Adams rotrax 2100 sport
Car No 7 first production kit car….
Local kit produced in Bradford on Avon by Dennis Adams , who was the designer for marcos car and , ERA mini turbo to name but a few…
The Rotrax at it’s launch in 1988 was describe by the press as “the thinking man’s beach buggy” this actual car was featured in Which Kit magazine in May 1990 and also featured on men and motors TV show in 1993, the bigger spin off of the rotrax call the Dakar (based on a range rover ) was used on the challenge Anika TV series the name come from half road and half track RO-TRAX. Even though being 2WD it is still very capability off road
This Rotrax is based around a spaceframe chassis that originally utilised Cortina running gear. This particular car has a unique Rotrax custom designed chassis to handle the power for a championship winning formula Monoposto ford2.0l semi down port power plant prepared by Hoopers of Bristol coupled to a sierra T9 gearbox generating 180bhp. Which gives lively performance for a car that only weights 750kg. This equates to 243bhp per ton
This car started life as a bright yellow Cortina 2.0GL estate WWD534S but in true kit car tradition the builder managed to convince DVLA that it was a re shell of the original Cortina and hence kept the donor vehicle number plate and escaped a Q plate .This car became the first car to be register as a Adams Rotrax. Hence this vehicle is now registered as an historic vehicle and is except from MOT and car TAX as its registration date is 46 years ago in feb 1978.
Out of the 43 rotrax’s built(1989-90) only 7 survive in road worthy condition today
The main design feature of this car was it’s seats these consisted of multiple pads to support the passengers. The car is also fitted with classic custom original rotrax weller wheels.
two years ago you may remember this car driving around with a patio umbrella to protect it from the rain.
This year the car has its original side screens with a new mohair burgundy softtop keeping occupants snug and warm.
Points to note:
Wheel base is only 78.5” shorter then the SWB landover 88” and 90”
Handbrake and gearstick are wrong way round because it’s so short
Massive attack angles on front and rear of vehicle (really it’s a wheel each corner) together with 14” ground clearance