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I spoke about this a few months ago, and lots of people requested some pics...so here they are. The Story: My father-in-law bought an accident damaged Lomax based 3 wheel kit car about 8 years ago. He did the necessary work (mainly body work) to get it back on the road, but decided about 4 years ago to re-build the whole car. This decission was manily based on the naff handling it produced, and the lack of triangulation in the chassis. It now benefits from a complete new chasis custom made by him, Mini rear suspension at the front and Subaru legacy suspension at the back. Most of the fiddly suspension bits he's made himself on his 6 tonne lathe from ally. He's also fitted a bored out 751cc Dolly engine which produces around 65bhp...that and a car that weights about 350kgs make a very interesting drive... Oh, it's also got my old seats I had in my Mini...I'll just let the pics tell the story.      The SV650 in the background is my brother-in-laws new toy  |
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Last Edit: Oct 3, 2006 16:57:01 GMT by iRocco
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I may be wrong but I believe that is called a Falcon not a Lomax?
Looks very nicely built! Nice one.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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It did start off as a Lomax, but he sourced most (if not all) the body work from an abandend Falcon project
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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looks like fun!  |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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thats really cool, seats look very nice too, what mini are they out of??
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thats really cool, seats look very nice too, what mini are they out of?? They're not actually from a Mini, just out of my Mini when I bought buckets. They're made by a company called Mongoose...not sure on model or even if they still exist as a company  |
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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sweetyness cut that suzuki up and nick that engine  does it have 2cV gear changing system or a conventional gear stick |
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 once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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a young lad has a three wheel kit car round our way based on a renualt 4. it flies and he absolutly loves it. ill try to snap a piccy tomorow
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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WOW! I really like this mad car! What's the handling like?
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heh heh, mad and wrong, but I rather like it |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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i dunno what to say, i cant work out if i like it or not.
i bet it turns heads tho, i cant remember having seen one before
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It still has the 2CV gear change, which takes a while to get used to but is handy as the change is at the right height in the dash. The handling now is much sharder...and it's easy to get the back end out when there's a lot of debris in the middle of the road  It's the exhaust sound that gets people turning their heads - two straight through pipes with baffle-less boxes  The SV engine wouldn't really be that good in it tbh...but the Yamaha 650cc that's sat in his garage will be - he's promised to start on this when he's finished his 2CV powered trike |
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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thats really cool, seats look very nice too, what mini are they out of?? They're not actually from a Mini, just out of my Mini when I bought buckets. They're made by a company called Mongoose...not sure on model or even if they still exist as a company Theres a set of those in The Fiat spider at the moment.... They will be replaced by some slightly more retro ones if your interested ? Need recovering but comfortable enough |
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To be honest I think it’s bloody awful! However, I am glad it exists, and theres no doubting it looks nicely built.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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To be honest I think it’s bloody awful! However, I am glad it exists, and theres no doubting it looks nicely built. I fully agree it's not the most asthetically pleasing car...but the grin-factor makes up for it ;D |
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I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people I don't like. |
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if it were mine it would have a WW2 fighter plane paint scheme, with nose art etc, that would send it thru the cool roof
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does it have 2cV gear changing system or a conventional gear stick
