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Build Your Own Sports Car: On a budget (Hardcover)

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Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd; illustrated edition edition (22 Feb 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1844253910
ISBN-13: 978-1844253913
Product Dimensions: 26.8 x 21 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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This all-new colour book provides a step-by-step, extensively illustrated guide to building a two-seater, open-top sports car using standard tools, basic skills and low-cost materials. The down-to-earth text shows how to make the chassis, suspension components and bodywork, and advises on how to modify and use cheap but serviceable mechanical components from a Ford Sierra donor vehicle. The end product is a budget-priced, high-performance sports car - and a learning experience in engineering and design.

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Chris Gibbs is Vice Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Technical Adviser of the Locost Car Club. He first built a Locost between 1997 and 1999, and has co-designed the all-new car featured in this book. He admits to being a sports car fanatic, and is currently working on a self-designed single-seater track-day car in the style of a 1960s F1 car. He lives in Sheffield.

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4.0 out of 5 stars very clear but not enough in-depth, 13 July 2007

By	Koen P. (Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium) - See all my reviews

As I am seriously thinking of building my own type of "locost" sports car, I was looking for some in-depth information. This book is very clear and well thought of, explaining about every step in the creation process of "building your own sports car", but my opinion is that the author wants to tell you too much in too less pages. Especially the chapter about manufacturing grp moulds and mouldings for the body panels is over way too quick. You definitely need other publications and some surfing to find out the real finesses.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have, 29 Dec 2007

By	C. Thorburn (Renfrewshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a must have for anyone even contemplating building a car from scratch. No it does not go into great detail about making fibreglass panels etc but then again a sierra manual doesn't cover diesel engines or specialist equipment, you would be expected to buy a book or do a college course to be able to do this and the same would go for spray painting I would imagine.
What this book does is give a good grounding for building a car from scatch. I have a lot of my steel sitting in my garage ready to go.
Buy this book you won't regret it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Haynes Roadster, 11 July 2008

By	Mr. R. J. Deacon "Shadowcaster" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have always fancied building a 7 style sportscar but were put of by the price of most kits then this could be the book for you. The book details how to build a complete car from fabricating the chassis to passing the SVA, some areas are covered better that others but overall it's very good and tells you most of what you need to know. As you can purchase parts and materials as you require them you don't need to buy everything at once. Chris Gibbs together with Martin Keenan have designed a very solid chassis which will build into a very nice finished car. A growing list of companies are supporting the roadster which mean if you don't fancy getting covered in fibreglass you can but the bits ready made. Help is also available on the dedicated Haynes Forum, go on buy a copy and get the garage cleared out you know you want to. Me I started building mine a few days ago.

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