Alez
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 posted on 30/1/04 at 10:17 AM |
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Spanish build? Need advice..
Chaps,
My brother back in Spain is considering building a Locost, Pinto as per the book.
1. Could you give me a rough list of the main donor parts / donor cars used? He needs to check that everything is either easy to find in Spain or
small and light enough to have it sent from the UK. I've seen many posts from you guys about donor cars I had never heard of in Spain.
2. He has a place to build the car with basic tools, no crane to lift the engine, no Mig to put the chassis together, just a good size toolbox. Tasks
requiring special tools like the ones mentioned he would have to arrange with garages / friends. How many of these big tasks come to your mind? We
would like to figure out if he would need a trailer to carry the unfinished car many times or he would probably arrange for it to be moved for him a
few times.
If he is still thinking about it after a couple of weeks, I'll buy him the Ron Champion book unless you have a better suggestion!
Many thanks,
Alex
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 10:49 AM |
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does the law in spain allow the build of kit cars? Some countries, like holland for example, have no process that allows a car to be type approved and
registered.
We have SVA to make this possible, some countries have nothing which stops you completly
atb
steve
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Alez
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 12:09 PM |
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Hi Steve,
Yes we have the equivalent for the SVA in Spain, and I'm the proccess of finding out wether a Locost could be built for compliance. Hopefully, I
will get good information on any areas of concern.
Cheers,
Alex
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 12:34 PM |
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most of the components could be stuck in a van and onto the 24hr ferry to santander. so provided he can work out everything that he will get stuck on
in advance, he could buy them in the UK. unless he want to get a fabrication company to build the chassis, he is better off buying a
'proper' one from mk/luego/st etc. maybe whichever is nearest to the south coast!
there is all the usual crap about engine height, so unless you find a suitable sierra equivilent it might be worth chucking the donor parts in the
same van.
how about this: buy a uk sierra estate with a roof rack, fill it up with body work, stick the chassis on the roof, and drive it all to spain, then
register it if required!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 04:00 PM |
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nice one Joe.........
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Alez
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 04:07 PM |
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JoelP,
You know, that suggestion is not silly at all!!
Cheers.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 06:53 PM |
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just watch out for the vehicle height with the chasiss on top - it might cost more on the ferry.
it is a good idea tho!
atb
steve
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 06:55 PM |
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why thankyou, gentlemen. my pride is somewhat restored after the maths debacle... 
ps sorry about the top spot jon!
[Edited on 30/1/04 by JoelP]
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 06:58 PM |
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not read maths fingy cos i cant add up, but credit where credits due, its a top idea, buy a doner, fill it wi bits, drive it home n build it, may have
been tounge in cheek at the time, but the best ideas often are...........
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 07:51 PM |
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Im still confused about 'which way you are swinging' on that one Joel
atb
steve
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
why thankyou, gentlemen. my pride is somewhat restored after the maths debacle...
ps sorry about the top spot jon!
[Edited on 30/1/04 by JoelP]
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JoelP
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| posted on 30/1/04 at 09:54 PM |
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i've given up TBH, in the beginning, i was sure the thingy was wrong, now i know it was right. unfortunately, i then made exactly the same
mistak e on the prision question. and theres nothing i hate more than making the same mistake twice...
shit happens though, at least i got there in the end!
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