grp up in smoke
 

any body seen the news about the grp factory going up in smoke over the weekend apperantly it was a huge fire and everything has gone from wheels to engines and massas f3 car that was in the front office

Man that sucks!

http://www.neobuggy.net/modules/news...p?storyid=6249

i have to agree that sucks just hope they have good insurances

its a bit of a coinciedence as they were going bankrupt i heard the other week.

???

Strange, they seemed to be massive last year - a big gang of them at the neo08 and even branching out into 10th buggy tyres.. then suddenly they disappeared. Apparently they decided to sell direct to the customer - but I never saw any way to buy anything from them?

well i think they were brought out by losi and as a result are now sold as losi grp engine so the only way to buy from them is to go to losi and order

I was told GRP were bankrupt and then this happens, but that report is suggesting the Fire is of doubtful origin, they have technology that will show exactly how, when and why it started it would be madness to think you could get away with it in this day and age.

I Dont Think There Will Be Any Conespike Tyres Around For Very Much Longer :D Did They Make Anything Of Anyone Else??

heard exactly the same matt

Jimmy you could buy direct, thier site went down a few weeks ago, now the fire, very suspect for a fresh start.

lucky they got some of the machines out before they started the fire!

Oops I mean before the fire started slight mix up of words :woot:

Ace!!!!

I have to say, insurance fraud was my 1st thought after reading the news on neo-buggy. Many distributors had abandoned them after their policy change (distributors + shops reduce profit margins to lower prices, whilst we still get the same profit, and the credit for being 'nice') which probably forced them to sell direct. That's not going to be big business as GRP stuff isn't that cheap, and then you've got international shipping fees, and import taxes and stuff. No-one in the UK will have bought from there due to the low £ vs Euro.

Then again we could all be wrong??

"...[and] passed by the front of the building where one of the Gandini owners were..."

how handy was that?
I'll wager it's not every day one of the owners of an allegedly bankrupt business happens to be at the front of his building without noticing it was on fire. If he wasn't there, they might hae lost everything. :woot:

yeh i belive they were going to sell direct to the customer form their site but i could never find out where lol broken window in bioler room talks of deliberiate fire and that the way it spread it may have been more than 1 fire (arson ? ) or maybe digruntaled ex worker they had just laid off a load of people all speculation at this point but no doubt they will find out

I tried to find where to buy stuff and couldn't see any way at all.

i got these pics from one of the Gandini daughters
the place is a total loss!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...me777/grp3.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...me777/grp1.jpg

strangely i quite like the light in this last pic :eh?:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...me777/grp2.jpg

i know everyone has their theorys but a disgruntled ex employee would be my first port of call!

I think it was just a machine running to lean :thumbsup:

Jim would still run those wheels.... yes, he's that tight :woot:

G

thats a bit RICH :woot:

LMFAO! I Told Them NOT To Mess Around With The High Speed Needle :lol:

Wonder if they'll have any 'smoke damaged' 1/5 tyres going cheep. I don't mind if the box is a bit black at the edges :thumbsup:.

Might be some new compounds. Very very soft, Really really soft, and Crispy.