex factory ginetta g26? i want to sell
No Merlin owners in the club, however, theres a Merlin on eBay at the moment, 6 grand and currently no bids. Somehow I think you'll need to put in a few quid more with your G26 to get the Merlin
grahamw48 said:
I'm amazed if Merlins change hands for that sort of money. IIRC the one we did cost less than £2K 'new' including the donor car.
Yes, and you could get a pint for 2/6d then.
Listen, grandad... oh sh!t, what am I saying... anyway, it wasn't THAT long ago. 1982 that is. 
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