All Alloy Cup progress

[Tom Coates]

Looks very good Tom! I am actually surprised more of the reproduction Cups have not been put together along these lines, as R said very purposeful.

The lowered body position is a great idea and several have tried it - they look and handle great but to do it properly you need to alter the body structurally otherwise there will be problems with the rear axle touching in various places.

My friend’s Cup in the Outer Hebrides has the same set up lines as Tom’s but the body is now damaged, Tom is aware of these issues and I hope he has managed to overcome them, it will provide a fun car!

Thanks, if i was building a new body from scratch I would allow clearance for lowered rear springs. The inner ends of the brake cam shafts are fouling the body on mine over big bumps when fully laden, I am hoping that i can trim them back and relieve the body to avoid this. As R says there are a few around, including David Cochrane's - I don't think he has had problems with the body so there must be some variation in the shape over the rear axle. There is also a supercharged car that belongs to a friend of Tom A, I've never seen it in the flesh but I assume that the body was built specially as it has an outside exhaust and no doors.

According to John Bolster's autobiography, GE Cups had a reputation in period for crashing - he owned two, the second one built on an Ulster chassis which he says was much improved. A friend of my brother's drove mine some time ago and said that it had nearly as much power as his Ulster combined with the handling of his Box saloon!