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Using an NB Miata is interesting: they're common donor cars for modern Locosts. That crowd might appreciate this as the ultimate workshop manual.
by devnullbrain 3y ago
Using an NB Miata is interesting: they're common donor cars for modern Locosts. That crowd might appreciate this as the ultimate workshop manual.
- AlexMuir 3y agoYes! I have a Westfield based on the same vehicle and it's the most fun vehicle I've ever owned - even if it's held together with Velcro and silicon.
- samwillis 3y agoFor those unaware a "Locost" is a Lotus 7 self build replica from the incredible 1996 book "Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as £250" https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0854299769/ref=dbs_a_def_awm_bibl_vppi_i1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0854299769/ref=dbs_a_def... The original donor car was (I think) a Mk3 Ford Escort, obviously they are a collectors car now. There have been a number of revisions now, it's published by Haynes the publisher of many car repair manuals. There is also a whole network of small business selling parts, you can buy ready made chassis and body panels for them. I was gifted the book in the late 90s as a teenager, always planed to one day build one. And the fact the house I bought a few years ago has a garage with an inspection pit is only making it more tempting.
- AlexMuir 3y agoI too had that very book as a teenager. It's a small world - when I was at uni I was hired to build a website for someone. Their friend then asked me to build them a site and I recognised their name from the caption of a photo of a couple of schoolboys on the back page of that very book. Turns out they built the car at school and went on to build an automotive company.
- samwillis 3y agoAmazing, the author was a DT (design technology) teacher at a school just down the road from where I grew up. They would build these in a club at school. Photo of the school workshop, with a production line of cars: https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/oundle-public-school-in-northants-now-have-a-production-line-of-homemade-cars-under-the-direction-oif-master-ron-champion-he-is-pictured-with-two-girls-pupils-charlotte-wiseman-15-taller-and-emilie-elliot-17-shorter-blonde-wearing-their-wel-2056687a https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/oundl...