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750 Motor Club is a motor racing club in the UK. It was founded in 1939 to promote the sporting use of the Austin 7 . '750' refers to the near-750cc Austin 7 engine. It later led to racing and the 750 Formula where specials are raced.
Locost spaceframe. Locost frame and some body panels. A Locost is a home-built car inspired by the Lotus Seven. The car features a space frame chassis usually welded together from mild steel 1 in × 1 in (25 mm × 25 mm) square tubing. Front suspension is usually double wishbone with coil spring struts.
The MK Indy is a Lotus 7 replica based on the Locost principle, production started in 1997 and built by MK Sportscars in Maltby, Rotherham. [1] The Indy has an independent rear suspension using the differential and drive shafts from a Ford Sierra. [2] It uses many other components from the Sierra, [3] including front hubs and steering rack.
The forumla was founded in 1949. [1] Originally, cars were powered by the 750cc Austin Seven engine and the Seven chassis. Racing under this original formula regulations continues as a form of historic racing in the 750 Motor Club 750 Trophy Series.
Locost uses a Ford Escort Mark II as a donor, but as these have become increasingly rare, a design based on the more affordable Ford Sierra has been proposed. In contrast to Locost, which used Escort's solid axle at the rear, Haynes Roadster has independent, double wishbone , front and rear suspension.
SCCA rules also allow conversion of an existing Formula car (e.g., FC) to meet F1000 requirements. [2] Formula 1000 race cars can reach speeds higher than 274 km/h (170 mph) and experience as much as 3 Gs of downforce [citation needed] on brakes and corners. There is a similar but distinct category in the UK called F1000, run by the 750 Motor Club.
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Fiberfab FT Bonito, a kit car on a VW Beetle chassis Locost frame and body panels 1972 Sterling Nova/ Purvis Eureka/ Eagle (South Africa). A kit car is an automobile available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the buyer then assembles into a functioning car.