This was unearthed in a barn in the farm my gf's father works at. Nobody knows where it came from. Looks to me like somebody was starting on a Locost: Am I right?

Well it looks like it! Good find

Locost.

Tell him that you will take that 'pile of scrap' off his hands for a fiver.

pay him a fiver , tell him if he pays you a fiver , you will dispose of it for him

Hi One thing you will notice though is that the back end was clearly designed for a live axle type setup.

But the rear baulkhead upright tubes are not the required 1" inboard so would clash with the position of the trailing arms. And the lower under axle tubes are also not the required distance inboard. (sorry but not familiar with the book tube codes)

Otherwise it is a book chassis. Or verry close to without measuring.

cheers matt

Is that primer...or a nice shade of "rust"?

Thought so. Cheers all.

The lovely red color is indeed rust - it's been sitting in a barn for god-knows how many years. . .

Pity it wasn't discovered before the new book came out, really

would just be surface rust though no? get it sorted up and powder coated and sell on ebay?