Locost Kitcar

Right then, this is the third video follows on from the other two that I have already posted, and includes some modifications too, so total redesigns, the pedal box, the exhaust system, the fitting of the fuel tank and the fabrication of the inner body panals and their trimming.

The original front upper wishbone was found to be 'JUST' catching the coil spring, so I modified this by adding a curved front section and then adding an additional brace fo strength.
The gearbox, as many of you know, requires an extension to place the gearlever in the correct position. Due to the size of my car however there wasnt one to buy so I made my own, looks easy but the real tricky bit is locating the stops and the reverse block, however a little trial and error soon sorted that out and now all is well.
The pedal box is a very simple thing to fabricate, and avoids the bias braking system that isnt allowed (unless welded up) by the IVA examiners. Its the bog standard ford item minus the servo system. I have also got some rather nice alminium pedal fronts to add to the finished box, but thought it would be better to leave them off so I could take some pictures solely of the box. A pedal box will cost you about £150 for a very basic on th around £400 for a good one, this pedal box cost me £27 only and that was spent on the aluniniun fronts. it was made entirly of off cuts that I saved during my chassis build :)
Next the fuel injection system, I ordered one in at a cost of over £200 and wasnt happy with the finish or the injector angle. This unit arrived with injectors 90deg to the air flow and the seller assured me that this was 'better than Fords'...hmmm well a bit of research showed that 20 deg to the air flow was the best angle and this is what ford had used as well as the likes of Jenvey etc... so I basically chopped it up and did it properly. knowing what I know now you could very easily build one for less than £30...give it ago :) the light blue one was the one I bourght and the dark one with the correct injector angle is the one I made. :)
The exhaist system is straight forward, just a motorbike exhaust and a stainless catylitic convertor welled together usibf stainless tipe and a tig welder :)
Fuel tank...what can I say...I farmed this out to a specialist in petrol tanks and when it arrived I was gob smacked...the tig welding of the Aluniniun is perfect as is the whole of its construction, its bigger than normal at 8.8 uk gals and they even fitted the mondeo fuel pump too, at £230 it was a bargain :)
finally its time to start looking at the panel work. Here I have show the basic construction of the inner panels...very simple...just be accurate with your tape measure. I used 1mm cutting disc to giu the bare Aluminium panels, then scuffed it up and used contact adhesive to bond the Faux leather (PVC to you and me) to the panel. then working from the back basically did the same. :)
a lot of people think this work is the hard bits but its all fairly straight forward...just take your time, measure twise cut once.

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[sixstringbiker]

thanks for the comments...fantastic.. :) to do in stainless would be about 2 to 3 times the material cost, plus would need to be TIG welder instead if MIG, the Tig process does require a more expensive rig and does take longer and generally more skill, hoever the end results can, in the right hands look stunning and also would not require any additional surface treatment (powder coating or painting) God bless you too my friend :)

[ISABEAUforever]

Thank you for taking the time to put together this information. Greatly appreciated!

[sixstringbiker]

@ISABEAUforever :) hello to you, this is video number 3 of my car building adventure haha... number four should be very soon...hopefully it will help others who also want to do the same and is a bit like a step by step guide of how to build a car. I also put one up of how to build a pond and I am totally amazd that so far its had over 73000 views.. :) yay!!!!

[Dryzaum]

Man thats very very cool. I loved it. I just wonder how much more would cost to use the hole frame of stainless steel. Or how harder. I mean...I dont know anything about welding but i would love to learn cuse thats art to me. And your creation is a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing and God bless you.

[sixstringbiker]

@cpitarre wow!!! nice rear!!!!! Thanks for the great comment, and I hope as you build yours you make videos too. The car still isnt finished as yet, as I'm building the whole project from scratch, which incluted the body work. I have the fourth video almost done, which covers the heater box, windscreen wiper mounts, finishing the pedal box and also all the body work and engine support parts (ie, header tank, plumbing the radiatos oil catch battery etc....will post soon so stay tuned in :)