Fitting wishbones and suspension.

After the floor pan was done it was then onto fitting the wishbones and suspension!
I started by sorting out the wishbones by laying them near their intended corners. This was a bit of a work up as the MK build Manual is pretty vague to say the least! But with the many photos that have been posted on the Locost Builders website it was soon sorted. Each wishbone needs to be fitted with the nylon bush's that are suplied with the MK kit, once again this is a work up as they are a tight fit but some helpful persuassion from a rubber mallet soon got them in! Then you have to fit the steel sleeves, I used some silicone spray and a hammer to get these in place.

Then it was just a case of fitting them into the mounts on the chassis with bolts, nylock nuts and washers which also came with the kit. I used some silicone spray on the bolts and steel sleeves to help reduce wear and prevent annoying squeaks! Thanks to the great work at MK the wishbones went straight in! Fitted the rear uprights with two bolts, washers and nylock nuts.
Now i had the easy job of fitting the shocks. Again just two bolts with washers and nylock nuts for each shock! Easy as that!

Starting the build! Floor pan.

Hi guys,

Well my week off is nearly over so i had better give an update as to what i have achieved this week.
The first thing to do was to fit the floor pan. This is done by turning the chassis upside down and placing the pre-cut floor pan in the correct position.
This however wasn't possible due to the pan being to big! So out came the tin snips and it was soon trimmed to the right size. The floor pan was then clamped on and all the chassis bars marked out ready for drilling. once the chassis/pan were drilled it was ready to be fitted. This is done with rivets and polyurethane sealant. I ran a bead of sealant around all the chassis bars then clamped the pan in place and started fitting the rivets. Working from the centre of the floor pan. The first few rivets i used i found fun to do but after that it was soooo boring! I was happy with the end result though.

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Collecting the kits

Hi,
After the loooong four week wait the long trip up to MK was made. Again! Although this time the journey was alot easier knowing that we were actually going to get the kits! When we got to MK just seeing it all led out across the floor was a good feeling.

After we had been in and had a chat, one of the lads made us a cup o tea! Good times! Then we had to hand over the moneys. Bad times! But well worth it. I couldn't wait to get back and start the build! A mate from work came up to MK with us and on the way he questioned why we wanted to use bike engines. So when we were speaking to Danny we asked if he would take Matt out for "little" drive! Lets just say he hasn't asked anymore questions! Just before we hit the road i had another look around and took a few pics for ideas, collected our receipts and off we went!
Heres the kit in the barn ready for the build!

Sadly work stopped me from getting started on the build for a week or so. Grrrrr!
But a week off is booked so hopefully some decent progress over the next week!

Hampshire Indy7

Hi guys welcome to my blog!

Someone finally talked me into sorting this out. Apparently it will make for a good read? Not sure about that one! Here goes..........

The idea of building a Kit car came round after many boring evenings and weekends just sitting around watching tv and playing the odd game of golf. So after speaking with a friend (Greg Kimber and for those of you on the locost forum "corrado vr6") we both decided that we wanted to build a locost kit car. So the search begun to try and find an affordable kit and as you can see from the title the MK Indy was chosen. This was mainly because we couldn't really find another company that could match MK for price and quality of the parts that are supplied.
After we had chosen the Indy we took a trip up to MK to have a look at what we were spending the hard earned cash on! When we finally got up there from winchester and had a chat with the guys at MK straight away i realised we were dealing with some really nice guys (was probably the free fosters)! After an hour or so of looking around at some completed builds Danny from MK offered to take us out for a drive which was WELL worth it in thier gsxr powered indy. Scared the fookin bejesus out of me! Which resulted in me making another decision, BEC! All in all it was a superb day the deposit was paid and the annoying four week wait begun!

Keep checking for updates to the blog. Enjoy!