roadster vs locost?

[vmax1974]

The roadster is only 4 inches wider than the caterham you could build the roadster narrower however as you said you then have the challenge of having to make or adapt bodywork to fit the locost is an old design now and you would have to source the mk2 escort and good luck with that on a budget the roadster is sierra based however these are thin on the ground now thats why a lot of people are starting to use the mx5 as a donor

Cant speak for the quality of talon's ready made chassis have only seen the ones that nathan at nts engineering search saturn sportscars and the look spot on to me

Hope this helps

Dave