classic monthly

[FEDUP]

Hello.
Was the plus 2 Jerry thurston restoring actually finished and if so has anybody seen the finished product.
ian

[marklowe]

Hi Ian
I visited Spyder Engineering on the 11th of August. At the time the car was back with them having a few final bits sorted out, it looked very nice, the paint work is superb and was shown on the Option 1 stand at Donnington this year before the car was re-assembled.
Mark

[Jason1]

Spyder had a red one on their site for sale for ?20,000

http://www.spydercars.co.uk/for_sale_-_plus_2_zetec.htm

Not cheap

[ppnelan]

Spyder had a red one on their site for sale for ?20,000
http://www.spydercars.co.uk/for_sale_-_plus_2_zetec.htm

Looks like the suspension is set up for off-roading...
That's what puts me off the Spyder chassis - their advert in the Club Lotus magazine shows daylight between the exhaust & centre of chassis i.e. it hangs very low. It won't get far over 'speed' humps like that, unless the suspension is raised to compensate, but that makes it look like a jeep...

Matthew

[Jason1]

I like Spyder as a company as they keep +2's on the road and really these Zetec cars make great stylish daily drivers for people that have not got the knowledge or the time to keep a 30 year old car. A lot more +2's would have been scrapped if Spyder was not around and if you want to spend that much money on a +2?

But, and it is a big but, ?20,000 is a lot of money when you can get a really nice +2 from Paul Matty for ?8,000

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/707850.htm

This white one looks really nice, now summer is over in the UK + we are in the credit crunch you can pick up some real bargin classic cars, I just have to convince the wife that we need another 30 year old car

Jason

[Bruce Crowthorne]

Apparently it's now finished. The deputy editor was round at my house doing an article on my baby Elan and he mentioned that they are doing a final article on Jerry's plus 2 in the same edition - I think it will be a month or so away as I only had the darft copy for comment this week.
Bruce

[GrUmPyBoDgEr]

Hi Bruce,

can you let us know, closer to the date, when the Magazine is / will be on sale?

Thanks
John

[stugilmour]

Looks like the Spyder Zetec sold. Wonder what it went for?

Stu

[GrUmPyBoDgEr]

Any further news about which issue of the magazine will contain the articles?

[Bruce Crowthorne]

The filename of the text include the number 145 so I think that is the issue number.
The November issue was 143, so I presume it will be the January issue and my guess is that it will be out middle or late December.
Bruce

[GrUmPyBoDgEr]

Thanks,
hopefully my man in GB will keep an eye open for me.
Cheers
John

[Jason1]

This car is for sale again, on Ebay this time Item number: 120447997294

?16k -whoever bought it last time did not keep it for very long.

Jason