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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Seattle
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ghost town and arial atoms and lotus 7s
Missing the club. Bored. Quiet around here with the club down. Enjoying a mega stout margarita like substance though... 8oz rum, 2oz sweet & sour. Toast would like it.
Back to cars. Custom mega fun project thoughts in mind... Ariel Atom. Love it. Read an article in a recent car mag. Was very surprised to find, in a shoot out with 3 like-minded cars, the Atom didn't win hands down. In fact, it tied with the Caterham. Which is basically a Lotus 7 being produced by a modern company. Ok, so I am looking at the Lotus 7 thing with new interest, especially since I was recently looking at Locost. Anyone else been looking at building a "locost" kit? A buddy of mine is a rotary guru. I figure a 250hp rotary motor would be perfect for this. Sounds like a good bang for buck project. |
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08-29-2006, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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A buddy of mine is building one.....
Look here.... He keeps finding new projects, so this one will take a while, but when it's done it'll be fast.
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08-30-2006, 04:52 AM
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Location: Riverside, CA.
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Going to replace sail pannel vynil.
Don't think I should be doing that with that stiff of a drink.  More weird smilies..............    
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08-30-2006, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Lyons, CO
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I like the Locost, it's a great platform for cool projects. A friend of mine had one for a long time, and kept asking what engine he should put in it. I kept saying he should put an arctic cat drivetrain in it. 200 HP, CVT driveline, wicked fast. He never did it though, ultimately he went the classical route and put a ford twin cam in it...
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08-30-2006, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope (near Toronto) On, Canada
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Saw a Ariel Atom in Quebec going around a on ramp, very fast!
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'74 Porsche 914, 3.0/6 '72 Porsche 914, 1.7, wife's summer DD '67 Bug, 2600cc T4,'67 Bus, 2.0 T1 Not putting miles on your car is like not having sex with your girlfriend, so she'll be more desirable to her next boyfriend. |
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