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Kit Car Links
(Over 500 links to all thing kit car)
Locost
Builders (Excellent
Bulletin Board for Locosters)
Locost Mailing List
(Exchange Information About
Locosts)
Topkits
(New kitcar website which will grow rapidly. Loads of interesting
cars)
Parts
Suppliers
Autoprop (Specialise in one off propshafts. Made to order)
Burton
Power (If your Locost is Ford powered, check this out and drool)
Car
Builder Solutions (Lots of useful bits and pieces including fixings
& fastenings)
C.O.H. Baines Limited
(Rubber extrusions for all sorts of things. Grommet strip, panel
edging etc.)
Extruded Rubber and
Rubber Extrusion Manufacturers (Even more sources for rubber extrusions.
USA)
Fast
Fix Direct (Nuts, bolts and tools etc)
Fix8 Ltd Fixings and Fasteners (Fixings, fasteners, nuts, bolts, tools and more.)
Holden Vintage and Classic
(lots of period / modern stuff)
ISSPRO
(Nice instruments and gauges. Very helpful staff. Thanks Jennifer)
Namrick
(Nuts &
bolts plus lots of other useful bits)
Merlin Motorsport
(Lots of bits for racing plus a supplier of Rivnuts and
setting tool.)
Screwfix
(Tools, fixings & fastenings, adhesives etc. etc.)
Speedy
Spares (Great for getting those discontinued bits)
SFC
Fastfix Solutions
(Various fixings including SVA compliant push
turn fasteners)
Woolies
(Trim etc for classics, but lots of useful stuff for Locosts. Nice
Brooklands style aero screens)
Places to find bits or
advertise surplus items/cars
ebay
(Bargains to be had, but don't get carried away)
Kit
Car Mart (Parts for sale, free ads and wanted and more)
Specialised Locost Suppliers
Champion Motor Car Company (U.S. Manufacturer
for Ron Champion + Pics of owners cars.)
Cougar Racing Developments (Ford parts for
Locosts + GAZ Shocks)
Daniels Engineering
(Supplier of Locost parts including chassis and reconditioned
axles etc.)
Lolocost (Locost chassis, coilovers, fibre glass
etc)
Locost
Merchandise
(Read the book, Built the car? Now get the T-shirt. Everything from
badges to boiler suits.)
Martin Keenan's
Site (Locosts and components )
White Pointer Ltd
(Australian supplier of fibre glass nosecones and body parts)
Useful bits and pieces
Rear
axle ratio calculation
(Turn the rear wheels and count the propshaft revs. Look at FAQ
17.)
Insurance
Footman
James
(Specialise in insuring Kit cars and classic vehicles.
Limited mileage etc.)
The SVA and DVLA
DVLA (DVLA Motoring page)
Vehicle
Inspectorate (SVA Info)
SVA
Manual Online!! The homepage of Jépé Mast and his Marlin
build. Thanks to gerritdegraafnl
of the Locost List for finding this.
Locost Club Sites
MK
Owners Club (Club
for the MK Engineering Indy and GT1)
Peterborough
Locost Club (Site for Peterborough Area Locosters.
Maintained by Gordon Robbins)
Teeside
Locost Club (For Locosters in the Teesside, North
Yorkshire and County Durham region.)
Personal web
pages
Adam Brighton
(About the builder, location, contact, for sale, links and chat) Alan
Bertwistle's Toyota 4-AGE based mid-engined car.
Alex Roebuck's Loco Ninja (Dated photos and diary of the build, article, costs, links and
contact)
Amadeu Pires (Excellent
site with clear photos and text in English & Portugese)
Another Locost Site
(Nosecone plans, the Celica donor and drawings)
Anthony Pralet's LocoRAGE
(A build based on a Toyota 4AGE. Diary, costs, SVA test, photos, links and contact.)
Ashurst 7 Special (Build history, chassis, donor parts, assembly and
links)
Aussie Locost Build
(Description of the project, FAQ, diary, link, submission, list of parts
required and library of information.) Ben
Chapman's Locost build (Build using an MX5)
BK's Sevenesque Sports Car
(The plan, front and rear suspension, interior, motor, transmission, exterior, links and
contact)
Bruce Borrows' Locost
(About building the project, engine, donor, links, specifications, pictures and
contact)
Chris Gibb's Locost (Links, tips, build story, specifications, news, Pinto information, photos, GRP guide and
SVA.)
Chris Gibbons Sports 7
Plastic Tank Man (Build story, modifications, picture gallery, links, test, shows, meets and MK Indy
SVA)
CJ's Indycar Build (Describes a project using the MK Engineering 'Indy' chassis. How it all started, the donor, diary, why choose the 'Indy', collecting the kit and
links)
Chris Renney
(Excellent site. Well designed with some great detailed photos)
Craig
Chamberlain's Build (New build diary started February 2003)
Dave Osborne's Locost Build Diary
( The book, inspiration, Stuart Taylor Ltd., photo galleries, finished car, links, insurance quotes and
SVA)
David O'Sullivan's Locost Sports Car
( Work diary, photos and budget)
Dick Lukoszek Building the Clubman
( Photos and build diary)
DIYSportsCar.org ( The design of a
mid-engined Locost)
Eddy McClements' Locost Page
(Build diary and photos of a project using a Toyota 4AGE)
Ewan's 4x4 Locost Car Build
(Diary, deviations, shopping list, favorite tools, information, forum, Glen's XR4, Simon's Locostesque and
pictures)
Erwin
Dekker's Dutch 7
lookalike
João Martin
(Powered by a Yamaha R1 Engine)
Jim McSorley (Loads of
excellent CAD drawings, cutting list etc etc)
John's Locost Pages (Northern Ireland Locost
Site)
Mark
Eastwood's Locost (Australian Build)
Matthew
Clements (Very nice MK Fireblade powered Locost, also a very
brave man)
Peter Dunn's 7 page
(Loads of great resources)
Peter
Ogden's Locost
Pages (Excellent
site with a lot of useful information)
Peter
Peterson's (V8 powered Locost)
Richard
Marsdens's Locost pages (Honda
Fireblade powered)
Roja's
Locost site (New site from a new builder)
Roger
Harris (Racing Locost)
Simon Gigney's Site
(Australian Mazda MX5 build)
Steve Graber (Not a Locost, but the same
principles)
Wayne
Evans
Locost (Build diary of a Locost being built in Texas)
Please
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incorrect, or if you would like descriptive text added or changed.
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