Sax
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 08:52 AM |
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Help Identifying Chassis
Hello,
I need some help identifying this chassis/kit car, the seller says is a locuts, DVLA says is a ford, previously have a ford engine, from sierra
cosworth I think.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Locust-Kit-Car-ZX900R-/223603066912?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=w7N4ouoEPt
zj3mcMKQ5rXm5eS64%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 10:06 AM |
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Locust had a plywood chassis /tub whereas a locost has a steel space frame chassis. There was loads of different manufacturers of locost chassis’s at
one time as well as hundreds if not thousands of amateur built book chassis’s. There are also loads of incorrectly registered cars which have never
been SVA or IVA tested . At least it isn’t registered as a Dutton
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Sax
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 10:34 AM |
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The vin number start SABTVR0
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Slater
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 11:39 AM |
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Remove the bonnet and boot cover and take some pics of the chassis and front wishbones/suspension, then post on here and you'll get some answers
on the chassis identification.
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Sax
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 11:47 AM |
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Is not my car
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rdodger
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 03:34 PM |
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Short cockpit is very Caterham where most Locost are much longer there. Maybe a pre lit Westfield chassis?
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 07:20 PM |
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I think it could well be a Locust. It doesn't have the same bracing in the front chassis like almost all Caterham, westfields, Locost etc do.
The locust is a more old fashioned un triangulated chassis which seems to match your pictures.
[Edited on 4/8/19 by wylliezx9r]
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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big_wasa
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 07:26 PM |
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The cockpit sides slope down unlike a book Locost. It looks narrow so I am guessing it’s a live axle. SABTVR I seem to recall was the standard chassis
number dished out by dvla if you asked them for one. Mine was SABTVR0348B123xxx
I thought manufactures vins where more tailored.
Wiring looks like it wants some work.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 07:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wylliezx9r
I think it could well be a Locust. It doesn't have the same bracing in the front chassis like almost all Caterham, westfields, Locost etc do.
The locust is a more old fashioned un triangulated chassis which seems to match your pictures.
[Edited on 4/8/19 by wylliezx9r]
Like I pointed out in my earlier post a Locust has a plywood chassis
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 08:42 PM |
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the locust has a metal 'ladder' chassis
the slab sides, and what looks like ply for the lower bonnet sides are right
my guess would be a locust iii
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_(car)
since that was based on sierra.
one search I did on the number plate indicated a sierra sapphire cosworth.
the mot history is interesting, and mileage was reset a short while ago, probably when the engine was changed.
also vin's starting SABTVR0 were dvla local office issued numbers.
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will121
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 09:21 PM |
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Looks like a locust from around the exhaust manifold exits the chassis area, easiest way is a look underneath, a conversational ladder chassis is a
locust, I had one
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 09:22 PM |
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If the DVLA have it down as a Ford, then it is incorrectly registered, but as it has the DVLA issued SABTVR VIN and is Q-plated, it is possible that
the DVLA might be persuaded that they have made the error and should correct it, without it needing an IVA.
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myke pocock
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 10:02 PM |
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rusty nuts, the Locust didnt have a ply wood chassis. It was the body that was ply. Built on the same principle as the JC Midge. Dead give away for a
Locust as the body panelling above the rear wings shows. I may be wrong but I think some had Cortina derived front suspension as well (not this one of
course) They also usually have triangular fillets between the side panels and back panel.
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Sam_68
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| posted on 4/8/19 at 11:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by will121
Looks like a locust from around the exhaust manifold exits the chassis area...
Yes, I agree. And since the seller also thinks it's Locust...
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rdodger
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| posted on 5/8/19 at 05:50 PM |
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Maybe a T&J Hornet?
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 2/10/24 at 01:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rdodger
Maybe a T&J Hornet?
it is a t&j locust, very similar to the hornet.
sorry, this is an old tread, I thought it was the current one (oct 2024) asking about a similar / possibly the same car.
[Edited on 2/10/24 by gremlin1234]
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