Locost: Build your own sports car in two and a half minutes 

i'm real impressed with you're work! very well done! it kinda breaks my heart that the world has one less '86 gt-s, but at least it's on the road. i bet it takes of like lightning

You bet! In fact, every time I drive the car I am thankful for her support in this project - letting her know that makes her feel appreciated too! We were expecting our second as the car was completed.

In retrospect, I should have fixed up the AE86 and sold it, to better fund the project. As it was, I made the decisions that made sense at the time. I'm pretty happy with the car. I'm currently building a new one, to fix all my mistakes.

Cool video - love the random baby pictures and the music.

@SchmittyFilms The pictures here were taken at the Grand 10 in Kelowna. We haven't raced there since they built the EnergyPlex and we lost our grid area.

@NorkiddExo It handled really well right out of the box. In the three years since this video, I added a 5/8" front sway bar, 1/2" rear sway bar, more compliant rear bushings, and a limited slip differential. In 2009 I converted to independent throttle bodies, distributorless ignition, and stand-alone fuel injection computer.

You are an inspiration to the rest of us builders.

this video brings me a lot of joy, somehow. I sure hope one day soon to experience all that. Congratulations.

there are those who talk about it, and there are those who do it, well done son.

awesome man! thanks for sharing your great build

Yes. Simple bluetop bigport with a lightened flywheel. It screams to redline pretty good (grin).

Great....brings back memories of building a robin hood s7 in a lock up...mid winter.....skinned knuckles n all...

@lumker Thanks! I have not looked into the RSX motor, so I cannot answer that. I used mostly 1" 16ga square tube. Whether this project is good for a beginner or not depends on who the beginner is. Some folks take to welding really well, others - not so much. If you aren't a good welder now, you will be by the time you are done.

Yes. Fairly. Lots. Thanks. Follow the link (in the description) to the build website....

I made the frame - I forgot to take pics, because it only took about 10 hours to get frame done as you ~first~ see it. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

Great vid. Makes me want to get back to work on mine.

Almost everything came from a 1986 Toyota Corolla GTS. Front spindles and rack are Chevette, with Datsun 210 hubs and rotors.

@mechanicalkid They are cheapie Monroe rears for a '75 'Vette. I welded a ring at the base to hold the AFCO coilover sleeves.

Amazing job mate,,, keep them coming

The vehicle is registered as a Ubilt, in accordance with the laws in my province. Registering it as the Toyota I cut up is illegal.

Babies, always a must have in anybody's workspace

great stuff...inspirational..wish mine was coming along that fast

god bless you and your family great video

Awesome build

That is just beautiful!

@breekbaard IRS has many advantages. I built with what I had to keep the costs down.

FABULOUS WORK

congrats!! nice job. Looks like you had to redo A arms and steering rack. I will do have to do the same cause of lots of bump steer.

@tornadostorm18 Yeah, I'm finding that out. I'm getting a lot less done now, too. #2 came along a year and a half later. No returns, final sale.

nice car mate!

The shop would not inspect the car with shortened struts and de-powered shortened rack. This required changing to Chevette spindles and front-steer rack. Hard to do ~after~ the completion....

coool and nice work...up for you man...

The current song or the previous one? The song is currently "Erasmus" by The Juice To Make It Happen.

@tamarod31 Registration will depend where you are. The details of my registration process are on my web site (see video description for the link).

The manifold was made from 1/2" steel plate, and exhaust tubing. I did away with the TVIS completely. Factory ECU seems to have handled it fine.

That's a pretty neat car! I was thinking about doing a Locost project in the near future, is it possible to use a Acura RSX motor and set it up as a RWD? Also, what kind of metal tubing did you use for this? And would you recommend this for a beginning welder?

2.0L Duratec. I bought me a TIG to build the next chassis - gotta learn how to use it first.

Music to get stuff done by; the sooner you're done, the sooner it stops.

I must say it does sadden me to see ads for cars ect for sale that says "baby on the way, car must go." In the early 70s my dad had a little Fiat that was his "toy" car. My first memories are of that car and helping dad work on it. In HS he helped me build an off road buggy. LOL I was the only girl in auto shop class. Fact is, if everyone is involved at some level a project car can bring a family closer.

Yoinked out of a wrecked Focus at my local Pick-N-Pull. $150CDN.

you have some amazing building skills sir!...I've been wanting to do complete scratch build, but not sure how to go about getting the car legal after the fact, did you have any problems?

Great vid.....what next .......twins & a light home build aircraft ?

How did it handle, what would you have changed to make it better?

Well done!! Where did you buy the front shocks?

i thought yeah i'd love a cheap way into racing but theres so much work involved did you have to assemble the entire frame or did it come already welded ?

Great Job!!! Looks like for that price that seems great have you taken it to the 1/4 mile yet?

Flatt & Scruggs "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." *sigh* I miss it too.

my favorite pic was the good looking sandwhich now im hungry lol

Nice. It is a low cost smaller caterham 500

wat was the song called it was awesome

awesome baby, awesome song

In accordance with the laws in my province: 2006 UBILT SUPE7.

Where do you race it at?

Your Province is BC right? How challenging was it to register. Do you have any build recommendations to make the registration easier? Love the Video by the Way!

Very nice!!!!!!

You put the steering wheel on the wrong side!:D Nice job and is that a home made inlet manifold?

Music was changed 2009 due to copyright. Epic sadness.

what is this song? nice video by the way

@Ace011mm Lowcost compared to a manufactured vehicle of similar specs.

nice video:)

I actually have contacted you in the past and I have two kids, so I was amazed at how quick it went together then I realized you had no children at the time. I should finally be putting my frame together this summer, since I will be mostly retired. 2.0 liter Zetec, Nodiz electronic ignition, honda carbs DanST manifold GM 7.5 rear S10 with a torsen 3.09 gearing and disk off a 92 maro. RX 8 six speed I have an adapter order from the UK for that. 15: forged rims from a BMW and I will order the centering rings. Mg midget rack steering from datsun pickup, I have been collecting parts for years. That is what you do when you have kids :) upto 2750 with the gaz shocks, the parts are about a 5 year effort since I did not want to spend to much. Question would a super charger be worth it?

2 and a half mins you can see his kid growing up in the pics lol

There is a new book by Chris Gibbs called "Build your own sports car: on a budget." Check Amazon.

NICE

you, mister, are intelligent!

I looked. The don't float my boat (grin).

Two and a half years - February 2004 to August 2006 (check video at 00:04) (grin)

Randy Dzielak "Stay the night"

This right here 😏😏😏

Considering it's a replica of a 1957-1969 Lotus, I think the headlights look fine. Anything else looks out of place. The cool thing about building your own car, is you can build it the way YOU want. Cool eh? It's been a long time since I've been called a bastad. (grin)

nice nice i would love to try to build a car, but to costly for a man of my el-cheap-o-ness

i think i would take longer than 2:24 to make that

lol usually when you have a baby the wife makes you sell your toys, not let you build new ones. your a lucky guy!

haha thats pretty cherry little car you build my man! =]

Excellent work! But,$5700?? This is not "locost"!!

No the old one

1275lbs, wet.

You better be very greatfull to Pam for letting you have your toy with a new baby in the house. Coming from a womans perspective. :) Very nice car by the way.

So... your car is powered by babies?

Yay for the Toyota engine but, please keep the random crap out.