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      Kit - Cars

The Pilgrim Bulldog was manufactured by the same company which produced the Sumo Cobra replica. With 1930's British retro as a base concept, the early cars were designed around the Morris Marina but in later years a Ford based model was offered.

"The bulldog offers the enthusiast the opportunity of owning and driving a distinctive, stylish sports car with graceful lines reminiscent of many classic british sports cars from the 1930's era. By using traditional styling principles coupled with modern engineering techniques and materials, the bulldog captures the spirit of post war motoring and has an individual, speedy, eye catching character all of it's own.

Pilgrim kits are designed for ease of assembly and as such they can be assembled without specialist tool. All the tools required should be owned by a person who has done routine maintenance on their own vehicles.

Any Morris Marina or Ital can be used. Except those with the 1700cc 'O' series engine, only because pilgrim never tried to make one. Any model will do including estate, coupe, saloon, van or pick-up with manual or automatic transmission. This gives the builder the option of 1100cc, 1300cc, 1800cc or 1800cc twin carb power options.

When selecting your donor car look for one with all the features you want your finished car to end up with all the features you want your finished car to end up with. Remember that all marina's are not fitted with discbrakes, alternator, pre engaged starter or servo assisted brakes, and also other features like rev counter dials and inertin reel seat belts.

 

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When looking for a donor car look for a mechanically sound car which has a body that is well beyond economical repair. When inspecting any prospective donor pay particular attention to the gearbox as the syncromesh is particularly liable to failure. Always bear in mind that when dismantling the donor vehicle that the parts you remove are going to be used again so it is important to familiarise yourself where those parts came from to save yourself money if need replaced.

Technical Specifications :-

Body

Type:                              Fibreglass, cold laminated with polyester resin and chopped strand matting ( c.s.m ), reinforced with steel, plywood corement.

Thickness                       Varies over the structure, generally not lessthan 1.25kg of c.s.m per square metre.

Construction                   The one piece external body moulding is joined at the factory to the floor moulding to produce a very strong double skinned structure.

Doored Version               It has extra reinforcement along the running boards to compensate for some loss of rigidity in the body structure.

Finish                             The surface finish is a very high gloss. 99% of the kits are sold with a self colouring finish impregnated into the first 2 coats of resin.

Materials                        Only use top quality fibreglass materials with a proven record in the automotive industry.

 

Dimension Of Finished Car

Wheelbase                101.5"

Width                            63"

Track                            60"

Height                           48"

Weight 1300cc           600kg

Weight  1800cc          650kg

 

Chassis

Type

Assembly

Fixing

All mounting points for the Marina components and body are accuratley drilled, about 70 in total.

Sealing

Materials

Seat Belts

Power Handling

The chassis has been engineered to accept power units tuned for an output of up to 140 bhp. This being well in excess of the output from a leyland 1800cc 'B' Series.

 

The main structure is made from 50 X 50mm squaresection 10 gaugemild ssteel tubing which is 3.2 mm thick.

 

 There are no no un-capped open ends on the main structureof the chassis and all fixings are sleeved with steel tubes. reducing corrosion.
MIG welded on a precision and fully rotating jig by a skilled welder.ders.
Mounted onto two very strong towers on either side of the structure.
Ladder, consisting of 4 structural rails, with cosiderable cross-bracing.