Bet the insurance companies didn't like them. Excellent commentary

There all cool, but I think Neil's 206 takes it for me

What a great video thanks , some fantastic and proper enthusiastic people there 😎👍

It is a nice car. I have one that is being rebuilt and now on a sylva chassis. A few short vids on my channel but will try and upload some more.

interesting content.

Hi, I am owner of that kit-car (restoration project). I would like speak with Steve Hole about that vehicle. Please text email to him if possible.

I met this great man at SMT in Perth in the 70's and DTV at that time . He is a far greater human being than a driver and he is a fantastic driver. Most people talk about Colin but Jimmy is far superior, he fully engages his brain when driving which gave him a very good end result and he is a very polite Gentleman too. Id love to meet him again to chat about the old days.

My dad used to navigate in the 80s and 90s in a 6r4 one of my favourite cars growing up we even had a metro road car wish we kept it and built a replica

So glad I’ve found this I hate missing out on stuff like this I wish I could be at every event Need to start looking for stuff to go to for next year

Only design element i disliked from the belva was the headlights. Much better done with the raffo barchetta

Wouldve loved to have one, does anyone have the rights to it?

Definitely

Stunning, I'd love to see a video on it.

I owned an Alfa boxer-engined Raffo Tipo 12, which was a real laugh - it looked, to be blunt, bloody awful and very amateurish, but the chassis was fantastic and it was great fun harassing Porsche 911 drivers down twisty roads. The Belva was a missed opportunity for me - I was seriously looking to buy a kit when John Raffo (who is no longer with us, sadly) decided to retire back to Italy.

Can't watch this bloke, he's got a screw loose.

Awesome teaser

Hope he improves the moulds because the finish in Duttons was rubbish

The car pictured is the same as mine, same wheels, seats etc 😁

Right on.

The curious thing is: chassy n3 stratos prototype that was shown in 1972 at torin motorshow had a lancia beta momentarily installed!.

5 year waiting list on these cars. LOL

Co- drove probably the first Stratus Replica on forest rallies. Early 2000s

Wow yes remember the Gecko. Their adverts were always good from memory. Re the Pimlico, I found what may well be a Pimlico shell in the strangest of places earlier this year - the Hovercraft Museum at Lee On The Solent - they have a one off little hovercraft with a glassfibre Mini body and its sills look pretty much Domino!

Would be very keen to see an episode on the Pimlico, high quality and well styled little car..

A wonderful watch..Thankyou Jimmy

A great summary. Thank you

Thanks for posting!

Ha I own a Caterham and was born in Croydon (not the UK, but Australia Victoria) in 1959

I have the 6.0 LS2 Monaro. I didn't know these earlier VXR's existed. I've learnt something today 👍

Jimmy regularly came to the Donegal Rally, he was always great to watch, great driver

BAHAHA, look at the door gaps, no prob if you lost the keys...climb in through the gaps🤣...take the wheels off and push it in a skip🤣

July 1983

All junk

facinating account of events at that time.

Are you making this up as you go? Your very halting speech and unsureness really throws off the timing of the presentation. Would be better if you worked up a script to help you speak more smoothly. Good info though! Thank you!

Came across one of these many years ago At first glance looked pretty good on the road. Seem to recall also passing the garage where these were produced somewhere in Central Lancashire close to Burnley.

If remember correctly quite a few unfortunate folk's started building countach replicas, hardly any finished.

I read somewhere that the Venom moulds were taken in a mill that still stands in Denton, Manchester and also recall it's picture in the 1986 Which Kit? Guide as looking very much like a genuine but waxy Countach sat inside a dusty workshop...possibly being 'the' hired Countach after having a mould taken, rather than a built replica. The guide may still be in a box in my loft so will try and find it for another look! There was a video on here a couple of years ago in which someone was trying to fundraise to produce a documentary to tell the full story but I cannot find it unfortunately, it would be a fascinating if it ever came to fruition. Incidentally there is a good documentary on the Hagarty KZfaq channel about the Cannonball Run Countach that's worth a watch!

Thank you.

Looking forward to this.

Thanks so much for uploading this. Often overlooked by the exploits of Colin, Jimmy McRae is most definitely a rallying legend. His rivalry with Russell Brookes in particular was great to follow.

I remember him on the Gwynedd Rally in the late 70s with the SMT Magnum

Why do the engine bays in replicas always look like total shit. Seems everyone is happy to try and have a nice paint job and all the badges, and have shit engine bays and interiors. Put some thought and time into these if you want to be taken seriously.

Brilliant video a true gentleman

I used to own one! I had LPN 141P, chassis no 0. I sold it on to a chap in France a couple of years ago.

Nick Green (as in NG cars) was building minor based cars whilst he was at college.

I remember seeing the MCA at what I believe was the first national kit car show, this being at the Lincolnshire Showground, the next year it moved to Newark. Anyway it was an impressive well thought out vehicle, far better quality than many offerings at the time, and hence a bit above the bargain basement price levels of the likes of Dutton. Great shame it didn't achieve the success it rightly deserved..