you know the one, with the yellow car o nthe front.

is it worht getting? I have a £5 voucher from WHSimths that could be used to pay for it;

anyone do a quick summary to say what more it has that the original doesn't?

Err. . accurate drawings and correct for a Sierra donor! Worth having IMHO

Caber

Not got a copy yet myself, but it has instructions on how to make jigs for the suspension components, includes a chapter on using different donors and (from what I hear) goes into more detail and has less mistakes

Oh yeah, and the profits go to our Chris and not some conman on the Costa Del Sol

definitely worth buying. the book is a marked improvement over the old one.
Read mine cover to cover three times now and I bought a part built Roadster!!

I met chris and the car at Stoneleigh - briefly. Worth buying and building.

Well worth it. Its a good read and much better than the old one..

Sorry but I disagree. I think the drawings are rubbish, other than that mostly good.

If you are going for an MK then there are some useful references in there.

I bought the book. Make a good "on the bog" read. Then alot of my DBA and software developement education was from books read whilst on the bog.

The plus points are that it goes into quite a bit of detail about making up jigs for the chassis components. The minus parts are that it doesn't get down to specifics on occasions where it would be useful, but then again its not a definitive reference rather gets you the core product (chassis and wishbones) then guides you on how you can do the rest.

The wet wether gear section is a most welcome addition though.

You could easily write a 1000 page tombe on building a locost so it covers quite a bit in its size.

If I didn't have anything specific to spend the voucher on and you were starting out/looking for inspriation, you wouldn't really be going wrong buying the book

I would say that its worth it, I think its much better than the original book, its a lot more detailed. I especially like the detailing of the jigs even though its not very relevant to me at the moment im sure it will come in handy in the future.

You might well find that even with your voucher that

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The Roadster is a lot more complicated than the original Locost. I think the great thing about the original book was that it looked reasonably easy and do-able by the average bloke who knew which end of a screwdriver to hold. A lot of people will be buying rear uprights and wishbones rather than making them, unless they have a well equiped workshop.
The new book does contain some errors but their is a good web site that has all the details and lots of other information.

have to agree with flange nut.... i got attracted to locost-building becuse of the simplicity of the build conveyed by ron's book. however i must say the new book has all what the original didnt and more. i bought a copy of it and i must say i'm using the new one more as reference than othe old one.

on the other hand i think it is a bit ambitious. with this i mean, the IRS setup and the construction of the jigs AND the rear uprights is totally beyond the possibilities of your common john D. Citizen here....

coming from the old book which essentially said "bah, just bolt the cortina axle on and there you go" to the new one "you will have to cut, file, measure, spot weld, measure again, weld fully and offer to the chassis the rear left upright!"

in any case it is a great book for those needing more detail which the original doesnt give. worth a buy....

[Edit:] hey, look at it from this point of view: you spend the same amount of money buing a crappy van damme or steven sea-gull dvd...

[Edited on 10/5/07 by robertst]

[Edited on 10/5/07 by robertst]

I bought it, I've got all 3 now. There's a lot of useful info in there - oh and my car is on page 8

Whats the actual name of the book? It would seem im having trouble finding it and want to make sure i get the right one!

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Originally posted by Catpuss

Make a good "on the bog" read.

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It's called

Build your own sports car on a budget

Click this

Cheers

Chris