So I got all fired up with the concept of building a locost car, and racing. Part of getting fired up included setting up a blog to keep track of progress. But then work happened, and stuff happened, and I didn’t feel like writing anything.
And now it’s late and I want to go to bed. But stuff HAS happened – we have bought some bodywork. How very exciting – this represents the first stage of commitment, and we’ve bought basically the last things we need: bonnet, nosecone and scuttle (that’s a dash section). It’s bright orange, but we may respray it later.
Who is we? Well, it started as an idea between D and B. I’m B. “Ever been to a track day?” asks B. “No”, says D, “but I’m keen”. Several track days later (including a severely scored MX5 rim from the kitty-litter), and “Let’s start a racing team” says D. “Great” says B. “Let’s buy a formula Vee car” says D. “Great” says B. But it looks like a very expensive way to start racing. “What about locost?” says B. “Great”, says D. You get the picture? First we were going to buy a pre-built machine, but we’ve taken a team decision to build our own. Lots of reason are behind this, I’ll elaborate in another post. The point is, we have now got bodywork. Maybe I’ll take a photo.
Oh, another design decision is a big red “Start” button in the middle of the dash. Check us on this later!
Till next time,
B