A buying pool. Most folk have certain interests. So to work it would have to be a list of the potentially interested with ready capital. Any multi-deal would then have to be notified so that those interested in that/those marques can pool resources. Its a possibility, but would need to be co ordinated by some one/thing. I have suggested such a thing under a RUM umbrella in the passed. The reaction seemed to place this outside RUM's comfort zone, fair comment. The idea still has legs.
As I understood it, the electric conversion was running into the standard vario drive system. That being the case one assumes a Derbi engine would bolt back in. On finding out the vario drive system used and the location of the engine you would find what range of alternatives would fit simply. Anything well fit if you want it to, its degree of difficulty. So like Bob I was thinking an easy, reasonable conversion to ICE with V5C already listed. Only prob, that is not a machine I can use, hence I am out. So far no one has really looked at these cars with a view of actually getting into this, but merely that its cheap enough to be bothered doing something with them. So we still have Steve M exposed as the only interested party who seems to be a bit more deeply committed to these cars as a live project, rather than a bargain snapped up while the going was good. Makes life a tad tricky. Not sure what to suggest.
Yes Christmas has got a bit silly over here. But it does mean that workers have to use some holiday up when the otherwise might hold it for the better times of year. I think our working contracts give much more holiday than is common in the USA as well. In many EEC countries the working week is longer, though, to compensate. I know our workers are amongst the hardest working in terms of hours. (Do the include Indian child workers etc?).
