Unipower Restoration

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Unipower Restoration

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Looks a big job :

http://www.scholar-racing96.com/unipower.htm

I so want one of these.
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Hi Pete, in close encounter with one of them in Japan! Really nice!

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really nice cars 8-) thanks for posting.

this is the only part of a Unipower I have ;)

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Pete wrote:Looks a big job :

http://www.scholar-racing96.com/unipower.htm

I so want one of these.
If you ask Keith Hamer kindly he may be able to build you a new one.
I visited him some years ago by which time he'd welded a complete new frame for that little light blue monster of his. The body was to become the next part.
Not sure if he got any further since though!
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Tedwong wrote:Hi Pete, in close encounter with one of them in Japan! Really nice!

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Ooh Ted, that is such a wonderful car. In fact it is the very last Unipower built...
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Thanks for the link, worth looking at http://www.scholar-racing96.com site. Interesting work just up the road from me, didn't know they existed but do remember the DRK's being built in Ellesmere Port.
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JC T ONE wrote:really nice cars 8-) thanks for posting.

this is the only part of a Unipower I have ;)

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Jens

The rear lights on the Unipower are from the Vauxhall HA Viva.

Here's a couple of shots of the one that was on the lawn at Goodwood in 2009

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Nice footage of a rapid Unipower GT in the U.S here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVBZRl0z-pE
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NOP ***F

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
should you wish, you can contact me on rich@minispares.com

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was in the entrance to one of the halls at nec last time I went, that is an interesting site pete
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rich@minispares.com wrote:NOP ***F

Never

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
You must have had a slow day at work ! :roll: :lol:
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Pete wrote:
You must have had a slow day at work ! :roll: :lol:


pfff

im proof reading the new minispares parts book...........................


great fun!
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By the way, the long time owner of the works Le Mans car wants to bring it to Blyton. :D
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Mmm. Very nice - a very clean design isn't it 8-)
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More than the design, I think the construction was way superior to most glassfibre Mini sportscars. They were made by Specialised Moldings who made bodies for McLaren, Chevron, Ferrari , Lotus F1, GT40's etc so a very high quality moulding which were very strong and gave great panel gaps etc. The widened race cars weren't extended versions but entirely seperate moulds.
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