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C5Alive General Category => C5 Gallery => C5 Pimping ! => Topic started by: Benniz on 14, January, 2010 - 06:20:09
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Hey guys!
Sorry I have been away for a while! Ive been checking in regulary though too see whats happening and reading all the posts and watching the videos of your runs
A few new pictures and a slight preview of things to come as I have now started to tackle the fully enclosed farring , 10 points to who can tell me where the hood/body is from ;)
Very early days the other picture is a quick photoshop mock but really want this completed soon so will add more pictures during its process
Benniz
(http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/Benniz/DSC00039.jpg)
(http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/Benniz/sinclairmod.jpg)
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Is it off that ice cream cart thingy that was on e-bay ?
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..either that or a glider ?
Some serious "modificating" 8)
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Ray's ubmobile will fall in love :D
Retro Andy.
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with that canopy, mo you will have to change the handlebars - for a jet fighters joystick :D
looking good keep us all posted please.
regs
alan
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10 Points to radio marty! :D
Yes it is from the ice cream bike, I was at first going to mod it as it was but when I got it back to my shock without motor seat or anything else needed it weighed a heavy 90kg!! once amotor was in etc it would prob be around 100-110kg, 40kg over the legal limit So then it hit me of a even better Idea :D
Will keep you all posted with progress!
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Hey Everyone :D
A few more pictures of progress, It is slowly now starting to take shape but still quite a lot to do! I am hoping to have everying done by the end of next week I am dying to go for a ride in it :D :D
Enjoy! Will add some more as I go
Ben
(http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/Benniz/DSC00067.jpg)
(http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/Benniz/DSC00063.jpg)
(http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/Benniz/DSC00060.jpg)
(http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/Benniz/DSC00058.jpg)
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Wow. thats coming along well, looking forward to seeing the final result. By the way is that your record collection behind the C5 ? How many ? :D
Retro Andy
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Thanks Andy and yeah me too :D It's been lots of fun doing but I just want it finished lol
And yeah It is Part of my collection :D I have another rack on my other wall I have not counted but each rack holds around 800 records So I am guessing around 3500-4000 including my 7" ones got some special records in there and have had some VERY special records pass my hands "Introducing the beatles on vee jay records (a real one!!) to name one.... Recently sold about a thousand as well as They were all just in the attic and floor so needed the room
Regards Ben
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Hi
Nice project :-)
where have you bought your wheel hub motor??
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Hi Henrik
The wheel hub motor was not shelf/store bought, It was a one off custom build by a associate of mine who as of recently I have lost contact with :( I am trying to regain contact
Regards Ben
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Hi all just came across this check it out
(http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af46/jordan8_2009/Untitled.jpg)
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That is one of my favourite vehicles its called a Bond bug if your intrested, made by the same people who made the robin reliant, really rare as they came out when the first mini did and cost more so hardly any are around im pretty sure its only in the low thousands, They are REALLY quick too!! But I would love to get my hands on a dead one or chassis and electric convert it ;)
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I'd def have a bond bug and also a peel P50 In my fantasy garage for sure :D
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The Bond Bug is 40 years old this year ...
They do come up now and again on e bay also on the owners group you get the odd one for sale.
http://www.bondbug.com/
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http://www.bondbug.com/guide/sect_index.asp
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Yeah I remember a amazing exsample on eBay about 5-6 months ago, Purple body and completely refurbished All shiny new parts It went for just under £5000!!
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The Bond Bug is 40 years old this year ...
They do come up now and again on e bay also on the owners group you get the odd one for sale.
http://www.bondbug.com/
The Bond Bug is one of my all time favourite vehicles, there's usually a few at Ardingly each year.
..anyone remember this "brain teaser" from earlier on ?
What do the following all have in common ?
a Bond Bug
a Raleigh Chopper
a Star Wars landspeeder
a Bush TR82 radio
Answer is on the link;
http://c5alive.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=385.0
--- apologies for the thread drift ;)
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20 odd years ago there was a group of bug enthusiasts based in south london who used to reallysoup them up, and boy could those one's babys go :o
regs
alan
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Okay
what is it, that is so special with your motor, i have found this one, and its cheap 95$
http://www.goldenmotor.com/hubmotors/hubmotor-12_REAR_MOTOR.pdf
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Another Picture of progress, Not long now Im hoping, but the paint colur i use has run out so that is gonna delay it, Paint is wet and only 1st coat which is why it looks a bit patchy
@Henrik The reason it is special is because it is a 36v 250w motor but is a brushless hub mounted in the middle of the front 12" wheel which makes this sinclair front wheel drive :D
(http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt289/Benniz/DSC00071.jpg)
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I once swapped a Bond Bug in bits for some electronic parts that I had lying around. I then started to restore it.I immediately stopped working on it as a result of the ride I'd had as a passenger in one. It is as dangerous a vehicle as a Sinclair C5 would be on the road, but for different reasons of course.
I am not averse to open cars, or speed, having built a 300bhp 700kg road legal sports/racing car, but it stops and corners(unlike the Bug), and is, unlike the C5, visible to other traffic, oh and it has a cage and harnesses in case of accident
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(http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx183/moggiemanuk/bug1.jpg)
(http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx183/moggiemanuk/buginterior.jpg)
Here's my Bug. Only had it a few months but I find it surprisingly stable on the corners. It is noisy and its worst point is the hot leg/cold leg issue - the engine is in the middle of the car next to the driver's left leg and the leatherette 'doors' are pretty draughty. It must be on a par for quirkiness compared with the C5 - certainly gets a lot of attention.
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Love those bond bugs, they usually pitch up next to us at the Ardingly show - all the owners are real characters as well ;D