HELP WHIT BUILDING A LOCOST CAR AND IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS
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Er.. you really want to build that :-)

Seriously... check out some of the cars on the archives.

People have built them for a couple of grand and they knock the socks off that! :p


M

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Yes retro kicks ass and it looks cool like some thing out sf space shutle star trek
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mate I know we all have different things we like

but people will laugh at you in that

if you want retro buy a VW campervan

Looks like the back end of a Clan Crusader. Yes you need help.

It seems to be powered by a lawn mower engine........
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no the engene is DIESEL 16 hp From an generator

It looks a bit like a four wheeled Bond Bug.

What is the bond bug i dont get it

Bond bug:
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This is a bond bug. A similar shaped three wheel version to the picture you've posted.

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Whilst it may not be to everyones taste, I'm sure that lots of people on here would be more than willing to try and answer any questions you may have.

Those cars may look odd, but if you stick something like a bike engine in the back then who cares?

Answer: the bloke you just left standing at the lights.

and it would probably wheelie

Somebody made a dragster out of one, way back (70s?). They did wimp out and fit 2 wheels at the front, though.

DJ

FOUND IT!




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Great place for the fuel tank! And is that bungee cord holding it on? Ahhh, the 70's, such a carefree time.

Well, there's shouldn't be anything in front to squash the fuel tank on a drag strip - if you get as far as the barriers then a squashed fuel tank is just one of your worries!

David


PS: If you want to be really scared, ask Jon Beedle to post a picture of his Bug chassis - makes a Locost look like a truck chassis!

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there was a turbo busa engined bug at a rwyb last year that did a 10.9 quarter mile

Try this

Riley Urba car

It seems to be one 'o them.

You can buy the plans.

cheers

chris

Firs of all tanks for the help from all of you i knove you can oder the plans but for 75 usd and i dont have a kredit card life sucks vhen your a student .Tanks for sowing mi what is a bond bug great help.But does any bodey hawe any plans for suspension for some thing like this?? And is it Hard to make a fiber body and is it solid is it Safe?? Tanks again for all yours help

If you go to thr Riley link that 'chrisg' suggested, you will find information about building fibreglass bodies using foam insulation as the plug and then laminating it with matt and resin.
Good luck!

"Because its minimal curb weight, the small 12 kW (16 hp) engine still gives it a power-to-weight ratio about equal to that of the early VW Beetle"

And that's something to be proud of???????

ATB

Simon

Im now waiting for the engen it is an old generator diesel engen whit amaizing 25 hp it was mede in 1996 by a company thad made tanks during the war and they make traktors now it is cald TOMO VINKOVIC so aksuali it is a tractors engen it is WWEEERRYYY cheap ,but will it be to laim and slow and wil it be to slow it got onli 3.500 rpms???

so that's what a nutter looks like

this is prety much it ?
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they use a similar type engine. I think theirs' is a Kubota diesel same as is used to power refigerator units on lorries. They don't show any pictures with people in them but these cars are tiny two seaters.
http://www.thorpe-morieux.org.uk/aixam.htm

Yes tanks but does somebody have plans for a simple suspension

What sort of suspension do you want? How much engineering knowledge have you got? Can you weld properly?

All make a large difference as to what sort of suspension to use as some designs need a lot more design work and fabrication than others.

If you want somthing pre-made then maybe the suspension from an old mini would be suitable, very simple and suits a light car, can be converted to coil overs quite easily as well. Only downside being that its a front wheel drive car.

Your first problem is finding a rear wheel drive (I assume thats what you want) donor, that you can take the hubs from, once you have decided on that, you can decide what sort of suspension to use.

David

Tanks i am tinkin taking a suspension of a fiat 126 .We dont have minis if you faind it is wery ekspensive on the odther hand 126 is under 200 eur so i will buy that and go from that yet tanks ill post my progres on the forum and yes i can weld