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Interviews with Ron Champion and Matt Reid about Locost 001 and the genesis of the Locost
Mike Wood - 6/6/24 at 02:55 PM

Great interviews with Ron Champion and Matt Reid about Locost 001 and the genesis of the Locost design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwk6u8FakGI Thanks John Minion for the interviews and the encouragement of Jim Gould of the 7Spot FB Group.

Matt - the car is looking great - a superb sympathetic recommissioning and gentle refurbishment. You mentioned Premier Wiring Systems - is that ‘Mango’ in Scotland, if so any contact details please. I am need of a new loom and about to decide on whether I fit a Crossflow or 948cc Sprite engine so would need something very similar.

Cheers
Mike

[Edited on 6/6/24 by Mike Wood]

[Edited on 6/6/24 by Mike Wood]

bi22le - 7/6/24 at 09:46 AM

Thanks for sharing.

Ron Champion is one our forefathers we all need to thank for innovating the car industry and taking on the big boys.

7spot is a great channel, I have been catching up on their videos recently and this one is ANOTHER example opportunity I missed at Malvern for my channel. Gutted. . .

voucht - 8/6/24 at 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by Mike WoodYou mentioned Premier Wiring Systems - is that ‘Mango’ in Scotland, if so any contact details please.


IIRC Premier was an English couple who settled in Spain, and made wiring looms from there. I just tried the website I had bookmarked when I was building my Haynes in 2012 (http://www.premierwiring.co.uk/), but it no longer exists, so I'm afraid so does the company.

scudderfish - 8/6/24 at 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by voucht
quote:
Originally posted by Mike WoodYou mentioned Premier Wiring Systems - is that ‘Mango’ in Scotland, if so any contact details please.


IIRC Premier was an English couple who settled in Spain, and made wiring looms from there. I just tried the website I had bookmarked when I was building my Haynes in 2012 (http://www.premierwiring.co.uk/), but it no longer exists, so I'm afraid so does the company.


The URL needs a hyphen https://www.premier-wiring.co.uk/

nick205 - 10/6/24 at 10:52 AM

Thanks for posting the video link.

I bought the Ron Champion book one lunchbreak in Waterstones some years back. It lead me to kit cars and chosing the MK Indy to build. Have to say I enjoyed and learnt so much from the whole process. I enjoyed the build part equally as much if not more thatn the end result.