Dunc
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| posted on 13/3/02 at 09:32 AM | |
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Hey David, build one for £250 with bog standard bit's, clean it all up and make it look pretty then sell it for £2500 and build a bike engined one
with the best of parts. 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 13/3/02 at 09:39 AM | |
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Unfortunately, my build cost is going to be nearer £2000 than £250 (no surprise there, then).
The bike engine may be a transplant at a later date...
... he says, hopefully.
David
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 13/3/02 at 07:04 PM | |
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i got one, te he........ 
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Dazza
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 12:27 AM | |
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I will (if ever) stick to a car engine locost and save the bike engine for 2 wheels, My ZX6R is fast enough for me, 165mph so far and a bit left!!!!!!
 
fuckit
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 10:42 AM | |
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The bike engine is only a pipe dream - as someone said on another topic, my 1660 X-flow will be exciting enough for a while, and I only want a
manageable fun car (i.e. "toy") that I can enjoy on a sunny weekend.
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sixteenkw
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 07:45 PM | |
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is anybody building a locost out there or are they buying all the bits and pieces like a meccano set?
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 08:14 PM | |
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sixteenkw - I cant understand your plot?
You actually gonna make your own wheels and tyres and hubs and stuff and chuck together your own v12 1.6 litre cossiekentcolgneninjamotor special from
, like, the rock - melting ya own steel?
Having frigged around in the garage nearly 2 years to get a roller chasis seems long enougth to me.
Then im not that mean to make my chassis from old bits from a rust scrap bin, bits of an old transit van sides, or allagro parts.
Ron snapped up just about the last pair of 60 quid shockers out there. Once you publish a book that 1000s of people buy, there are very few bargains,
and nice box vans waiting to have their sides removed out there.
What painful path are you taking to acheive the minimalist ethic, my son.....
hommmmmmm hommmmmmm
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sixteenkw
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 08:24 PM | |
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OF CAUSE WE HAVE TO GET WHEELS, HUBS BRAKES. BUT THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE CHASSIS, WINGS, NOSE CONE, SEATS WISH BONES NOT GO OUT AND BUY THEM
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chrisg
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 posted on 14/3/02 at 09:14 PM | |
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I made all mine, including the chassis,ali nosecone and GRP bits
Only thingI didn't make (apart from the bits Ford gave me)was the roll bar (from MK)
Don't shout, I'm feeling a little delicate
Cheers
Chris
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sixteenkw
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 09:25 PM | |
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nice to here from some body who has made most of the car have you got it on the road yet? what eng/box did you use any pics?
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chrisg
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 09:37 PM | |
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It's been on the road but is currently "resting" awaiting a new screen and fuse box.
It's +100 mm 2.0 pinto/4spd
Check my website:-
http://www.gibbs111.fsnet.co.uk
Cheers
Chris 
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Dazza
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 posted on 14/3/02 at 10:11 PM | |
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I dont think it matters weather you make it all yourself, make some buy the rest or buy it all, as long as you enjoy it and have a car you like at the
end(that goes) then it is all worth it. Some people are not capable or dont have the time to fabricate everything or make some of the stuff, its just
not practicle. So stop all the bitching and support every builder and dont knock the buyers out there. We are not all into making everything. If only
people who made there own stuff made these cars, this web site, thousands of others and millions of great kit cars would not be on the road.......
And i dont even have a kit car at the moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 10:30 PM | |
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Thing is sixteenkw, is not to be on a list for just a couple days and five posts, and then to start and say people are not building their own cars
properly.
Anyone thats spent hours in a garage making a lot of the car up (and I havnt bought anything ready made 'cept a couple bits my dad did like the tank)
might get a bit peeved after all that, being told they are not doing it the right way.
Chris, for instance, even spent nearly six months making up a nose cone out of alu - now that would do my head in.
A lot of guys on here also have real life drivable cars.
I belong also to a robin hood 2b list and those guys get real touchy if you accuse them of building from mechanno. Aparrently most stuff from rh needs
to be hacked to fit anyway.
At the end of the day, a car built yourself, from whatever point you call 'building it yourself' - still means you have a great car from your own
hands.
And you have got how far......?
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Dazza
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 10:34 PM | |
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I agree, its still a car you built yourself, no matter how you do it.
i would build one if i had a garage, but i have to make do with buying ready built ones and working, changing, repairing them...
ho hum, garage one day then build my own!!
I will be assisting with Bobs a little thou, if he needs it!!!!!
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bob
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 11:02 PM | |
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YAWN
This section reminds me of the other list(the dark side),as long as the cars get built does it really matter.
I'm buying most bits and fabricating some small parts,I'll be on the road for well under 3 grand so i'll be happy.
i've not met anyone yet who's welded and made all the bits for less than £1500,there are no rules which is the beauty of it.
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bigdaddyadd
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 11:19 PM | |
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I'm gonna have to get a new hand bag if we are goimg to start swinging them over or heads strap broke on my old on. I think eveyone has their own
reasons for deciding to build a Locost some may just like the rawness of this elusive beast personally I just want a quick car as cheap as I can
bloddy well manage which so far has seen me make the majority of the thing myself but if I'm offered bits to speed progress at the right money I will
not be displaying twat logic and will buy em. If I didn't have such a measily budget I would probably build a nice cobra or westfield I just wannago
fast and I come here for help and to offer help where I can. Fair enough I think and if you dont bollox to ya
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ChrisW
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| posted on 14/3/02 at 11:25 PM | |
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Well said - handbags away eh lads!
Chris
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Dazza
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| posted on 15/3/02 at 12:58 PM | |
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agreed, eh sixteen!!!!!!!!
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sixteenkw
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| posted on 15/3/02 at 07:36 PM | |
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stephen, i didnt say people were not building their cars prop. what i ment was, the idea was to make a car not go out and buy all the parts ness to
build one. you didnt go to BEAULIEU last year, coil overs £30 pair, rose joints £1 each. bob, mine cost £900
to make
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sixteenkw
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| posted on 15/3/02 at 07:49 PM | |
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bob, ive got as far as 1st, 85[2end picture], 189, and last page [last picture] in rons book. it took me 3 months to make it.had to rush because we
thought the sva was coming out early. as its "L" reg no i get free road tax. keith ward
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/3/02 at 09:06 PM | |
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quote:
stephen, i didnt say people were not building their cars prop. what i ment was, the idea was to make a car not go out and buy all the parts
ness to build one. you didnt go to BEAULIEU last year, coil overs £30 pair, rose joints £1 each. bob, mine
cost £900 to make
That didnt compare too well to the prices I paid!
Actually i have never been to a show in the two years almost i have been building.
Might go to the next one.
perhaps
maybe
possibly
if its a nice day
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bob
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| posted on 15/3/02 at 11:21 PM | |
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Sixteen
The yellow one,seen it at a show.£900 cool looks good i take my hat off too you.
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sixteenkw
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| posted on 16/3/02 at 12:06 AM | |
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stephen, you must go to the shows to learn, copy other ideas mine was one of the first locosts if i did an other i would copy lots of ideas from the
shows. are you a member of the locost club?
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sixteenkw
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| posted on 16/3/02 at 12:38 AM | |
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to big daddy addy, you must spend more time on the net than working on you r/hood. but theres is more room in them for yiur hand bag.if you want to go
fast get a train. we get a better deal off AIR PRODUCTS for gas. no need for a reg or a flow meter, all built in and cheaper
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 16/3/02 at 08:33 AM | |
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quote:
stephen, you must go to the shows to learn, copy other ideas mine was one of the first locosts if i did an other i would copy lots of ideas
from the shows. are you a member of the locost club?
Nope, im not a member of the locost car club. I had seen the 'book' around for a while, and it made me toy with the idea of building a car -
initially the idea of a rear engined (as they are) delorian look alike was my aim. It then turned into using the locost as a basis for a design and
modding it to look like a Morgan. Only real differences are cosmetic extra panels - like winds, running boards, angled back AND - gasp - doors.
I will go to a show at some point - the one in May possibly - and meet up with the other locosters.
However im gonna look like a bit of a black sheep, being so different
But then there's the guys with the 4wd versions and that V12 beast when its made is gonna me real different.
ATB
Steve
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