REASONS FOR TAKING ON THIS PROJECT
Building your own car, to some people this would seem like a rather daft idea, luckily for me though I think it is a bloody good idea! Even though it may sound like a good idea in theory, it doesn't explain why any-one would take on a project of this magnitude? It would be far cheaper, easier and less taxing (on relationships especially) if one 'just' went out and bought a car.
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During the summer of 1998, I first visited DAX's headquarters in Harlow (UK) with my mind set on looking for and eventually building a DAX Tojeiro (cobra replica). This was the machine that had captured my imagination with its V8 engine, bulbous body contours and acclaimed, unparalleled performance. Arriving at the factory and walking into the show room, the black Cosworth powered Rush demonstrator (in the picture below) immediately caught my eye. The Tojeiro that I had come here to see was all but forgotten and a new plan started to present itself.
My 'love affair' with this
extremely aggressive standing, low flying, 2 litter Cosworth turbo'd, cramped missile had
begun. I knew then and there "that I just had to get me one of these little 'toys' to
play with!" All these thoughts and emotions hit me even before I had ever been taken
for a test drive in it. Needless to say, the statistics speak for themselves, "+/-
300 bhp shoehorned into a roller skate weighing something in the region of 650kg's (+/-
0,46 bhp per kg) = SERIOUS FUN!"
After the test drive with one of DAX's ever friendly staff, I was absolutely blown away by the sheer brutal force and anger with which this car was able to propel its occupants down the road.
Unfortunately, I was living in the UK at the time (don't get me wrong, read on please) as my dreams were soon quashed when a quick call to the insurers soon quelled any hopes of being able to afford to run such a car once it had been completed. These people think it normal to charge poor punters like us insurance premiums that have more resemblance to car prices in Italian Lira than a a realistic insurance premium! The idea was thus subsequently placed on hold (but not forgotten) until a more suitable time presented its self………..