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Part Built Locost - Ebay
neilj37 - 2/6/08 at 12:08 PM

NTDWM

Interesting build and use of materials ??

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[Edited on 2/6/08 by neilj37]

mookaloid - 2/6/08 at 12:11 PM

Ah yes the Locust - ladder chassis and plywood body.

Probably not the best handling car out there

ash_hammond - 2/6/08 at 12:23 PM

At least the plywood body will be easy to keep in good condition - 20L of Cuprinol and your sorted for 5 years

mr henderson - 2/6/08 at 12:26 PM

I've not studied the Locust construction, but there is no inherent reason why a properly designed and made plywood body shouln't be very stiff, and at a reasonable weight.

John

r1_pete - 2/6/08 at 12:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ash_hammond
At least the plywood body will be easy to keep in good condition - 20L of Cuprinol and your sorted for 5 years


You can just imagine the TV ad, with a fat bloke, a silly laugh, spraying his car.....

mookaloid - 2/6/08 at 12:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
I've not studied the Locust construction, but there is no inherent reason why a properly designed and made plywood body shouln't be very stiff, and at a reasonable weight.

John


I think the key words there are 'properly designed' - The Locust body is just built on to the chassis with very little consideration for stiffness considerations.

viatron - 2/6/08 at 02:53 PM

having built one of these i can vouch for the fact that the body adds little or no rigidty to the chassis, not does it need too!! the bl**dy thing weighed a ton and would put the forth road bridge to shame. That said it was my first intro to kit cars and was a pleasant enough build with an ok end result, the handling was ok compared to cars of its day. the one nice thing was that the complete body build including ali sheeting only took 2 days.

bernmc - 2/6/08 at 05:34 PM

Locust? I thought they were called Morgans?

jacko - 2/6/08 at 08:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bernmc
Locust? I thought they were called Morgans?



NO steel chassis and plywood top must be a CARAVAN

eccsmk - 2/6/08 at 08:28 PM

i wonder if a wooden locost would float?

wilkingj - 3/6/08 at 08:08 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jacko
NO steel chassis and plywood top must be a CARAVAN


Oh God... How misinformed you are

<Anorak>
Caravans are made on Galvanised steel (and some on Alluminium) chassis.

Since the early 1970's they have mostly been made of sheet alluminium bonded to a Polystyrene or (now) composite foam board with (usually) hardboard on the inside. This is relatively strong and very light.
Not really the best construction for a body like a Locost.
</Anorak>




wilkingj - 3/6/08 at 08:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by eccsmk
i wonder if a wooden locost would float?

YES.... It would float straight to the bottom