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i would like to show you what me and my two friends accomplished in the past 6 months . its a car with a nissan v6 engine under the bonnet . the styling is taken from the lotus seven ...

here are some pics of the actuall making of the car ( we made in our house in Wadi aldawaser ) :

first the team , from the right ( muhammad , Hamad (me ) and Khalid )



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the tools:
























and many other


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the engine ( 3 L , v6 )



blueprints for the chassis



tubes ( we used 4x4 , 2mm )


the very first tube



we drawed the the base of the chassis on this piece of wood to make shore we get it spot on .



the base of the car



the chassis ( flipped to weld the tubes from the other side )



the chassis upon complation



the scaffolding ( to protect your head )



the back of the chassis



two 3mm metal sheets under the passengers



the metal sheets from inside


the differential


the engine while chosing where exactly to mount it



the engine's mounts in place as well as the gear's mount



the seats



the chassis with the engine ...



from another angle



the car's Electrics ( we had to modify it , this literaly made us sweat to our knees )



the car's Electrics while putting them in place



the car's Electrics almost finished


the car's Electrics before wrapping it up



the battery



brake discs ....



part of the exhaust




testing the tail lights



the car's front grill and car paste



front glass


the dashboard



tail light after installaing them





the filter's room ( this way the air gooing to the engine is cold )



the filter's room from the inside





painting some metal sheets ( for the body )








front lights













the seats



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a look at the car before painting it









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the car after we finished it


















we wanted the car to be much better then this but us being far away from the city and depending on our college salary only ( which is 850 riyals btw ) , this is what we came up ....


for any enquiries about the car

khm.7@hotmail.com

Hamad - That is MOST EXCELLENT! You guys cranked that out in six months? That's impressive!

What was your donor vehicle? Most importantly...how does it drive? I bet it is a screamer!

I hope you'll post more about the car here. Congratulations to you, Muhammad, and Khalid.

-dave "might have to visit Saudi Arabia" hempy

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How did you mount the front fenders?

-dave

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Love the tail lights.

Just goes to show you that you don't need a garage, but good weather helps.

Sped the build up to use stock suspension pieces didn't it?

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thank you very much for your reply Dave

the donor vehicle was a 98 nissan cedric ,, well its fast in a straight line but we didnt test it's cornering abilities yet ( in the desert ,, all u kin find is straight lines lol ) but i imagine it wont be that good ( the engine at the front is quite heavy )




we did that in a hurry so we mounted them with the brakes ( im not shore what the english term for the specific place ) but it didn't do us any good ,, it kept wobbeling and shaking as we drive along

* wait , u ment the front wheel arches, right ?



thanks for the reply ,, In Summur , the tempreture reaches 55' c , sometimes more .

the front suspension actually is taken from a GMC Yukon ,, it couldn't withstand the engine the normal way coz it wasn't designed to ,, so we had to fix those plates to make it withstand ( that was a mistake coz it became too harsh and hard )

Awesome. You guys did a great job!

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Sweet! I especially like the "check out what we built" smiles in the first photo.

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GREAT!! GREAT!! GREAT!! Please get some video of you driving. I love it!!

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looooool u have no idea how much i laughed from ur comment



thank u very much sir




check the vids in this channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/KHM7car

I will never ever complain about my shop again. You guys did a great job.

Tom

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Nicely done guys.

Did you stick weld everything? How did that work out?

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thanks ,, yeah ,, it worked just fine ,, we wanted a mig welding machine but we didn't find one in Saudi

WOW! 6 months! That's tremendous! You must be close to the record for a scratch built Locost. Looks good too.

One problem I notice... Two seats, three builders...

Enjoy it!

John

Yes, the wheel arches above the tires.

I ask because they look a little on the heavy side. I don't see any photos that show the support very well. Do you have any photos of them to post? Be careful in this area...if they are wobbling and shaking badly, they will likely break off, and could be dangerous.

How does licensing work in Saudi Arabia? Do you have to do anything special to register it and get a license plate? Are there many car builders there?

-dave

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You know, once everyone stops bickering about religion, politics, and culture, we're all much more alike than different. Guys like sports cars! Very well done!

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