Like so many others, I've been lurking for a couple years, learning, designing and redesigning, trying to determine if I could really pull off building a 7. I've at least convinced myself,( if not my bride), to the point that I'm starting a build log. If nothing else it should save lots time with others to point out possible and obvious ( to the more learned) flaws with the design or execution of the build.
Of all the cars I've driven/owned in my 47 years driving, the sports cars, AH Sprite, MGB, and my 1961 MGA were the favorites. So you can imagine what a thrill it was to find this site and learn about the cars being build. I started to think of possible ways to build my own.
So I grabbed a copy of SketchUP and looked around my pacrated collection of materials to see what might work. You can see from the screen captured images I really didn't have a handle on the SketckUp program or the thinking behind the frame design process ( that's not to say I do yet,
but...)
At first I thought I might make use of these mid 30's frame rails that were salvaged from an old home built trailer.
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The rounded edges were to be placed inside and the the outside boxed after providing runs for fuel lines, brake lines, and wiring. The overall design was based on the 442e plans.
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Like I siad, this was right at the beginning of the Locost 7 build learning process and as soon as other steel became available, ( for free
) I started a new drawing.