Is this going to be a Locost, well to be honest no! However in the same way as the Locost is often described as a 7-esque, as my chassis and suspension are going to be loosely based on Ron Champions book, I am describing my creation as Locost-esque.

I could have made my own chassis for my car, but was faced with the problem of making it square, and making it strong enough. Once I had decided to use a Locost-esque chassis I had a dilemma, do I try and build the chassis to the right size, or do I build a Locost chassis, then convert it to what I need, well the problem was solved when I saw a Locost project for sale, £200 for chassis (with floor, square and well made), with front and rear suspension arms (rear is for a live axle, but I could always sell them on) pedal box, and sundry other bits…sorted. Best bit was that the chassis would fit in my 6x4 camping trailer for transport home!

The idea now is to cut the chassis, and re-weld it to the dimensions required for my Locost-esque!