I too have always had a strange attraction to these weird and wonderfull machines.
I believe there is a guy at Carlisle who specialises in this kind of thing, Roger Savage i think.
I too would be interested in more info.
WWW i hear that you are aflicted with the same rugby players build as me, you might find weight is a problem for many of these designs!
[This message has been edited by PURPLE PITOT (edited 18 June 2001).]