LocostUSA.com

I remember those. Excellent example of a well designed kit.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R ('70s mazda pickup)
http://www.vsusp.com
ford IFS cheap viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Frame L x cockpit W x eng bay HT (w/o hood/bonnet/cowl)
Lotus Super Seven: 115 (no spare) x39x7.25
Tiger Avon: 114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion (Book): 114x42x11
Gibbs Haynes: 122x42x14
VoDou: 113x44x14
McSorley “442”122x46x14
Collins “241” 127x46x12

I like the Rollerskate, sort of. It does look like a generic kit car, but the windshield is interesting feature. Although the windhield is flat, the bonnet gives it a curved look along the bottom while covering the wiperarms.

A guick google found there was another model being co-developed alongside the Rollerskate that may look just a bit more familiar. Only the one prototype was made. Sort of a more modern Sevenesque design. more about it here:
https://rarecomponentcars.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-maxton-mille-miglia.html

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Chuck.

“Any suspension will work if you don’t let it.” - Colin Chapman

Visit my ongoing MGB Rustoration log: over HERE

Or my Wankel powered Locost log : over HERE

And don't forget my Cushman Truckster resto Locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17766

I remember the PBS program Auto Week building a Rollerskate kit. They would tackle a different section each week until it was completed. Then they gave it away via a lottery. It was an interesting project.

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Larry in Seattle

Obviously not the same mindset as Project Binky

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Perry

'If man built it, man can fix it'
"No one ever told me I couldn't do it."
"If you can't build it safe, don't build it."

Perry's Locost Super Che7enette Build
Perry's TBird Based 5.0L Super 7 L.S.O
Perry's S10 Super 7 The 3rd
Perry's 4th Build The Topolino 500 (Little Mouse) Altered
Perry's 5th Build the Super Slant 6 Super 7
Perry's Final Build the 1929 Mercedes Gazelle

No not the same, Perry. They were assembling a pretty well thought out kit.

But that was many years ago and I have slept a lot since then.

Cheers!

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Larry in Seattle

This sort of listing is why I have to begin every day telling myself, "You have a Lotus Europa to finish!".
It does not help that I could buy this cheaper than finishing the Lotus.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2891922291113929/?hoisted=false&ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A4aff6c47-64c2-4141-98f4-42a93e169e50

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If I must be a one-man PC free zone, so be it!

I remember being briefly enamored with a "Lotus Seven" type kit called a Gambler Ace, manufactured in Renton WA. Never saw or heard of them since, likely another of those kit car companies that died before they delivered a single unit.

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Midlana book: Build this mid-engine Locost!, http://midlana.com/stuff/book/
Kimini book: Designing mid-engine cars using FWD drivetrains, http://www.kimini.com/book_info/

Just saw this '97 Miata on Facebook Marketplace for $1k. Not sure how complete it is. Supposedly taken apart due to an engine oil leak. If it is all there and true, that shouldn't deter any one of us. Located in Zion IL. Could make somebody a good donor

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... e9d8aa40e1

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Chuck.

“Any suspension will work if you don’t let it.” - Colin Chapman

Visit my ongoing MGB Rustoration log: over HERE

Or my Wankel powered Locost log : over HERE

And don't forget my Cushman Truckster resto Locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17766

Looks like a 97 M-Edition, one of my favorite NAs

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13B Powered Rotus Geauxkart
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=20899

MGTD kit car project on eBay for a BIN $275. It looks like a good start for somebody.

It is mistakenly listed as a 1948 Ford Roadster

https://www.ebay.com/itm/354536234965

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Chuck.

“Any suspension will work if you don’t let it.” - Colin Chapman

Visit my ongoing MGB Rustoration log: over HERE

Or my Wankel powered Locost log : over HERE

And don't forget my Cushman Truckster resto Locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17766

I was in contact with the seller. He sent me a photo of the assy manual. It is a MG Magic kit. Uses Mustang II parts (suspension, rear end etc). He purchased it from someone in the south. Has no MSO to help get it licensed. Desperate to sell it, he's moving the 1st week of Feb and did not want to move it too. It is missing a lot of the trim and assy pieces it looks like. What you see in the photos is all he has of the original kit.

I was kind of interested in it because I could stick in a SBF along with the front suspension upper & lower tubular control arms I already have on the shelf.

But, my Lotus & Cobra are still in the line to finish.

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Thom

That's the get this thing out of my life price. Would be a fun start to a "homebuilt" instead of a kit for licensing or an open very slow autocross car.

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Too much week, not enough weekend.

OOPS I did it again
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=17496

Blood Sweat and Beers
http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=15216