Adams Brothers Probes
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The website formerly known as ww.probe2001.com has now been relaunced as www.adamsprobe.com and remains the most authoritative stie on the world wide web for info on the Adams Probe 15, the Adams Probe 16, the Admans Probe 2001 and the Concept Centaur GT.
felixlighter said:
I remember seeing an Adams probe 16 parked in a mews just off Oxford street way back in the 70's. So futuristic, but the only one Iv'e ever seen. Where are they now?
... You'll find all known info on ownerships and locations of the cars on the website www.adamsprobe.com
visitinglondon said:
Did this becOme the nova in the 80s?
no, but it was a possible influence on the Nova design : Dennis Adams sold the Probe 16 moulds over the phone, Terry Sanger, an associate of the Adams brothers, took the moulds for them to an industrial estate in Accrington I believe that the people who did the ADD Nova were also there, so putting 2&2 together, I always thought there was connection there.From Phill Fenton’s book “The Nova, Sterling, Eureka Kit Car”:
I also suspect that the Probe may have influenced the Novas design (though this has never been acknowledged in any of the magazine articles and literature I have read about it’s design history). The unique scalloped wheel arches and opening roof are common features of both cars. Consequently, during my research for this book, when I spoke to Richard Oakes (who designed the Nova) I asked if this car had influenced him. He mulled this over for a few seconds and replied that he had been aware of the “Probe” design exercises (indeed he knew Dennis Adams) and although he had not been conscious of this at the time, perhaps the Probe did indeed have a subliminal effect on his design.
Probe 16:
Nova:
clock this page for design fore and afterrunners the probe http://www.adamsprobe.com/probe_genealogy.html
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