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.

The light car company rocket.

He had masterminded two world championships for brabham and four for mclaren in the senna and prost heyday. Time to find out if it s as quick as its name suggests. Even so for a clean sheet design penned by an f1 giant a production run of 47 cars seems less than the team deserved. 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.

Jay revisits gordon murray s lightweight car the rocket one of only 55 ever made. Whittaker reports that holley has never changed the brake pads on one and the tyres will go hard before they wear out. At 38 000 in 1992 the rocket wasn t cheap. It s reminiscent of a formula vee but has.

And ran out of petrol subscribe. The result was the rocket from the newly formed light car company. One of the lightest road cars ever conceived the. Light car company rocket.

Production ran until 1998. The only model was the rocket. Gordon murray and chris craft founded the light car company in st neots in 1991 and started producing automobiles. I bought a light car company rocket.

The light car company still exists and is now run by chris holley who looks after whittaker s 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. Http bit ly jlgsubscribe visit the official site. The super light super rare rocket has never ventured out onto the west circuit before.

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. Light car company rocket. By this time murray knew a thing or two about building successful racing cars.