Looks to be the car that's pictured on the Locist build manual cover is up for sale;

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1556670397899845/permalink/3131039830462886/

Surely its only worth £250 (plus inflation)

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Originally posted by loggyboy
Surely its only worth £250 (plus inflation)

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Should go to the Hynes motor museum surely??? has Ron not even asked them...?

What a fantastic opportunity to give something back to the man that inspired so many of the builds on this site.

Does anyone know anything about online fund raising? If enough of us donated a small amount maybe we could buy it and give it to one of the motor museums.

What do you think?

Gary

Suspect he owes a lot of people money - ie everyone that spent more than 'about £250'.

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Originally posted by loggyboy
Suspect he owes a lot of people money - ie everyone that spent more than 'about £250'.

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Originally posted by loggyboy
Suspect he owes a lot of people money - ie everyone that spent more than 'about £250'.

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Originally posted by CosKev3
Looks to be the car that's pictured on the Locist build manual cover is up for sale;

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1556670397899845/permalink/3131039830462886/

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Hi

Can someone please post the picture for those of us not on Friendface? What is the sale price?

Worth sending the link to the Haynes Museum? Shame John Haynes is no longer with us and Haynes seem to publish not as much automotive stuff these days.

Cheers
Mike

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What a fantastic opportunity to give something back to the man that inspired so many of the builds on this site.

Does anyone know anything about online fund raising? If enough of us donated a small amount maybe we could buy it and give it to one of the motor museums.

What do you think?

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Originally posted by Mike Wood
Hi

Can someone please post the picture for those of us not on Friendface? What is the sale price?

Worth sending the link to the Haynes Museum? Shame John Haynes is no longer with us and Haynes seem to publish not as much automotive stuff these days.

Cheers
Mike

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Originally posted by Mike Wood
Hi

Can someone please post the picture for those of us not on Friendface? What is the sale price?

Worth sending the link to the Haynes Museum? Shame John Haynes is no longer with us and Haynes seem to publish not as much automotive stuff these days.

Cheers
Mike

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I am reluctantly having to dispose of the very first Locost, built for my teenage son nearly 30 years ago. He used it for the first few months until he got into Locost racing with.the 750 M.C. It's sat in my garage ever since. However every few months I have started the engine and run it up to temperature, and it still starts on the button and runs like a sewing machine. But the years have taken their toll, the clutch is seized as is the brake master cylinder / servo, although the tyres are unused, I wouldn't risk them on the road, but fine for loading into a trailer. But the final straw for me is that mice have chewed the wireing loom and rubber components like fuel and brake pipes. I have stripped out the wireing and hot wired the ignition and fuel pump so it now starts and runs. Thankfully the mice did not touch the seats which are Caterham items.
Like the car the years have taken their toll on me, and I am no longer able to undertake the repairs and recommisioning.
When the book was finished my son upgraded the spec of the car with LOTUS alloy wheels, genuine LOTUS badges and other stuff.
I am open to the best offer in my mind I think the reserve is the value of the following parts as follows. 1098 M.G. Midget engine and gearbox. Alloy wheels (5) from a Mk1 Lotus Cortina. Perfect Caterham seats. Caterham windscreen. Alloy fuel tank. Mk1 Escort rear axle. Mk3 Cortina front discs and calipers. And all the other bits.
If unsold in a couple of weeks, it's then E.bay. Viewing any time by appointment car is located in Peterborough.
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Hi

Thanks for posting the picture and description from the advert.

I have just emailed the curator of the Haynes Motor Museum (https://www.haynesmuseum.org/contact-us ) to say this car is available and that it would make a great exhibit and I would be happy to contribute to crowdfunding to help this.

They just need some MkII Escort steel wheels to get it back to as built and could sell the Lotus alloys to offset the cost. It looks relatively untouched so an ideal exhibit.

I would love to see details under the bonnet and transmission tunnel of the A Series engine and gearbox install.

It’d be great if it could be in the Haynes Motor Museum as this started a global movement of people building these cars which still goes on today, both for the road and in the UK for a 750 Motor Club Race Series too. This would be a nice link to John Haynes’s early days publishing books on building Ford specials and Austin Seven specials, and his building of them himself, as well as the Locost and Haynes Roadster building books.

Cheers
Mike

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Count me in for a donation.

Hi

Did this car sell?

I had no answer from Haynes Motor Museum.

Cheers
Mike

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Originally posted by Mike Wood
Hi

Did this car sell?

I had no answer from Haynes Motor Museum.

Cheers
Mike

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