The reason to start such a project:

Looking for a nice and affordable sportscar with low mass, reasonable low fuel consumption and enough power, my search stranded on a low budget. By that time (1995) I didn't know it would be possible to import a kit car from England because the autorities in The Netherlands told me it was illegal. Because of the high prices of the approved kitcars, and light used sportcars, in The Netherlands I got the idea to build my own car. Professional I am a mechanical engineer, and I gues that should be enough to begin and end such a project. After reading some magazins and books I concluded a seven type car would get very close to my ideal car. The model is fast, light, relatively fuel efficient and elementary of construction. So I started to make a bill of demands:

• seven look-a-like, engine in the front and rear wheel drive
• low cost price
• easy to make
• good road grip and reasonable comfortable ride
• torsional stiff chassis
• stable cornering behavior
• good straight drive stabillity
• low center of mass
• adjustable brake bias
• low mass
• room for two persons and a dog !
• safety, strengtened cockpit with a crumble zone in the engine compartiment.

The car features:

Independed rear suspension
2.0 DOHC Ford engine
Ford Sierra differential, gearbox and modified drive-shafts
Ford Sierra brakes
Ford Sierra steering system
rear/front separated adjustable master break cilinders
aluminium glued sandwich box-chassis, base frame TIG welded aluminium 20 mm square tubes, plated with 1 mm aluminium on both sides enclosing 20 mm Klegecell-foam. Glued with araldit 2015.
Body 6 mm sandwich Glass fibre with Klegecell-foam core.
torsional chassis-stiffness: 9000 Nm/ (measured)
weight 620 kg
rear track 1650 mm
front track 1550 mm
wheel base 2500 mm
front and rear suspension TIG welded double unequal length wishbones with rose joints.
front and rear hubs modified Ford Sierra