[Guest]

Spotted this on Ebay earlier:thumbs:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-Rome...6808447?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c5eaabb7f

 

[EauRouge]

Looks like a Hyundai from the front? I suppose that car is marmite really.

 

[markp2]

I don't know this car but it looks very good. From the pics the interior looks very nicely done - often a weakness on kit cars. Well worth the money it is currently going for.
The looks divide opinion but the driving experience of a well set up one is everything you would expect from a Sud based car (only more so!)
Cheers,
Mark

 

[Guest]

know you do some track work with yours mark, do they make a good track day weapon?

could it be easily converted to take the 16V engine?

 

[markp2]

Yes, the 16v engine is a sraight fit. The conversion would be the same as in a Sud or 33 but with much more room to work in the engine bay. The front end is all one GRP moulding and comes off for mechanical work easily.
I use my (16v powered) Minari RS for a couple trackdays each year. It holds it's own with most everyday stuff. My best time around the Nurburgring is 9 mins 22 seconds. Not super quick like a Nissan GTR but it is decent enough (and 40 seconds faster than Clarkson managed in a big engined Jag!).
Minaris aren't perfect but they are a lot of fun!
Cheers,
Mark

 

[Guest]

cheers mark :thumbs:

may have to resist the urge....

 

[kickstart68]

Hi

That looks like a nice Minari.

I have one in the garage, but it is a lot more kit than car.

All the best

Keith

 

[sputnik]

I went to see this (it's 20 mins up the road) and bid on it but lost out in the dying seconds. Someone from Hampshire won it according to the now ex-owner.

 

[markp2]

Sputnik - bad luck with the bid. I saw John Hammond from the Minari club yesterday and he mentioned you had been enquiring about one.

Kickstart68 - are you a member of the Minari Owners Register. If not, there may be help and advice there which you can draw on to get your kit finished.

Cheers,
Mark

 

[kickstart68]

Hi

Not a member.

To be honest not going to get a chance to build it. Too many other things to fix. My father is going to have it to build.

All the best

Keith