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Welshman perhaps??

Sorry... "Dave" was a reference to this thread:

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5919

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When I first started whittling the original ''German '' Sammio , my heavy influence at that time of the 550's and early Porsches led me down the fenderskirt route ...



The rear of your car lends itself perfectly to a set of skirts ...I don't think it works with the current front end styling ...just my two cents worth ...not a criticism of your efforts ..

Wow, the prehistory of the Sammio brand. Thanks for sharing that pic Gary, it's a fascinating insight into the development process. eace:

Do you have any other early pics of your prototypes? I for one would love to see them...

Got it!

Not many Towed ...
this front one ...



AND WHAT I STARTED WITH ...

Hmm, that roof's quite something to behold, I'm not surprised you went topless.

Shame the suicide doors went too though, were they functional?

They were but pretty basic , they did work but weren't great ...that body ended up being cut so much and depth , width , length added that I made the decision to go with no doors for simplicity ...it was originally only going to be a few bodies to build a half dozen or so , maybe and to sell as completed vehicles ..

Apologies for hijacking your thread Michael one moment ...

I'd missed Dave-Gate! But it does back up my long held belief that most of the people on this Forum seem to be called Dave!

And for those that hadn't figured it out from my username, yup I'm a Welshman.

Dave is a great name - even for a cardboard box.

- Dave

I'd forgotten that one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4W0KApBYU

Nice one

Then there was this Dave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaBoPFVh1fA or will Mike become the new Dave on here.

Dave? Dave's not here, man.

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Cheech and Chong? I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE

That's what I call a famous Dave.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Dave's

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Wow, hadn't come across that chain before. Would've gone in for a bite if I'd ever seen one and had photo's outside because, you guessed it, I'm yet another Dave (just please don't tell anyone).

My own favourite American Burger chain is Carl's Junior. When I was based at the US Marine Corps air station in Yuma, AZ, back in the 90's I practically lived on 99c Famous Big Stars (and a sh*t load of Burritos). They also have the best fast-food advertising slogan ever (at the end of this ad) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUybqgM3L6w

Based at MCAS Yuma, I can understand well why you'd eat off-base; what they call "food" is actually a new secret weapon.

Since it's the USMC training facility, that makes you either a pilot or a mechanical engineer, eh? Were you too early to play with any of the STOVL stuff they're working with now?

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Refitted the exhaust that fell off on the way to Stoneleigh.


Still mucking about with the retro theme.




As the weather is so nice I might-as-well take it for MOT sometime this week and smoke it about a bit.

I wouldnt be using it at all before its moulded , as tempting as it is ..moulding a minimally damaged plug and selling units has to be the priority surely ?

While I like the retro look, that seems very rear end heavy..

Right second time, not a pilot - no head for heights - but an armament engineer.

Yuma was full of USMC AV8b's at the time but I'd worked on their Grandpappy, the Sea Harrier, back in the early eighties. Great bit of kit, really versatile and pretty much unbeatable in a dog-fight. I'll never understand why we got rid of it.

Agreed, but it might just work with an XK120 front end...

and a stretched wheelbase

Go for a period-perfect Panhard-style look. Classy, simple and adds value.