Red Bull London Soapbox Race 2017

jimbo1958 · Post by **jimbo1958** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:34 am

Finished building my car yesterday which is the Alexandra Palace entry into the 2017 London Redbull Soapbox Race to be held at Alexandra Palace this Sunday.
The car has a Sixties Hippy theme to tie-in with "The Love In" festival held at the Palace 50 years ago.
There's a 3 hour show covering the Soapbox Race on Dave Tv starting at 17.00 on Sunday.
This is the third year I've built our entry into the event that we have hosted every 2 years.
Fingers crossed for Sunday.

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2015 Build

2013 Build

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mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:58 am

I'm sure a man of your talents could have made it look more like an e89

Or are you planning on adding some flowers to the e89?

jimbo1958 · Post by **jimbo1958** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 1:47 pm

Missed your Alfa at the Nationals.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:07 pm

I though it was an E89.

Will be watching.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:37 pm

jimbo1958 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2017 1:47 pm Missed your Alfa at the Nationals.

The plan was to pick up the Z4 from Cornwall and join the meet on the Sunday.

Unfortunately family issues in Cornwall meant I couldn't get a guarantee that I'd be able to get a lift from Plymouth (an hour away) to get the car.

In the end I messed up the planning of this and some work I'd promised to another client for Monday, so couldn't even manage to get there in the Alfa.

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:39 pm

Who do you get to drive it? Not yourself I'm guessing

jimbo1958 · Post by **jimbo1958** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 3:56 pm

Marlon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:39 pm Who do you get to drive it? Not yourself I'm guessing

I wouldn't drive it...I know how it's been built.

One of our event Electricans drives it.......he's fearless as you can see in the video. He doesn't touch the brakes all the way down until he stops at the end.

mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:24 pm

On now chaps & as ever a proper good chuckle when it all goes wrong

jimbo1958 · Post by **jimbo1958** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 8:49 pm

Well it made it down just.

Was a fantastic show with some great creations, that put ours to shame.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 8:57 pm

Well done to all who took part. Just finished watching the very entertaining highlights on Dave ja vu.

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:11 pm

Nice one Jimbo, that's a crazy event..

Worcester_spoon · Post by **Worcester_spoon** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:18 pm

Great effort - would love to do this, but imagine getting an entry is really tough!!

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:28 pm

Always love watching this, the height some of the soapboxes achieved on the jumps was amazing, you have to feel sorry with the amount of work goes into them and they disintegrate at the first jump

Tim.

RickRob · Post by **RickRob** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:34 pm

Looks like a lot,of fun.

I especially liked the adjustable camber feature on the car.

jimbo1958 · Post by **jimbo1958** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:55 pm

Cheers guys.

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