Building an R1 Powered Seven: Front Suspension

Building an R1 Powered Seven

A few years ago I got it in my head to build a kit car. After months of searching I came across the Locost concept. In short, quite a few amateur hobbiests around the world have built their own Lotus 7 inspired cars from scratch, following plans available on a variety of Internet sites and published in a book by Ron Champion.

I started gathering parts and finally began building the chassis in July '05. In August '10 the car was titled, licensed and is now street legal. The following blog captures the progress of the build and driving experiences after completion.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Front Suspension

I was able to put in a few hours on the car this past weekend and assemble the front suspension. Mark, a co-worker, helped fabricate plates for the rocker arms. Everything went together well. I'll need to remove the a-arms later to finish the body work, but I wanted to check clearances, and get measurements for the steering arm extensions. While putting things together I realized there is room to attach a sway bar linkage directly to the rocker arms (if needed). It'll almost look like I planned it that way.