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THE THREE BEST entries in the fifth BP Build-a-Car competition for young people are on display at the Show.
A small, aerodynamically designed car built by a team from a Belfast school took the top awards in the finals of the event held at the Army's School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Bordon.
This year, the range of entries was particularly wide, and included a number of light "commercials".
One of these was built by Ford Motor Company students during their full-time attendance at Havering Technical College. Named the Hobo, the forward control unit is powered by an underfloor BMC mini-engine driving to all four wheels. The apprentices built their entry from non-Ford parts to gain a wider experience of other makes, and used much ingenuity to make parts fit.
Collectively, the team won £500 in prizes, taking second place overall while also re ceiving awards for styling and project research.
Another commercial vehicle entry came from the apprentices of British Nuclear Fuels in the shape of a DAF-engined mobile workshop/pick up.
The Thomas Alleyne School team, from Staffordshire, ti several awards with a light uti vehicle for a 1/2-ton paylc which was also fitted with a vel pto, designed to pol machinery, generate electri or pump water in the TI World.