Kit car registered as a MEC One?

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Hi,

 

I was at Curborough today and spotted this lovely mid engined kit in the car park that was sporting a WSCC sticker in the windscreen!

 

Couldn't find the owner so I thought I'd ask the collective... Any ideas?

 

It's registered as a MEC One 

 

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Given that it’s registered as a Price MEC One I would guess it’s a home built special.

 

Price = name of builder

MEC = Mid-Engined Car

One = The first one they’ve built 

[Malcolm P Price]

The MEC One you saw at Curborough today is my car and you are right about what it stands for. I walked past the car as someone was photographing

it, perhaps it was you Rob.

The mid engine arrangement uses a 1.6 Zetec SE engine, gearbox and driveshafts from a Ford Focus. The engine is standard but gains an extra 20 horsepower by the use of an Omex 600 ECU. The engine and gearbox are not turned around, just moved backwards. The only problem is that the gear selection is rearranged and not wanting to having to select first gear ware fourth should be a compensating mechanism is used to bring the gears back to their normal positions.

The roll cage is integrated into the structure of the chassis and the front hoop forms the frame for the windscreen. When looking for a bespoke windscreen I went to several windscreen companies asking if they could cut one down from a larger one but I only got negative waves saying it could not be done without cracking.  Eventually I found someone willing to give it a go. A Ford Escort mark three screen was only £28 pounds and the deal was if it cracked it would cost me £28 and if successful the bill would be £56 pounds. It cut without a problem at a good price for a special screen.

 

I also have a Westfield SEIW but that is in dry dock having an engine transplant

 

Cheers

Malcolm  (Price)

 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

11 hours ago, Malcolm P Price said:

The MEC One you saw at Curborough today is my car and you are right about what it stands for. I walked past the car as someone was photographing

it, perhaps it was you Rob.

 

Or Me. I'm sure we were both drawn to it as it's a kit and also had a WSCC sticker!

 

 

11 hours ago, Malcolm P Price said:

The mid engine arrangement uses a 1.6 Zetec SE engine, gearbox and driveshafts from a Ford Focus. The engine is standard but gains an extra 20 horsepower by the use of an Omex 600 ECU. The engine and gearbox are not turned around, just moved backwards. The only problem is that the gear selection is rearranged and not wanting to having to select first gear ware fourth should be a compensating mechanism is used to bring the gears back to their normal positions.

The roll cage is integrated into the structure of the chassis and the front hoop forms the frame for the windscreen. When looking for a bespoke windscreen I went to several windscreen companies asking if they could cut one down from a larger one but I only got negative waves saying it could not be done without cracking.  Eventually I found someone willing to give it a go. A Ford Escort mark three screen was only £28 pounds and the deal was if it cracked it would cost me £28 and if successful the bill would be £56 pounds. It cut without a problem at a good price for a special screen.

 

I also have a Westfield SEIW but that is in dry dock having an engine transplant

 

 

Hope to see you and your car again. 

 

 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

12 hours ago, Malcolm P Price said:

The MEC One you saw at Curborough today is my car and you are right about what it stands for. I walked past the car as someone was photographing

it, perhaps it was you Rob.

The mid engine arrangement uses a 1.6 Zetec SE engine, gearbox and driveshafts from a Ford Focus. The engine is standard but gains an extra 20 horsepower by the use of an Omex 600 ECU. The engine and gearbox are not turned around, just moved backwards. The only problem is that the gear selection is rearranged and not wanting to having to select first gear ware fourth should be a compensating mechanism is used to bring the gears back to their normal positions.

The roll cage is integrated into the structure of the chassis and the front hoop forms the frame for the windscreen. When looking for a bespoke windscreen I went to several windscreen companies asking if they could cut one down from a larger one but I only got negative waves saying it could not be done without cracking.  Eventually I found someone willing to give it a go. A Ford Escort mark three screen was only £28 pounds and the deal was if it cracked it would cost me £28 and if successful the bill would be £56 pounds. It cut without a problem at a good price for a special screen.

 

I also have a Westfield SEIW but that is in dry dock having an engine transplant

 

Cheers

Malcolm  (Price)

 

 

Hi Malcolm,

 

Shame we missed meeting you!

 

We have a couple of locals with MEV Rocket and Sonic7 cars so we're familiar with the FWD engine and box dropped in the rear, a brilliant solution! With the Sigma engine, it's probably more similar to the Silva Riot though.

 

Love the car, hope we get to meet you in person over the summer 👍

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

Hi Malcolm,

It was good to see you and your car at the most recent Black Country Area meet. Shame I couldn't be at Curborough to catch up with you again. Clearly, you have spiked the interest of some of our members who were at Curborough though!

 

Hope to catch up with you again over the summer.

[RickRack]

Hi Malcolm, hope you got home safe & dry from the Black Country meet. Was great to see it in the flesh & have a chat around a superb piece of automotive innovation. 
Are taking it to Malvern? If so, maybe you could commission Price MEC Two or Three if there’s any takers at the show. ATB Phil R