mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 10:19 AM |
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ok i take back what i said ....its a locust same as this picture
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scootz
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 10:58 AM |
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I think we can safely put this one to bed... definitely not a Caterham!
Next...
It's Evolution Baby!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 11:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I think we can safely put this one to bed... definitely not a Caterham!
Next...
what have the cats said on the blat chat?
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Liam
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 11:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
Let's spot the non caterham bits. then.
The relationship between the nosecone and the wheels. Nosecone way too high.
Front suspension has a top wishbone, caterhams don't, they use the roll bar and a top link.
The roll hoop is wrong.
The flat topped tranny tunnel.
The relationship betwwen curve of the rear body tub and the rear arches.
The rear lights
Low rear bulkhead behind seats.
Dash is very RH
Rear body is very RH.
Front suspension is not Dolly based RH.
Definitely using the Caterham V5 though.
Caterhams have had a full top wishbone for a loooooong time.
I did briefly wonder if it could be one of the earliest Caterhams based on the unloved S4 Lotus, then later DIY rebodied to look more like an S3
model, but naaaah, dont think so. Must be a Locust or some DIY effort. Either way, if the guy took it as debt settlement thinking it was worth
Caterham money, he'll be rather dissappointed!! Even a potential Caterham buyer is gonna spot that a mile off and seer clear 
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zilspeed
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 11:59 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
Caterhams have had a full top wishbone for a loooooong time.
You have me there.
Quite right of course.
Maybe I was thinking historically....
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 12:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
Even a potential Caterham buyer is gonna spot that a mile off and seer clear
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scootz
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 12:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
I think we can safely put this one to bed... definitely not a Caterham!
Next...
what have the cats said on the blat chat?
Not seen it pop-up there... yet!
It's Evolution Baby!
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richard thomas
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 12:35 PM |
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It's definately a T&J Locust - not a Hornet - I started to build one years about 20 years ago before I knew better and quickly realised that
it would be a death trap on the road!! Never got finished thankfully....
The body shape is the same - very tall in the scuttle, and the terrible shape of the body sides over the rear arches is the shape that the plans make
you cut.
Still maintain that it is Cortina suspension though....that's what mine had!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 12:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by richard thomas
Still maintain that it is Cortina suspension though....that's what mine had!
Definitely not; the Cortina has (very ugly) pressed steel upper and lower wishbones and has a spring pan built into the lower wishbone. The Triumph
wishbones are constructed from separate pressed parts and uses a "coil over" style damper e.g.
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richard thomas
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| posted on 4/1/11 at 01:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by richard thomas
Still maintain that it is Cortina suspension though....that's what mine had!
Definitely not; the Cortina has (very ugly) pressed steel upper and lower wishbones and has a spring pan built into the lower wishbone. The Triumph
wishbones are constructed from separate pressed parts and uses a "coil over" style damper e.g.
I stand corrected! It must be the earlier version of the Locust?
[Edited on 4/1/11 by richard thomas]
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