Production ran until 1998.
The light car company rocket.
Though the light car company has recently restarted production three more s the aim this weeks spotlight is a fantastically bright rocket from 94.
By this time murray knew a thing or two about building successful racing cars.
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.
I bought a light car company rocket.
Such is the car s lack of weight that it puts very little load through its components.
One of the lightest road cars ever conceived the.
The only model was the rocket.
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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 light car company still exists and is now run by chris holley who looks after whittaker s rocket.
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.
Whittaker reports that holley has never changed the brake pads on one and the tyres will go hard before they wear out.
Time to find out if it s as quick as its name suggests.
Light car company rocket.
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.
Gordon murray and chris craft founded the light car company in st neots in 1991 and started producing automobiles.
He had masterminded two world championships for brabham and four for mclaren in the senna and prost heyday.
The super light super rare rocket has never ventured out onto the west circuit before.
Jay revisits gordon murray s lightweight car the rocket one of only 55 ever made.
At 38 000 in 1992 the rocket wasn t cheap.
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Light car company rocket.
The result was the rocket from the newly formed light car company.
