Topic: a more civilised form of open top travel

[coverman]

[Karl]

Looks like a lot of fun...what is it ?

[coverman]

Its my sports/racing car.;a kit car of course, one of only 2 built I believe, a Vindicator Vulcan V8. I use it for hillclimbs and sprints. There are other Vulcans, but the mainly have 4 cylinder Ford engines instead of the highly tuned Rover V8 in mine.

[Karl]

A very fine machine you have there mate 

Have you ever taken it to Brooklands for the Test Hill ?

[coverman]

No, I haven't taken it to Brooklands, that would be a 500 mile round trip in an open car in English weather.No radio of course. Actually I  did drive it one very hot June day to compete at North Weald which was a 400 mile round trip.Very uncomfortable in a crash helmet for all that length of time, so these days I wear a snorkel tube and goggles. The car is better suited to the faster sprints and hillclimbs because on something like the Brooklands test hill I'd be in third at the top: the quickest off the line technique with this car is sidestep off the clutch at 6000rpm in first, immediately shift to second then immediately shift to third, then stay in third for the entire hillclimb(obviously using 4th-over 140mph possible in that gear- and possibly fifth on very long straights only during a sprint)

[radiomarty]

I think that rather tight right turn at the top of Brooklands test hill may be a bit of a problem ! PS very nice car bud.