VTC 384D The budget hillclimbing Imp deluxe

pubcrawler · Post by **pubcrawler** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:21 pm

Looking good, what make of seats are those?
Need to get some for my Imp which I plan to do the same with

You missed the link out

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pubcrawler · Post by **pubcrawler** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:41 pm

Yes I might be interested

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bazzateer · Post by **bazzateer** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:54 pm

Ben, Car looks good. Looking forward to the progress.

BTW any chance you can amend your profile and add your location as I keep thinking you're in California!

cov_climax · Post by **cov_climax** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:55 pm

i think this is ron aspinwall's of impspeed old imp - poppy?

ImpManiac · Post by **ImpManiac** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:27 pm

Awesome! That is a lot of progress!

IM

pubcrawler · Post by **pubcrawler** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:21 am

Like the blue exterior and white interior

19James · Post by **19James** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:45 am

My dad used to hillclimb this davrian then he sold it due to how much it used to cost to race it

Lotus-e-Clan · Post by **Lotus-e-Clan** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:14 am

16James wrote:My dad used to hillclimb this davrian then he sold it due to how much it used to cost to race it

Great car! Buy it back James, as soon as you can ...(after you get your first job

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19James · Post by **19James** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:28 pm

Lotus-e-Clan wrote:
16James wrote:My dad used to hillclimb this davrian then he sold it due to how much it used to cost to race it

Great car! Buy it back James, as soon as you can ...(after you get your first job )!

I definately plan too, if i did i would put it back exactly as it was, it's in finland now but i'm not sure the new owner has done much with it since he bought it

I'll have to send him an email asking for first refusal haha

Cheers, James

ImpManiac · Post by **ImpManiac** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:13 pm

AWESOME!

Great work. Lovely car.

IM

Gerry Richards · Post by **Gerry Richards** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:16 pm

Ben, that's great work you're doing and this thread has almost brought a tear to my eye! I think you rang me a while ago asking if I had any photos or info about your car, but I don't have any contact details, so feel free to PM or email me via the forum.

I owned VTC384D from 1997 to 2001 or 2002 when it went to Ron at Impspeed as part of a deal which involved the Rawlson spaceframe - it was my first Imp and the best Imp I ever had. We had some real fun with the car and I always loved its colour scheme - looks like you're doing a great job, it looks a lot better than when I had it. I always used to drive it to hillclimb and sprint meetings, rag it to death and then drive home again - and it never let me down.

I've still got the Wilkinson's plastic bread bin that I used for a battery box (£3.50 as opposed to £50 for a demon tweaks one....) if you need it!

Would love to see the car when it's finished.

Cheers,

Gerry

pubcrawler · Post by **pubcrawler** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:19 pm

Great stuff,what a nice Christmas present to yourself

Look forward to seeing it in the flesh

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:25 pm

Ah it's good to finally track down the old girl again, I'm not sure if it was you that bought it from me in 2009 with Jez, but I took this when it was towed away on the trailer. I remember taking her back to bare metal in the bus depot where I worked with a drill and a box of sanding discs

I then gave her a good coat of Carib blue, ( Ron Aspinwalls original colour )I remember the seats where Corbeau Forza Sports, and the tank straps where old seat belts. I still miss that car today. I got it from Ron as an empty shell with a roll cage and a windscreen, and bought a scrap J plate for 300 quid to take all the bits from. Sadly I came out of work and the coach company asked me to move it for 'Health and Safety' reasons. Pfft

pubcrawler · Post by **pubcrawler** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:29 am

Greast to see these before and after photo's

Would be nice to have an update from Ben soon

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:47 pm

Sad thing is,
I never got to use it on the track

accyimp · Post by **accyimp** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:13 pm

Keith wrote:Ah it's good to finally track down the old girl again, I'm not sure if it was you that bought it from me in 2009 with Jez, but I took this when it was towed away on the trailer. I remember taking her back to bare metal in the bus depot where I worked with a drill and a box of sanding discs
I then gave her a good coat of Carib blue, ( Ron Aspinwalls original colour )I remember the seats where Corbeau Forza Sports, and the tank straps where old seat belts. I still miss that car today. I got it from Ron as an empty shell with a roll cage and a windscreen, and bought a scrap J plate for 300 quid to take all the bits from. Sadly I came out of work and the coach company asked me to move it for 'Health and Safety' reasons. Pfft

Hey Keith it was me who bought the car off you with Jez!
Was hoping that Ben would get in touch - coz if hes thinking of selling i'd have it back!
Cheers
Andy.

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