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Previously on "Have we done the Sinclair C5 made into a 'monster truck' yet?"

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    That must have been interesting when you got to the first corner.
    Especially as the seats weren't bolted down properly. Actually it handled better than the Capri, Escorts always did and I did upgrade everything else which is more than most boy racers do, new suspension, larger brakes, LSD, etc...

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
    Its not really a souped up C5, its just the body stuck on a Honda dirtbike, anybody could do something like that. Now if he had utilised the original chassis and engine that would have been something unique. I once made a z650 into a z900 but with a Gpz1100 engine, that was different and stuck a 3l V6 Essex engine into a MK1 Escort
    How about if he'd turned it into a Hybrid.

    A small Model-Aircraft derivative diesel engine driving a dynamo to charge the battery...

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  • darmstadt
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    Its not really a souped up C5, its just the body stuck on a Honda dirtbike, anybody could do something like that. Now if he had utilised the original chassis and engine that would have been something unique. I once made a z650 into a z900 but with a Gpz1100 engine, that was different and stuck a 3l V6 Essex engine into a MK1 Escort

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  • Doggy Styles
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    Have we done the Sinclair C5 made into a 'monster truck' yet?
    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Ah, not a monster truck then. I was wondering how he would have achieved that!

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  • Diver
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    That guys a candidate for an award

    Darwin?

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  • xoggoth
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    Surely this should be a zeitghost thread???????????????

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  • Have we done the Sinclair C5 made into a 'monster truck' yet?

    Souped-up Sinclair C5 is a monster trike | The Sun |News

    Fair play. Wicked.

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