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bounce, yer money order will get lost in the mail and yer dog won't come home. click on our "Contact Us" icon above for the quickest response to your questions. BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL BUILD YOUR OWN SPORTS CAR WELD SHEET METAL FOR AS LITTLE AS £250 (about $450) AND RACE IT! Low in cost but high in fun and fulfilment - that's the Locost sports car, for drivers with more dash than cash. This fully revised and expanded new edition of automotive engineer Ron Champion's bestseller gives step-by-step instructions on how to build yourself a roadworthy SVA test-compliant two-seater, and even how to go racing with it. The book has already inspired so many people to build their own sports cars that there is now a thriving Locost Car Club, an international network of members willing to share their experiences, and even a new MSA-approved race series for Locosts, sponsored by Haynes and run by the 750 Motor Club. This all-colour new edition includes instructions on: o Making the space-frame chassis and suspension units. o What to salvage from your donor car and where to find what o Adapting components to suit your car. o How to make a fuel tank, windscreen, dashboard, o Body panelling, interior trim and seating. o Wiring and plans for dual circuit braking system. o Getting your car through the Single Vehicle Approval test. o Racing a Locost, regulations and modifications for the track. Ron Champion designed and built the first Locost for his son James. Later he used the plans to teach Locost building to pupils at the public school where he taught motor engineering. The first edition of Build Your Own Sports Car captured the public imagination and there are now Locost builders worldwide. Here's Ron to tell you more about his project! It was possible to find plenty of scrap electrical conduit on demolition or bomb sites with which to make the framework. This was welded up with an ex-War Department arc welder and, with the aid of tin snips and pop rivets, it was clad in aluminium sheet. As our skills were limited we could only make the body with single curves, but I remember one of the best looking cars of my contemporaries was made with sections of an old wartime fighter aluminium drop tank, which gave him a superb body shape with lots of compound curves. A few of my friends joined the 750 Motor Club and entered their Austin-based specials in the regular club motor races. The rest of us offered practical and moral support as race mechanics, timekeepers, pushers and tea makers. Our involvement gave us all the opportunity to exchange ideas and barter, not only for spares but also for our skills. Our specials became more professional looking, fast and fairly reliable, all on minimal funds. It was very much a case of: if you want it, then make it! Some of the owner/builders, such as Colin Chapman, progressed to national acclaim. He developed his Austin special into the Lotus Six, then the Lotus Seven - and the rest is history. The Lotus Seven is still being built today, virtually unchanged visually, by Caterham Cars Ltd. Since the early '80s there has been a tremendous revival in special building, or I should say kit car building. They are mostly based on donor parts, just like those in the '50s, but the main difference is that all the parts are sourced, fabricated, painted, chromed and delivered as a package together with a builder's manual. This book tells you how to make the Locost. It is compiled from the data I collected during the construction of my son's car and the later building of several more Locosts in my capacity as a teacher of motor engineering at a public boarding school. Since its first publication, builders of Locosts have proliferated worldwide and I have yet to find two cars which have been made exactly alike. You have total freedom to adopt and adapt the basic plans to suit your circumstances and purposes. There is no best way to tackle this project but, whatever you do, work safely. If you haven't got one, make your first purchase a first-aid kit, and keep it in your work area. Clear goggles are essential, as are stout footwear, gloves and a protective overall. Never, never work in a T-shirt and trainers. One thing that the school-built cars have in common is that they were all built by unskilled young people who had hardly ever wielded a spanner and certainly could not weld before joining the Locost project. This has already inspired many - young and not so young - to build their own sports cars. If they can do it, so can you!" 8-1/2" X 11" Hard cover 192 pages profusely illustrated with all color illustrations and photographs! Visit my Marketworks Gallery! Power Tools for Power Sellers! Phone: (***) 744-4449 M-F 9:00 to 4:00 Pacific Standard Time This item has been seen by alt people! 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