Jay revisits gordon murray s lightweight car the rocket one of only 55 ever made.
The light car company rocket.
Built by chris crafts light car company the rocket was penned by the great gordon murray the father of such automotive icons as the mclaren f1 the extraordinary brabham fan car and multiple grand prix world championship winning machines for brabham and mclaren.
The light car company ltd has had its roots firmly embedded in all things cars since the early 1990 s when ex grand prix driver chris craft and mclaren legend gordon murray designed and built the most iconic motorcycle engined car ever produced the rocket.
Gordon murray and chris craft founded the light car company in st neots in 1991 and started producing automobiles.
Even so for a clean sheet design penned by an f1 giant a production run of 47 cars seems less than the team deserved.
The only model was the rocket.
Such is the car s lack of weight that it puts very little load through its components.
It s reminiscent of a formula vee but has.
Light car company rocket.
The vehicle was built to be extremely lightweight and as such it weighs only 850 pounds 385 6 kg less than the lotus or caterham seven.
This 838 pound machine is the light car company rocket designed by a pre mclaren f1 gordon murray to be the purest driving experience in the world.
Though the light car company has recently restarted production three more s the aim this weeks spotlight is a fantastically bright rocket from 94.
At 38 000 in 1992 the rocket wasn t cheap.
One of the lightest road cars ever conceived the.
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Light car company rocket.
The result was the rocket from the newly formed light car company.
Time to find out if it s as quick as its name suggests.
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Production ran until 1998.
The light car company still exists and is now run by chris holley who looks after whittaker s rocket.
I bought a light car company rocket.
The super light super rare rocket has never ventured out onto the west circuit before.
Whittaker reports that holley has never changed the brake pads on one and the tyres will go hard before they wear out.
