Jermyn
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 posted on 27/9/04 at 05:40 PM |
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Finshed My Build!
Turned out to be High-cost!
9 months was a pretty quick build time.
It finished up at 10:39am yesterday
He's a petrol guzzler too. My wife is going to have to get bigger tanks!
Ending chassis weight was 6lbs 9oz. Pretty light!
Appropriately, we named him Carson!
 
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If life is a race do you want to be the first one to finish?
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 05:50 PM |
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congrats
most sophisticated thing you are ever gonna make.
and it only took a few seconds too 
a warning - once they get to be about 16 - 18 years old the running costs get sky high
atb
steve
[Edited on 27/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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Lightning
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 06:24 PM |
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Congratulations.
They are relativly easy to come. But bloody difficult to get rid of.
in my cae one down , two to go
But I should add, well worth it!
Steve
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 06:33 PM |
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be proud, congrats to all three of you
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Hellfire
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 06:34 PM |
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CONGRATULATIONS from here too!!!!
How many seats your car got Where's the pram gonna go
Sleep well..... 
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Dale
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 08:37 PM |
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Congrats and hope all is well with the little one and mom. Very likely to slow down the build time a bit as you will have more important jobs to take
care of but well worth it. I have been wondering as to putting a booster seat adaptor in mine but probably wont need it buy the time its done.
Dale
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sgraber
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 11:24 PM |
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Congrats!
Good luck during the tuning phase.
Also, I am finding out that they are high maintenance units. More costly than a Ferrari!
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Peteff
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| posted on 28/9/04 at 10:13 AM |
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Now that....
Is a locosting hat, he just needs some wraparound shades to go with it. Congratulations to you all.
 
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yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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marktigere1
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| posted on 28/9/04 at 10:18 AM |
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Congratulations.
My two were both 6lb 9oz as well.
Mrs Tigere1 still thinks I'm building a four seater!!
Cannot wait to see her face when/if I wheel it out of the garage.
Again, congratulations and welcome to the no sleep club.
Cheers
Mark
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 28/9/04 at 02:52 PM |
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I think jenson buttons been round your house a few months ago.......
atb
steve
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Is a locosting hat, he just needs some wraparound shades to go with it. Congratulations to you all.
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wilkingj
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| posted on 28/9/04 at 08:44 PM |
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Congrats on the new arrival...
Now you WILL need the garage to retreat from all the noise and smells in the house!
Dead Right they get bigger...
Mine weighed in at 6lb 12oz aged "a few mins"
16 years later, he is 6ft 4 3/4" and 16 1/2 Stone.
Result = A book Locost just aint big enough.
Changed to a Luegi Viento cos he dont fit in a Locost. Neither does the other one 14, 5ft 10" and 12 Stone, and growing like mad at the
moment.
Me... well I topped out at 5ft 10" and bellied out at 18st. Locost seats make me bum feels like its in a vice!.
Best Regards
Geoffw 
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Mena
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| posted on 29/9/04 at 10:48 AM |
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Congrats,
Now you'll have to convert to stearcolumn shifting to make room for an extra seat on the propshaft tunnel.
Enjoy those first thew years..
C Ya,
Mena
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Jermyn
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| posted on 29/9/04 at 10:35 PM |
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Thanks everyone for all the support!
Strange how I went from reading books about chassis engineering and locost building to books about figuring out newborns.
I have solved some intense problems on automobiles and engines but I couldn't figure out how to "fix" him last night!
When a friend called me about a donor car this morning, I think I got a little grounded again. I'm still going to try to keep my 2 yr start
time. We'll see of it happens.
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drmike54
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| posted on 1/10/04 at 03:08 AM |
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Congrats! I worked on a bunch of those projects myself. The oldest one is now in Raleigh at NC State University.
Started Welding the chassis!!!!
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kiwirex
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| posted on 1/10/04 at 09:56 AM |
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Hey Congratulations.
For such a little thing, they're a big job.
Good luck to you all.
- Greg H
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