Ariel Atom's dirty brother?

The Ariel Nomad is now available here. GRM looking for a different sort of test mule?

http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/nomad/overview/

With a full side by side comparison shootout to the Paco Offroadster!

makes me wonder what it would take to make tube-framed ACVW offroader legal

mad_machine wrote: makes me wonder what it would take to make tube-framed ACVW offroader legal

Move to Michigan, have lights and a wiper and it'll be legal.

You don't need the wiper in Ohio if you don't have a windshield.

Actually I don't think you need wipers at all. Just lighting, and quiet enough that you don't get pulled over for noise.

Having seen an atom yesterday pulled under an overpass for a rain shower the all terrain tires on the nomad make me giggle.

I really like that.

Man....If I was still in the west with all of that open land I would be rocking that. A real car instead of a side by side toy.

I had been thinking about building something along these lines - more like a scaled-down Class 1 buggy. But with the advent of the long-travel suspension parts for the Miata and the Exocet, I'm gonna save myself some welding time and just go that way. Like bmw88rider said, a real car I can drive to the trails.

What's available in a long travel suspension for a Miata? The PACO lift kits don't increase travel,just height. I've been thinking about methods to make my NB back road friendly, so this is of interest to me.

I always wanted to build something like this. I don't know how, but I always wanted to. This just screams "Abuse me in the dirt", and who can deny that request?

Deep and dirty.

Did a job yesterday and my customer's daughter had a WRX done up like that. Same Team Dynamics wheels, same tires, and a roof rack with a spare strapped in just like that Nomad has. She was a real gear head and had a huge Hot Wheels collection. She also had reptiles, horses, and a giant fish tank full of catfish.

DeadSkunk wrote: What's available in a long travel suspension for a Miata? The PACO lift kits don't increase travel,just height. I've been thinking about methods to make my NB back road friendly, so this is of interest to me.

There is a long travel option coming from Paco. The prototype was at the Mitty. Something like 12" and 14" of wheel travel, long arms, all sorts of goofiness. It won't be a $200 kit (sorry rallycrossers) but it will let you build a Nomad alternative for about 25% of the cost.