locost ponderings

for years ive wanted to build a track t, like the one speedway offers. only problem is that i dislike the way streetrods handle and stop with solid front axles, and theyt dont have enough chassis regidity to entertain me. so my thoughts lately have been to build a locost and skin it with a track t.

has this been done and documented? ive never built a car from absolute scratch. ive built/rebuilt a bunch of cars, building everything from dedicated time trial cars to restored 66 GTO's. cars arent new to me, and im not scared by the prospect of cutting a welding a ton of tubing to make a space frame.

my general thought is to use GM metric chassis suspension parts, solid rear axle with 3 link, rack and pinion steering, GM 60*v6, and go from there. most of this i already have laying around as leftovers from other projects.

so what say you guys? i still have to compare the chassis drawings i downloaded for the +442e to the 27t body. hopefylly the chassis is close, as engineering at this scale is not my strong suit.

right now im just trying to figure the feasability of this....

Hmmm... get the Track T kit without a front axle. Put Mustang II suspension under the front. And then reinforce the frame as necessary under the Track T skin..

Like Del Longs DM 23 T?

or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g84JUDi0iY

You're definitely not the first to consider the Speedway Track-T bodywork with a Locost style (tube) frame underneath. However I doubt it would fit over a typical Locost chassis as-is. For somebody who is comfortable with the requirements of custom fabrication, generally speaking it shouldn't be all that difficult to modify the design to fit under the desired bodywork. Noddaz has a seemingly reasonable idea as well, potentially being the faster path to completion.

I could swear I've seen pictures like the one in APexcarver's post. I think there are enough of them that they had their own name, possibly Locos-T or just LocosT.