Dick Axtell
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:16 PM |
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French Locost - Quelle difference!!!
Spotted this courtesy of TOL. Interesting variation on our usual theme, but it'd never pass IVA.
Check it out here :- http://picasaweb.google.ca/googbrown/Locost702#5341936160950843714
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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Snuggs
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:24 PM |
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That is fugly
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I doubt therefore I may be.
Luposlipophobia : Fear of being chased by wolves around a freshly waxed kitchen floor, while wearing only socks on your feet.
My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!
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blakep82
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:25 PM |
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ooh, theres a new benchmark...
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smart51
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:27 PM |
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The back of the bonnet scoop is a bit brutal. The holes in the sides near the front wheels are a bit odd too.
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:27 PM |
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Oh, come on guys!! He did all his own welding, including body panels to chassis (apparently).
Still wouldn't pass IVA, tho.
Wonder why he chose to use a leaf spring?
[Edited on 10/6/09 by Dick Axtell]
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:27 PM |
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Is the man sitting in it a cricus midget or is it a really big car?
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pewe
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:31 PM |
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Transverse leaf spring at the front???? Depending on the rating can't see that being very compliant.
Can't even think what that was based on - anyone any ideas - back to front Triumph Spitfire?
Cheers, Pewe 
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 02:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pewe
Transverse leaf spring at the front????
that is what I thought too - original AC Cobra was like that ..... I think? .....
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blakep82
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 03:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Is the man sitting in it a cricus midget or is it a really big car?
nah, just a conventional midget i think
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don't write OT on a new thread title, you're creating the topic, everything you write is very much ON topic!
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chrisg
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 03:06 PM |
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I was more surprised that TOL is still running!
Cheers
Chris 
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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dhutch
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 04:10 PM |
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Wouldnt do for us all to be the same eh!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 04:14 PM |
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How many switches does one car need? The transmission tunnel/dash looks like a hedgehog with the number of sticky-out bits.
The front suspension is interesting...look at the bottom wishbone, what's the engine mount looking thing? Giant bump stop? Some kind of airbag
suspension?
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RichardK
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:07 PM |
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Lovely garden though 
Wouldn't it be boring if we all liked the same stuff though.
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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goodguydrew
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:01 PM |
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Well at least it's finished, which is more than I can claim!
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dodgedartgt
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:13 PM |
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At least have the courtesy to know something about the project before flaming... Read below, there WERE outside influences.
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6867
Now, if you must, flame away
Mikey Bynum
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:19 PM |
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I was just about to post something along the lines of - it makes him happy, so good luck to him!
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Litemoth
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 09:19 PM |
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Lots of people on that forum telling him it looks lovely....mmmmmm.
He's a top metal basher though ...but just as easy to make a good looking panel as an ugly one i would have thought?
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 10:42 PM |
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It is air bag suspension!
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RK
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| posted on 11/6/09 at 12:58 AM |
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He's a guy not that far away from me (a few hundred kilometers) in Ontario. He's been working on it a while, and although it isn't
my cup of tea, he likes it, and that's what counts. Ontario doesn't have IVA, and isn't that hard to pass an inspection. You just
have to prove you haven't stolen your parts, essentially, and show some garage guy your brakes and lights work.
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scootz
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| posted on 12/6/09 at 08:19 AM |
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Nothing wrong with it for me... I'm sure he's very happy with it - and rightly so! Building a car - any car! - is a hell of an
achievement in itself!
Sure, it's not my cup of tea, but there are far more ugly'creations' that pop-up on this forum from time to time and folk gush over
them!
Some even get sold as kits!
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