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Given that there has been historical and ongoing interest in spaceframe imps,I thought I'd start a thread about them.
These pics are from Les998 and are of his old and new Stilettos and although Les wasn't sure if they'd be any use,for somebody like myself with an unhealthy interest in these wee hybrids,I absolutely love them.

Many thanks Les.

Will anyone with pics of spaceframes or semi spaceframes please add their pics,I'd love to see them.

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I was actualy going to ask about les's car after seeing the pics in the album, many many thanks! :D
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Hi I have always been interested and have raced with a team that used a proper spaceframed mini i would like to ad pics i can email some pics of the stuff we have done and then maybe you could post them for me.
My big love is the imp shape, im in the prosses of either purchasing one or making a new one.

The problem with the old stuff is its very dated and usually rotten and if you went out into todays motorsport you would struggle. Thats without thinking about the safety side as well. Thats a brave man looking at restoring that car. But good luck.

As i said by the end of the weekend i will have more than likely chosen whether to buy one or make a fresh one. However if i make one i am hoping to get either 1 or 3 more individuals invloved with a keen interest in spaceframing the imp which will be based on a brand new state of the art chassis with 2 motorcycle engines. But more about that later.

From the pics it looks like some new panles have been purchased, For future reference if needed, i was wondering where you got these. I believe keith in Ireland has some mcquire moulds. I was wondering if these are the same.

If i Build a fresh car im looking to borrow some moulds and make some either from very light fibreglass or out of carbon fibre/kevlar. Alot of the earlier stuff was very heavy. Theres probaly 500 quids worth of material to do one in carbon /kevlar so they would be strong and light .

keep the spaceframe alive, theres not many left, they seem to be changing hands for a rolling shell for anything from £200 to £2000 dependent on condition and more if they are complete. But i certianly want to get one out for imp followers as well as get one northern based back into competition.

hopefully i we will sooon.

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Glad yis like them lads,here are some of Col Rooneys lovely wee semi spaceframe
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Mike,if you want to email them to me,I'll try and put them up(not very good with computers,but I'll give it a go :D )
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This is the car that was for sale recently-
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And these are some I had saved,but forgot I had them til I saved Les's.I think it was for sale a long time ago,did anyone on here buy it?If so,any progress?
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I'm out- :D Over to anybody with a spaceframe-semi spaceframe.Keep em coming
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Thats a credit to you, very nice car. :P


Denno wrote:Semi space frame, road car



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here is a few of my car 7 years ago
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and 1 with the rear wing of showing old position of drysump tank
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these are of my friends mason spaceframe
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more mason stiletto
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this is the mason in action plus the new chassis
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Wow,thanks Col,great pics.
On a spaceframe like the Mason or that,how do the panels attatch?I'd imagine the wings are removeable with dzus fasteners or similar,but what about the roof?Would it be bonded to a firewall or something?
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Stunning ive loved space framed imps all my life,they are the most exciting fun cars ive every driven in my life,well done for posting,hi to colin,big j,mike,and all the other columinists


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Hey,never mind typing,get some pics up :lol:
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last time i was at ben boults he had one needing some work well worth saving dont know if he would sell or not
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Most of the roof sections are just pop riveted tothe fire wall i may have a few of a maguire with no clothes on as long as you lot dont get to excited by a naked imp :lol: :lol: you know what i mean big j
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lol colin
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colin rooney wrote:Most of the roof sections are just pop riveted tothe fire wall i may have a few of a maguire with no clothes on as long as you lot dont get to excited by a naked imp :lol: :lol: you know what i mean big j

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Ok this is graham de looze car i hope graham joins in as he is a lover of spaceframe imps
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Got these pics from Mike Speeddemon and whilst they're not Imps,they may well be relevant to anyone looking to repower their car and there's some nice work there too.Thanks Mike.
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hey Colin them pics from 7 years ago are the same you sent me about two years ago was just looking at them the other day as Ill be semi'ing mine this year and I was wondering if yours was a tin top and std imp chasiss in the middle?

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chris mine has floor pan from the rear suspension cross member forward ,front bulkhead ,the rear window scuttle is only the outer skin and the roof is glass ,i will be taking the car apart in the next few months to change the cage so will post up pictures

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thanks col, if you wernt a mission away I would have popped over to have a look!

Im going to do a mid mount bike engine and spaceframe front with the std chassis, rear arms, front bulkhead, std roof will need to buy a full lift off front end now though.
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2 from Keith Scott,fully clothed :shock:
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Found on the Imps4ever site,John Meredith Maguire
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Some shots of the semi-spaceframe of Kivisto Racing in Finland,some car.
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A couple of interesting pics of the car of Kai Saarenmaki from Finland-
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Rob knox maguire stiletto
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Rob knox ,ray chassis x pat mannion stiletto
with the young miss knox getting the feel for her new imp ready to take on her dad in a few years time
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Rob's davrian imp i know this is for space framed cars but its a special saloon ,big j if you want me to move to a special saloon page i will
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Then there is this spaceframe it was on ebay around 2 years ago anyone know where it went
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Ah jeez no,Col,it's all good,Davrians,Maguires,Rawlsons,Masons,whatever.
Maybe try and keep it saloons,though? 8)
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well you have to let the coupes in ,i have more just loading them up
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Space frame I am currently building.
Designed to run Hyabusa longitudinally in rear driving a Cosworth Diff.
Hoping to clad in Maguire Stiletto panels from Keith.

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The x Simon benoy rawlson imp bought by leo the davrian and now owned by Alan kessie
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Ya just beat me to it! Came across these somewhere on the net....
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Yeah,Col,I just meant no sports car types.
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Megapin wrote:Space frame I am currently building.
Designed to run Hyabusa longitudinally in rear driving a Cosworth Diff.
Hoping to clad in Maguire Stiletto panels from Keith.

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One picture??! One picture???!!!

Oh you tease. :lol:
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yep more coupes in please, they're the best imps
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front of rob's x mannion imp
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Thanks for putting the photo's on Col..
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What a great tread this is,it is worth while to point out that there really is some interest in imps and racing etc,we should put all these cars to gether have an open day exchange ideas,get featured in some credible magazine,i am going to set up a deal with imp component suppliers,and for people that want parts these will be available at cheaper rates,i will buy big and buy right and pass on to any (genuine) imp racing car owner,will only be available to people that own a racing imp


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Keith there is lots of intrest in special saloons be it imps or mini's and part of the reason is to buy them and stick a bike engine in ,but as i said in another thread i love the sound of the imp on full chat and would rather see people do as megapin is doing and build a new chassis ,that way these special saloons will survive and with a bit of luck we may get to hold historic special saloon car races someday

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Keith has a good point,would be good to all meet up get a motoring magazine to do some photos.Might get some more out from hiding,would be lovely to get that grid of imps and minis together,as Colin so so so wants :lol:
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with a bit of luck we may get to hold historic special saloon car races someday
Perhaps a good moment to mention Gerry's HTS classicandracing website...
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http://hundredthousand.proboards.com/index.cgi

yes this could be the answer to get special saloons back on track
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Id like to get involved with what col has suggetsed so ive just emailed. There is also a northern based series that races currectly at Oulton park and anglsey which has big grids and its a good crack.

i think colin the problem will be there are lots of old stuff out there which wont be upto spec and will never be rebuilt within the forseable future , then theres the point of suppliers wanting daft money for stuff. You know my view on that. Lets see what happens though
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Couple of pics of a Finnish coupe owner Kai Saarenmaki
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