Not a westfield but close

[DeanMegaS2000]

 

Here is me old mans locost build. We started this when me and my brother were still in school and were being allowed to use the school workshops after school for projects. 

After finishing an off road go kart, we were on the hunt for another project. When in halfords, nestled in with the Haynes manuals, I found Ron Champion's book, build your own sports car for £250. 

I begged my old man to buy it and we took it to the school the next day. The head of design technology gave the green light to build the chassis in the workshop and that was it, we were off. 

A sierra 2.0L DOHC was bought at auction for £175 and being the book was based on a ford escort mk1 or 2, a real engineering challenge started. 

The chassis is all stainless steel box section and every single component we could hand craft, was. All suspension bushes hand machined. Suspension arms all stainless steel and the geometry is all of our own design. 

The plastics were bought as seconds from MK sportscars, back when it was MK and his dad working out of their shed and a small unit. 

We did the fluted sides back before seeing anyone else doing them. 

Leaving school and loosing the workshop. The car got put into storage for many years and my old man often thinking of selling. Me and my brother wouldn't let it go and it stayed stored until I bought my 1st house purely because it had a large garage. 

Finally in 2012, we got the car finished and through her IVA. 

The cars been cherished and used every summer since. 

 

 

 

 

With me getting the S2000 and us seeing how much better the LED lights are. She's still getting upgrades even now. 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

What a great story, thanks for sharing!

[dvd8n]

So when would the build have started?

 

David

[DeanMegaS2000]

I am struggling to remember exactly, but its got to have been 2000-2001 

[DeanMegaS2000]

5 hours ago, dvd8n said:

So when would the build have started?

 

David

Forgot to quote last message 

 

Here's a better back drop also, instead of the recycling bins haha