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Build Your Own Sports Car: On a Budget

Build Your Own Sports Car: On a Budget
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Manufacturer: Haynes Publishing
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5Average rating of 4.0/5

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.28721
EAN: 9781844253913
ISBN: 1844253910
Label: Haynes Publishing
Manufacturer: Haynes Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
Studio: Haynes Publishing

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Editorial Reviews:

 The all-color practical Build Your Own Sports Car provides all the information needed to build a road-going two-seater, open-top sports car on a budget, using standard tools, basic skills and low-cost materials. The down-to-earth text clearly explains each step along the road to producing a well-engineered, high-performance sports car, providing a learning experience in engineering and design - and opening up a whole new world of fun motoring.

The Haynes Roadster, which has fully independent rear suspension, has been designed with the aid of CAD software to develop the chassis and suspension, resulting in a car with performance and handling to challenge many established kit cars and mainstream sports cars. The design is intended to make use of components sourced primarily from a Ford Sierra donor, although alternative donors are mentioned.

 

 




Spotlight customer reviews:

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Summary: NOT the new locost reference
Comment: I was really expecting this book to bring a much needed update on Ron Champion's book but it's more of the same. The donor is still UK only and even there, it's getting hard to find. The drawings have dimensional errors like Champion's book. The design of the chassis is still lacking because it still does not incorporate some triangulations (Aussie mods) that are known to improve rigidity. A lot of the new designs shown in the book are overly complex (the pedal box is a good example). Finally, it still leaves a bunch of details out. I would recommend people to stay with Champion's book for inspiration and complement with Tanner's book or join a forum.

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Summary: Great seller
Comment: The book arrived really fast and it was in the condition stated. Would definately by from this seller again.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Great companion book to the original "build a sports car for 250"
Comment: this is a great companion book for those who wish to build a "Locost" sports car. Very similar to the original which as far as i can tell is no longer printed (and being sold on ebay for as much as ten times it's original cost.) If you want to get into the "Locost" sportscar world this book will get you there. (that and three years of weekends)

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Summary: Build your own sports car: on a budget
Comment: Big improvement over the last two books. You REALLY need to spend time on the book's web site (forum) to get the lastest information. I needed the website to understand the front suspension.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: locost by hanes
Comment: Great book, but definitely Eurocentric. None-the-less, this book offers excellent technical drawings. I recommend a calculator that converts metric measurements to inches if you want to use this as an assembly guide. An Excellent book for its intended purpose.This is of course, assuming like myself, you're a Yank.


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