[samwillis]

For those unaware a "Locost" is a Lotus 7 self build replica from the incredible 1996 book "Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as £250"

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0854299769/ref=dbs_a_def...

The original donor car was (I think) a Mk3 Ford Escort, obviously they are a collectors car now.

There have been a number of revisions now, it's published by Haynes the publisher of many car repair manuals. There is also a whole network of small business selling parts, you can buy ready made chassis and body panels for them.

I was gifted the book in the late 90s as a teenager, always planed to one day build one. And the fact the house I bought a few years ago has a garage with an inspection pit is only making it more tempting.

[AlexMuir]

I too had that very book as a teenager. It's a small world - when I was at uni I was hired to build a website for someone. Their friend then asked me to build them a site and I recognised their name from the caption of a photo of a couple of schoolboys on the back page of that very book. Turns out they built the car at school and went on to build an automotive company.

[samwillis]

Amazing, the author was a DT (design technology) teacher at a school just down the road from where I grew up. They would build these in a club at school.

Photo of the school workshop, with a production line of cars: https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/oundl...

[AlexMuir]

I read the caption of the photo you linked to and my ex-employer is there. Wonderful!

[AlexMuir]

Private education with that sort of facility is terrific value for money.