Looking for a stratos again

[Guy Mayers]

Hi Trev, me or Gerry but it's expensive these days.. A Group 4 car is now ?23,000, suspension ?2000, Wheels ?3300, Fuel tanks ?900, Steering and ball joints etc ?1000, Screen trim, door capping, front inner arches another ?1000, Radiator ?950 all plus VAT. Donor car and tyres, exhaust and paint you're looking at ?50-?60k now.

[Steve65]

Hi Trev, if you have the budget you can skip the 3 year waiting list plus another few years building lead time and go for a fully sorted stunning ready for immediate delivery example. Contact Ade (Loft6.6) for details.

[TrevS]

Hi all, apologies for the radio silence Steve I hadn't seen your message. I've just pinged Loft6.6 a message. I'm not sure if he still has the car but I am keen to see if I can make a stratos replica a reality this time around.

I actually stopped by and had a brief chat with some of the people on the NEC stand at the weekend and the three cars on display were the stars of the show for me. It reignited my passion for them and so I am back hunting for a car, I think most likely it will be a Hawk as they seem to be more realistically in my price range. Guy, thanks for sharing the info and latest prices. If I can't find a used car then I may well be in touch to see if I can join the back of the queue.

Finally does anyone know this car and thoughts on it? I just spotted it on car and classic. It looks like a well used example but could potentially be a good base for me to put my own mark on it and do a winter rebuild? I've no idea what sort of value you'd put on this one though?
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctio...replica-8bRrX8

Trev

[hollytree]

No need to apologize to me.
Take a look at this https://www.stratosec.com/Forum/show...-page-for-sale

[TrevS]

Hi all

So I have been offered a car that looks promising. The car looks like to be in really good condition however I'm not sold on the colour. Could anyone give a rough idea on how difficult it would be to do a full body respray on a Hawk and what's involved? The good news is that the chassis/engine bay and rear bulkhead appear to be painted black so that doesn't need respraying, it's the front and rear clams, roof/centre body section and doors that would need repainting. Any idea on how difficult it would be to do a quality respray and possible cost you would expect? I've know a couple of excellent bodyshops that I was looking at using to respray my front clam on my Lotus Evora but they are unlikely to have worked on a Hawk before so any information would be super useful.

Thanks

Trevor

[Guy Mayers]

You could call Kingswell Coachworks and speak to Nigel Baker there, he's done lots of Gerry's cars and customer cars, Gerry won't use anyone else. A lot of the prep work is panel gapping etc but that's probably already been done? So, flatting down, fresh primer and top coats to your taste. Still not cheap wherever you go but not like you'd be starting from scratch?

Guy

[TrevS]

Thanks Guy, really helpful.

So it's looking more likely that I'll be viewing a Hawk in the next week. As a newbie to these cars what sort of things should I be looking out for and what are signs of a good and bad car? I like to put together a bit of a buyers guide checklist when looking at cars so really any help in preparing me for the viewing would be much appreciated otherwise I worry I'll just go hear before head and think it looks awesome and just buy it without giving it a proper look over.

Thanks again

Trev