Finally it has been painted

The frame is almost complete. Just need to put in the front suspension and the weld in the steel floors and sides. If you look really hard it kind of looks like a car. Well maybe not, but the "Indian Red" (yes that is what it said on the tin) makes it a little hard to miss.

And here is the horses out of the old front cut.

And here is the frame as of a year or so ago

One of the things you need to work out early is what engine you are going to use. I went with the 4AGE 20V. For a QLD local it is looking like a bad idea, but I am still hopeful that it will make pass the DOT's requirements for emissions. I took pics of it to make sure that I could follow work out where things when putting the bits back together. Many other engines are better choices which will meet the requirements of emissions. This is a sore point for a lot of builders and causes the most pain.

Mmmm fast cars

So around 4 years ago I set out to build one of these. As I live in Australia there is very little chance of building for close to the money mention on the front cover.


It is not a kit car, it is a ground up build of a car which uses the book as a guide. If you are interested in going down this road there are plenty of resources on the Web to help you get going.


If you are in Australia I would recommend starting here by looking at the following links:
Oz Clubbies
Locost oz - yahoo
Locost 7 - file repo

If you are still interested then invest in a book. I have the second edition which has some corrections, but it is still UK based and can only be used as a guide here in OZ. There is also a large community of these being built and many people willing to help.