just bought a bec ready chassis off ebay this week but the seller didnt know if it was a locost chassis or haynes roadster ?
he bought it a couple of years ago and never done anything to it.

sorry for the poor photos its now in storage until i move house

loks like an IRS rear end, so its haynes roadster, or a one off

Yep, I'd go with Roadster too.

Kind regards

John

looks more like a locost to me? front frame isnt to book spec and a couple of other bits are too ..... could be a locost modded for IRS rear end ?

[Edited on 11/9/10 by dan_g8]

Cheers for that I will buy the haynes roadster book and get the measurements off that to check the wishbone sizes

Hi, on first look the rear looks roadster but has a few diagonals missing,
the front frame isnt roadster as the top of the sides arent to book either.
also the top of the rear sus mounts are shallow compared with a book roadster.
having said that does it really matter? do you have the wishbones? did the seller tell you what front uprights you need? etc.
if not then get in touch and ask him as youll need to know.
good luck with your build Ray
having just read my post it sounds a little negative and that wasnt my intention was meant to mean it doesnt matter what it is cause im sure it will make a fine car when you do it

[Edited on 11/9/10 by RAYLEE29]

My guess would be for a mcsorely with a few slight changes to rear end, difficult to see those complex compound mitres on the front which would indicate it to be a roadster hence why I've gone mcsorely.

Cheers

Rich

a roadster chassis is wider then a locost, another sign is when you look at it from the side the bar that goes from the scuttle to the rear arch on a roadster is in a slight diagonal position and a locost it sits straight, and the plates where the roll bar would sit on are big in your pics and i checked the haynes roadster manual and it looks about right on my aries which is locost based they are smaller, where the steering column would sit its to suit a sierra column which would be the roaster, so far it looks roadster not locost!

i`ve just noticed another thing, where the rear shock would bolt to in your pic it sits offset in the roadster manual it sits a lot more inset if that makes any sence!

i dont know what to do now ! i hope i havent bought a dud, all i know its been made to suit a R1 bike engine and has a sierra 4x4 lsd diff 3.62

Looking at your pictures I would say that its certainly neither a Locost or a Haynes, may be a bit of both, or a totaly home brewed chassis. Not much help there then, . Cheers Ray

loads of chassis' out there.

i don't know how thye look, but have you checked Tiger Avon, stuart taylor, ...

it might be a mcsurley as a few people on here have said but the problem is there are 4 chassis made by mcsurley linky, linky2

[Edited on 12-9-10 by spiderman01980]

Chassis design are all the same for the mcsorely just differ in width height and length, for example the +442 is 4" wider 4" longer and 2" higher than a standard locost.

Mine is anyway!!

Rich