l0rd
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 06:00 AM |
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Build a Locost in under 6 hours!!!!!
I know that most of you have been building your Locost for several years. I don't know how you managed that.
I know that it took me less than 6 hours. I went to bed last night at 12:30 and by 6:30 today i was racing it.  Then the bloody alarm woke me up.
At least I had a smile in my face.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 07:07 AM |
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uh huh sooooo you dream of building cars? can't say that's the topic of mine usually
yeah I often wake up with a smile on my face too 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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blakep82
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 07:20 AM |
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ha ha yeah, not what i usually dream of either
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 07:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy can't say that's the topic of mine usually
yeah I often wake up with a smile on my face too
Do you dream of the soon to be Mrs Whippy (if she gets her way) and all the junior Whippy's running around your feet.............and then wake
up with a smile on your face when you realise it was only a dream, and all your projects are still outside / dotted around the house??
[Edited on 16/9/08 by Paul TigerB6]
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balidey
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 07:42 AM |
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Oh, disapointed. I was hoping to see a proper build using time lapse photography.
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tegwin
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 08:03 AM |
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Do you recon its possible to turn a complete kit from say RAW into a working car in less than 6 hours?
Given a crack team of highly trained technicians, I recon it would be possible!....NO TEA BREAKS!!!
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 08:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Do you recon its possible to turn a complete kit from say RAW into a working car in less than 6 hours?
Caterham........ yes
Westfield........ hmmmmm maybe, just maybe
other kits........ fat chance
Too much panelling, brake lines etc to do with a standard kit, and there is only so much room around a car to get a few people working on it.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 08:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy can't say that's the topic of mine usually
yeah I often wake up with a smile on my face too
Do you dream of the soon to be Mrs Whippy (if she gets her way) and all the junior Whippy's running around your feet.............and then wake
up with a smile on your face when you realise it was only a dream, and all your projects are still outside / dotted around the house??
[Edited on 16/9/08 by Paul TigerB6]
yeah thats it, though some times I have to get up and double check there isn't a skip outside!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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MikeR
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 08:17 AM |
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then you need to do sub assemblys.
IE someone puts the seats together then at hte last minute, drops them in and the person already lying under the car does them up. You'd need to
have captive bolts etc so only one person was needed to do things up.
Problem areas would be things like fuel / brake lines. Perhaps these should go in first.
(i'm assuming everything is pre made and an exact fit - ie the car is built, stripped down and rebuilt)
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mstepien
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 08:33 AM |
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Not a chance.
I remember on one show one manufacturer (I think it was MK) assembled the car over two days. But all main elements were already preassembled.
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MikeR
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 10:17 AM |
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i thought it was GTS.
But i'm thinking having the panelling already done,
everything powder coated, having channels already laid out in the transmission tunnel (or rivet holes drilled) litterally build the car, strip it down
and make sure everything is done for speed. Eg diff brackets, have the nut welded onto one side so one person can push the bolt through and do it up
without hassling someone else to hold a spanner on the other side or having to get in other peoples way to hold the spanner yourself.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 11:41 AM |
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I once dreamt i was jack black in the video for tribute 
That was a good dream
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Hellfire
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| posted on 16/9/08 at 11:53 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
I know that it took me less than 6 hours. I went to bed last night at 12:30 and by 6:30 today i was racing it. Then the bloody alarm woke me up.
At least I had a smile in my face.
If you had a smile on yer face it must have been a BEC. Otherwise you'd have woken up with a frown......
Phil
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M$RK_VXRD
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| posted on 22/7/09 at 10:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Do you recon its possible to turn a complete kit from say RAW into a working car in less than 6 hours?
Given a crack team of highly trained technicians, I recon it would be possible!....NO TEA BREAKS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOxHV6QfJkg
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 12:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
I know that it took me less than 6 hours. I went to bed last night at 12:30 and by 6:30 today i was racing it. Then the bloody alarm woke me up.
At least I had a smile in my face.
If you had a smile on yer face it must have been a BEC. Otherwise you'd have woken up with a frown......
Phil
If it was a BEC he'd have woken up with ringing ears!
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 12:46 AM |
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is this thread nearly a year old already?! 
remember this like it was made last month
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 12:57 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
is this thread nearly a year old already?!
remember this like it was made last month
Phew, it wasn't me necroposting this time!
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 01:06 AM |
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whats necroposting?!
not anything to do with dead poeople is it?! lol
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 23/7/09 at 01:55 AM |
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Bringing back old threads (like this one) from the dead
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