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For those unaware a "Locost" is a Lotus 7 self build replica from the incredible 1996 book "Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as £250"

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0854299769/ref=dbs_a_def...

The original donor car was (I think) a Mk3 Ford Escort, obviously they are a collectors car now.

There have been a number of revisions now, it's published by Haynes the publisher of many car repair manuals. There is also a whole network of small business selling parts, you can buy ready made chassis and body panels for them.

I was gifted the book in the late 90s as a teenager, always planed to one day build one. And the fact the house I bought a few years ago has a garage with an inspection pit is only making it more tempting.

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AlexMuir2y ago

I too had that very book as a teenager. It's a small world - when I was at uni I was hired to build a website for someone. Their friend then asked me to build them a site and I recognised their name from the caption of a photo of a couple of schoolboys on the back page of that very book. Turns out they built the car at school and went on to build an automotive company.

samwillisOP2y ago

Amazing, the author was a DT (design technology) teacher at a school just down the road from where I grew up. They would build these in a club at school.

Photo of the school workshop, with a production line of cars: https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/oundl...

AlexMuir2y ago

I read the caption of the photo you linked to and my ex-employer is there. Wonderful!

AlexMuir2y ago

Private education with that sort of facility is terrific value for money.

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0 pointssamwillis2y ago0 comments

For those unaware a "Locost" is a Lotus 7 self build replica from the incredible 1996 book "Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as £250"

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0854299769/ref=dbs_a_def...

The original donor car was (I think) a Mk3 Ford Escort, obviously they are a collectors car now.

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AlexMuir2y ago

samwillisOP2y ago

Amazing, the author was a DT (design technology) teacher at a school just down the road from where I grew up. They would build these in a club at school.

Photo of the school workshop, with a production line of cars: https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/oundl...

AlexMuir2y ago

I read the caption of the photo you linked to and my ex-employer is there. Wonderful!

AlexMuir2y ago

Private education with that sort of facility is terrific value for money.

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