are you building fromscratch as per book, or are you using a built chasiss / kit / patial kit?

Dont include buying stuff like grp - you would be nuts not to!

What about us that have bought a chassis/wishbones etc then threw most of it in the bin and started again???

all 2 locost expect 4 the 11 bodywork

I made my own GRP and aluminium nose cone, but then I am nuts.

The only thing I didn't make on my car (apart from the bits Ford ect gave me)was the roll bar as I didn't have the facillities.

It's nice to say "I made that", but picking it all up in a van is MUCH quicker!

Cheers

Chris

i been saying "ooooooooo i made that" all the way thru my build so far true locost stylee with some RAE principles thrown in for good measure

Building from scratch....very little like the book...

Book chassis made by brother.
Wish i,d bought luego chassis it would be finished by now and wouldn,t have cost much more.
But it has been a great learning experience.
Its like sex,its more fun getting there than when you arrive.
Soon be time for a fag,Good night...

building from scratch with a lot of mods
have come close to scraping it due to suspension problems
irs is a bastard to get anywhere near right
cheers dave

I did my front and rear suspension twice before I got it the way I wanted it.

std is good

mods are bad!

atb

steve

I have gone for the professional approach some one else has spent a good deal of money on a design (chassis) great!! and it cut costs in he long run (driveshafts etc) then mix it with knowledge and experience and unlimited time and a good deal of good ideas and a lot of insperation and you end up with the dream car we have all been looking for...

Did mine plus 4" to the book(Cortina axle).Did my own bulkhead.Bought the wings after that...But did modify them.Did pretty much every thing on mine.Wasn't allowed to spend that much/tight northernised Southenern & it is nice to keep saying"Yep.Did that as well

Made/making everything from scratch except fibreglass bits.

It may take longer but it's so satisfying and so much cheaper. Chassis (£80), pedal box (nowt), engine mounts (nowt), wishbones/arms/panhard (£50) etc. etc.

Check the prices to buy.

It all adds up.

David

Did everything my self except;

Dax dedion tube (but fabricated my own mounts to suit chassis, instead of the original 'A' arm mounting)

Fibreglass, but all of it was modified to fit, even the front arches.

See my signature.....

Do I detect a certain element of 'pride' here amongst the 'I made it from scratch'
brigade.

Only one response from a kit user

Mick

(Another fully paid up member of the 'Im making it from scratch and I've got the scars to prove it brigade )

Book aproach, Mcsorely plans, Dedion -Home made, 2.8 V6 - seen better days.

LOCOST through and through. Very slow, dificult at times but how chuffed with myself will I be when it hits the road? - right chuffed - thats how chuffed!!

Cheers

Phil

Incidently - Won't this Poll be skewed in favour of those building thier own LOCOST-style as many of those who have bought chassis etc will be too humbled in our presence to admit it!

Phil

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Originally posted by philgregson
Incidently - Won't this Poll be skewed in favour of those building thier own LOCOST-style as many of those who have bought chassis etc will be too humbled in our presence to admit it!

Phil

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Im not humbled

I bought an MK Indy and proud of it.

Cant afford 2 years in the garage before I hit the road.

Gordon

Best of both worlds

bought professionaly built roling chassis

now looking for kit bits!

Bought IRS chassis from Stuart Taylor, plus pedal box, wishbones and GRP.

Have made all ally panelling from scratch (including full-length sides), fabricated new plenum from scratch, made bits for cooling system, sewed a vinyl boot cover, made dashboard and complete wiring loom, converted a Saab concentric clutch slave to work the Toyota clutch, modded the sump with baffles and box around the pickup pipe.

I've cleaned and re-conditioned a huge pile of bits from scrapped Corolla, Cortina, Escort, Sierra and Scorpio. Scoured scrappys for suitable bits including brake reservoir, radiator header tank, heater, fuel pump and so on.

There's still plenty you can do to make a car into your own personal interpretation of the Se7en theme, even if you do buy a chassis.

Cheers,

Eddy

RC homemade chassis per book +4" with homemade IRS.
Homemade tank
Homemade bodywork (sides/scuttle/bonnet rear panel)
Homemade 3.5 V8 engine

Bought but modified (widened) nosecone
Bought front wishbones
Bought roll bar
Bought propshaft

ATB

Simon

PS I lied about the engine

[Edited on 22/2/04 by Simon]

Have to agree. sense of achievment.
Being able to say, I made that!
A monkey can be trained to build a glorified mechano model!
..........dives for cover.


P.S only joking. It does take a very long time!

Bought old book Locost chassis & new wider Luego V8 wishbones which fit.
Started with a pinto but some git gave me a lancia turbo and I have been stuffing it and all the bits into a tiny engine bay ever since.

So far the only thing I have not made or modded is the scuttle. All the rest I have made changed or had made (prop shaft).

It is satisfying to say I did that but I wish it would stop now as I want to drive the B*****D.

Bought Luego Velocity chassis, wishbones, with the Luego locost bodywork.

Now finding it a nightmare to fit the very non-standard engine I have!! Would've been much easier if I'd made my own chassis (except the fact I cant weld)

Making my own life very difficult by not wanting to spoil the lovely powder coat and chop the chassis about (which I have had to do a couple of times now ).