Ol' Rowdy's Locouki

chetcpo · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:36 pm

Locost + Suzuki = Locouki

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In the beginning.............. (no, that's not how old I am).
My lust for a Lotus 7 started when I was at a sports car race in the 1960s and saw a Lotus 7 beat all the 283 c.i. Corvettes. He was also nipping at the heels of the larger engined Corvettes. That was impressive.

I really started considering buying one when they were first imported to the US. I was just married and couldn't afford that "expensive" kit (aprox $2400 to $2900 depending on the engine etc). I did go to the local dealer and drooled on their demo car though. And I got a brochure, which I still have.

Later, I read Ron Champion's book and even though I could build my own from scratch, I'd already "been there, done that". I really didn't want to go through all the trips to the junk yards etc to build a another car from scratch.

I considered a Stalker, but somehow it just wasn't what I really wanted. I had been hanging out on the Locost forums and saw a CMC roller for sale. I bought it in March of 2006 and a year later I finished building the car. It is now titled, tagged and on the road.

IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT, even if it did take 45+ years!

I have a website,

olrowdy_01.home.comcast.net

that gives a lot more information about "Locouki". I invite you to visit and see some of the details of the car, my driving impressions and more.

Here are some pictures the my new toy;

R1 Seven · **Joined:** Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:41 pm **Posts:** 340

Cool! Another BEC.

Very nice car there. Definately worth BOTM status!!!

mr.peabody.d · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:43 am

Nice JOB...very sexy build..I like the colors!

olrowdy_01 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:52 pm

Thanks for the comments guys. It's nice to be recognized by your peers.

I'm zeroing in on a set 3.31:1 rear end gears. Then I should be able to go down the road and not sound like a chainsaw! :lol:

5/29/08 ******************************************

The 3.308:1 gears that people imply will fit the RX-7 from various Mazda B2000 trucks don't fit! Read the gory details once you get to my website.

[edit 8/30/2010:
Removed link to old Comcast website URL]
Click on new address below in blue letters.

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jdgar0649 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:12 pm

Rowdy!!
Very nice!!! I hope mine will look half as nice!! Really, Really nice. Congrats on BOTM.
Joe G.

Dave · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:34 pm

Very, very nice looking car. Looks extremely well finished. Congrats on BOTM.

Samson01 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:18 am **Posts:** 24

Very nice wat r u going to do about front wheel guards cycle or clamshell?

olrowdy_01 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:06 pm

Samson01 wrote:

Very nice wat r u going to do about front wheel guards cycle or clamshell?

Clam shell would be nice but I actually have the wide cycle type fenders painted but not being used. I haven't mounted them yet since I like the look of open front wheels. Sort of goes along with, "If it doesn't make it go faster, you don't need it."

KB58 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:02 pm

olrowdy_01 wrote:

Samson01 wrote:

Very nice wat r u going to do about front wheel guards cycle or clamshell?

Clam shell would be nice but I actually have the wide cycle type fenders painted but not being used. I haven't mounted them yet since I like the look of open front wheels. Sort of goes along with, "If it doesn't make it go faster, you don't need it."

It also avoids a lot of trouble with the front fender mounts cracking.

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