02GF74
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 09:45 AM |
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Cold this be rebodied to make it a 7?
on the bay; bet it will be cheap, but can this be rebodied to look like a 7? (may need some chassis strengthening)
nasty wires! 
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minitici
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 09:49 AM |
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Not registered & no V5 - absolutely worthless
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D Beddows
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 09:52 AM |
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Well yes....... a few sheets of marine ply and you could make a Locust out of it....... bit like this  ........
[img] [/img]
Whether it would be worth the effort is a different matter entirely!!
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iank
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 09:55 AM |
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I'm sure it could, but not a very good one.
If it had a V5c them might be worth it, otherwise I wouldn't bother.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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02GF74
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 09:58 AM |
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^^^ that's pretty smart - was that a conversiopn then?
worth it? who knows - if it sells cheap, then probably less effort than making chassis from scratch etc.
(& not, I am not planning this, just wondering as there have been quite a few duttons on the bay whcih I guess could be "fixed" in a
similar fashion). The 7 may not be the lovliest car around but a damn sight better than those 2!!
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 10:03 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
on the bay; bet it will be cheap, but can this be rebodied to look like a 7? (may need some chassis strengthening)
nasty wires!
Why rebody it to look like a 7? Why not build a 7 chassis and fit the panels from the car pictured. Far more interesting
[Edited on 15/8/08 by Jesus-Ninja]
Suspension geometry tool here >>> http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=81376
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D Beddows
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 10:07 AM |
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No thats a proper Locust (which I've just finally managed to sell after years of it being sat in my fathers garage) but they're built on a
ladder chassis which is probably very similar to the Bulldog one. TBH people laugh at them but if you want a cheap traditional looking car to pootle
round in as opposed to a car to use for trackdays and the like then they're not nearly as bad as people would have you believe.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 10:42 AM |
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For my next project, I'm going to strip my Seven and turn it into a Ford Sierra 
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 10:45 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
For my next project, I'm going to strip my Seven and turn it into a Ford Sierra
LOL!! You could write a book on it.
Not sure what the deal is with copyright if you take someone else's book and reqork it backwords....
Suspension geometry tool here >>> http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=81376
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 11:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
For my next project, I'm going to strip my Seven and turn it into a Ford Sierra
I once suggested to a Spartan owner that his car was a good donor for a Cortina.
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phoenix70
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 03:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jesus-Ninja
quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
For my next project, I'm going to strip my Seven and turn it into a Ford Sierra
LOL!! You could write a book on it.
Not sure what the deal is with copyright if you take someone else's book and reqork it backwords....
Yeah a book
How to build a family saloon for £250
[Edited on 15/8/08 by phoenix70]
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Jesus-Ninja
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 03:25 PM |
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Has anyone genuinely built a locost for £250?
Suspension geometry tool here >>> http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=81376
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iank
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 03:31 PM |
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I think you could just about do it when the first book was published if you followed Ron's advice and got the metal from skips and depanelled
luton vans for their aluminium etc.
Those days are long gone, especially with the price of scrap these days.
I've seen a reference on here to a rumoured scrap man who made one for himself with bits from his heap for £37.50 or something mad.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 04:03 PM |
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I reckon you could still build a Triumph Spitfire/Herald based LocUst for £250 given enough time on Ebay and on here 
The finished car would be a shed (cue the wood jokes....) obviously........ but it's possibly a suitable challenge for the seriously tight
fisted
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Macbeast
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 04:26 PM |
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quote:
Yeah a book -
How to build a family saloon for £250 -
and drive it to Sainsbury's
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indykid
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| posted on 15/8/08 at 11:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
quote:
Yeah a book -
How to build a family saloon for £250 -
and drive it to Sainsbury's
if you were building a saloon for £250, you wouldn't be shopping at sainsbury's!
tom
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 16/8/08 at 04:38 AM |
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He never said "Shop"!! You could rummage around in the bins, or even nick the lids for wet weather gear.....
and drive it to Sainsbury's
if you were building a saloon for £250, you wouldn't be shopping at sainsbury's!
tom
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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