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I've not given up on this project, it just isn't front-burner at present. I'm trying to consolidate shops to get my rent and driving reduced to an affordable level, and my new shop is great but it's steel siding, uninsulated, unheated, and there's snow on the roof this evening and there'll be more of it before May comes along. I'm hopefully going to become a snowbird and hide out in Arizona for the winter.
I'm with you, Bicycle Bob (re putting a Metro engine in a Locost should be pretty straightforward). If one wants to make a Metro-powered Locost, Hotchkissizing it couldn't be easier: the Metro motor bolts to a Suzuki Samurai or Geo Tracker transmission, and from there it's a matter of finding a suitable live axle, and I think an axle from an early '80s Corolla would work splendidly. I think the Metro motor puts out more power than the first generation Lotus Sevens came with, so you'll not only have a classic look, but classic performance as well.
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