sammy
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 02:06 PM |
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Why do it the locost way
Anyone ever have moments when they think "why didn't I just buy a flippin' kit?".
Sunday I started making the suspension brackets out of square tube. When the first one was finished and I put a bolt and a bush in it, I was dead
chuffed! After finishing the 10th bracket I was thinking... (and I still have more to do)
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nib1980
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 02:20 PM |
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your missing an option of all of the above 
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stevec
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 02:29 PM |
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I admire everyone who does it all themselves.
But once you have made 1 bracket you now have the Tshirt, You can buy a set of them very locost. Make 1 and buy the rest,
Steve.
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TimC
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 02:41 PM |
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I don't think I'd ever build my own chassis although next time (if there is a next time) I might be tempted to go a bit more basic and do
a bit more myself.
The MNR I bought is definately one of the easier options.
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bob
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 02:46 PM |
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I bought the chassis bones and FB but everything else was fashioned with a hammer because i'm as tight as a ducks ....
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sammy
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 03:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
your missing an option of all of the above
Yes that should have been an option.
I'm doing it myself partly for the satisfaction of making most of the bits, partly to get what I want (wider chassis with a RV8), partly because
I just seem to always want to things the hard way (I must be a masochist), and because I didn't want to pay for a kit (yes I am tight as a ducks
@rse!). 
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bob
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 03:11 PM |
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I worked out that paying for the chassis and body are the cheaper part of the operation,the wheels shocks and seats plus the dash can reach the total
of the initial kit outlay.
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carlgeldard
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 03:30 PM |
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Does that mean there is a 50/50 split between kit builders and locost builders
Just watch the results change now I've said that!!!!!!!
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big_wasa
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 03:40 PM |
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Yes have them often.
Made all my brackets out of 50mm box section.
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DavidM
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 04:02 PM |
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I clicked "for the satisfaction of building it myself", but those that know me would say I should have picked the "tight as a ducks
arse" option.
Mind you, you can't argue with being on the road for less than the cost of most basic kits, and I only had to give up 6 years of my life to
build it.
I'm still thinking about what to build next.
David
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rav
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 04:27 PM |
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made the brackets out of box section?
You had it easy!!!
I couldn't afford box section and had to bend offcuts of strip in vice using my BARE HANDS!
Call yourself a locoster? Ha!
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wilkingj
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 05:07 PM |
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Bought a kit, as I couldnt weld well enough then. I'm not much better now, but trust my work a bit more!.
I didnt want to get on the road and kill myself, or worse still some one else or a kiddy, just because my welding skills are not up to scratch.
Safety was the No1 order of the day in my books and still is.
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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t.j.
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 05:15 PM |
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I'm living in Europe, kits are too expensive, and as bad as i build 
Now i can build it slowly and me wife doesn't notice that is not that locost after al
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blakep82
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 05:31 PM |
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i'm doing mine to have something unique on the road.
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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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scoop
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 05:50 PM |
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Made my chassis but never again.
If i make another one it will be a kit. Less than a year to build instead of three!!
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Miek
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 05:58 PM |
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Anyone using a small garage with no power supply?
I'm using a generator and a small welder. That's dedication for you.
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dnmalc
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 06:21 PM |
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Didn't have the cash for a kit in one go. I can loose the cost without SWMBO noticing and also I enjoy the challenge. I think i must be touched
or something.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 07:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miek
Anyone using a small garage with no power supply?
I'm using a generator and a small welder. That's dedication for you.
No, but we built ours with a power supply, but no garage
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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907
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 07:31 PM |
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Why make it yourself?
If you need to ask this question then you probably wouldn't understand the answer.
Paul G
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ELO
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| posted on 16/4/07 at 08:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rav
made the brackets out of box section?
You had it easy!!!
I couldn't afford box section and had to bend offcuts of strip in vice using my BARE HANDS!
Call yourself a locoster? Ha!
You used a vice!
Pah, I had to first make the steel myself then bend it into shape using my own teeth!
ed
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davie h
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 12:49 AM |
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i cant afford a kit but can buy bits n bobs as i go and the plus side is that i get the satisfaction of doing it myself
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C10CoryM
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 12:51 AM |
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How about: as a design/fabrication lesson?
Wanted to learn with something cheap before doing something more costly and screwing it up. Kind of sounds like my love life actually.....
"Our watchword evermore shall be: The Maple Leaf Forever!"
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