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Thanks for the replies. I should have said the surgery was due to scoliosis long put off until the point when I couldn't stand for more than a couple of minutes before pain got too great. Kind of like the frog in the boiling water and finally realizing I had to do something. They stuck in spacers in between the vertebrae and then the ladder frame and sent me on my way. Not sure what the metal detector will do at the airport, but I'm happy with the outcome. I believe I know the owner of the Fisher Fury you describe. He stops by my house periodically with his Europa and he used to check on my progress with the Locost. I am hoping to do some auto-crosses between now and July to test and tune. I will send an email to you Croc shortly. Thanks very much. Best, Fred

Hi........... I have a scratch build, bike-engine Locost 7. Took me 5 years to complete. I welded a book frame and engineered and constructed all the running gear and added donor parts from various cars and motorcycles. I live near DC and am very interested in the NJMP July 4 outing. I am recovering from spinal fusion surgery that I underwent last November (L1-5 are one titanium construct now, kind of like a ladder frame of sorts) and have recently conducted a few trailer car loading trials to test my preparedness for a track outing. Last trial wasn’t so bad and had me somewhat better off than the first couple efforts which left me spent after just loading the car on and not even tying it down. Patience……..as my OT daughter says, “thou shall not compare thyself to thy former self.” All that to ask if a Locost build would fit with the spirit of the weekend. I took it to the Summit Point track twice in 2013 (2014 had two daughter’s weddings and no money left for me) and it performed admirably until a panhard rod weld broke. Testing and tuning are still in the early stages and I have much to sort out, but if physically able and the car is still in one piece by July I would like to be considered as a participant. It looks like a great event.

If you guys accept scratch builds I'd be interested. Not sure what you do there, but I finished up a bike engine locost this summer. Took it to Summit Point twice late summer and this fall. First outing was a howling success. Second outing broke a suspension weld and had to do a vehicle recall. Fixed now. Attached a pic before I put on street tires. Would get it there with a trailer.........not registered yet.

I'll weigh in on this. Not a motorcycle trailer, but one I built from scratch as I needed it to be light. My tow vehicle is the hand-me-down, then hand-me-back-up sedan I let my kids have all through college so it's high mileage, worn out and can't tow a lot (Chevy Lumina sedan). Car (scratch build book Locost) is a BEC, weighs 1,100 lbs and the trailer is about 325 lbs. I looked at plans on the internet and followed a guy who did a Europa trailer somewhat, but varied from that in places. Search Europa trailer and you should find them. Bought the axle locally same for steel. Tires/wheels rated at 1,100 lbs each and fenders from Amazon. Bought a winch online and put it all together. Painted with POR15. Registering it in MD was an enormous pain. Three times to the MVA, but in the end it's registered and I have hauled my car on it successfully several times. Attaching a picture of my first track day with the car.