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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.
750 Formula is a British racing formula for two-seater sports cars, regulated by the 750 Motor Club. The formula is a 14-round championship, which is closely contested with grids of over 20 cars. It is the world's longest running formula. [citation needed]
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.
Kawasaki introduced the 750 cc class Vulcan worldwide in 1985. Due to tariff restrictions in the United States on bikes over 700 cc imported from Japan, the initial US spec model was limited to 699 cc and called the Kawasaki Vulcan 700.
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.
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.