{"id":211,"date":"2017-04-01T16:32:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T16:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=211"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:08:00","slug":"socialising-the-purplemeanie-kit-car-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/04\/01\/socialising-the-purplemeanie-kit-car-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialising the Purplemeanie Kit Car Build"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"565\" data-attachment-id=\"216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/04\/01\/socialising-the-purplemeanie-kit-car-build\/purplemeanie-front-cropped\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Purplemeanie-Front-Cropped.png\" data-orig-size=\"741,698\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Purplemeanie Front Cropped\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Purplemeanie-Front-Cropped.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Purplemeanie-Front-Cropped-600x565.png\" alt=\"Front colour render of the purple Caterham on a grey background.\" class=\"wp-image-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Purplemeanie-Front-Cropped-600x565.png 600w, https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Purplemeanie-Front-Cropped.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Purplemeanie Engineering Team are building a kit car this summer. 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