For most of us the thought of building your own car sounds like a really, REALLY bad idea. Images of a rusted out, hammered together mess rolling out of a garage are appearing in your minds right now. However, if you did think this, you would be wrong. I too was dubious when first introduced to the idea but now I have seen the light.
A Kitcar is essentially a large Kit which you use to build a car. Just imagine a big mechano set and you'll get the picture. You can buy these from many different sources, companies are the main type (Harlequin, Sylva are just two examples). You could also try buying a Kitcar magazine, may I suggest Which Kit? After reading the instructions for the kit you must then buy the specified 'Doner' car. You see, these companies cannot supply all the parts, so you but a delapidated old banger at a cheap price. I mean it, buy the car cheap! Mileage, Road handeling, quality of body work are all irrelevant! Trust me! "You must unlearn what you have learned"-Master Yoda. Yu then proceed to tear the car to pieces, anything the instructions specify, and anything YOU think will be useful or asthetically pleasing you remove. Store all the parts nice and neatly (yeah right!!) and get a breakers yard to take away the husk which was a car out of your driveway.
You then set about cleaning all the parts to a good standard. Once this is done you start to refit the parts onto the chassis you received with the Kit. Now, depending on your skill, knowledge and effort you put in I would say you could have a very VERY cool car in about six months. Somthing that looks better than a Lotus, Ferrari and Porche(sp) put together can be yours in a fraction of the time at a fraction of the price.
So, if your bored, ressless, tired of seeing all the yuppies with their lovely cars, trying to work out how to scrape the money together to buy one, then give this a try. A great idea for middle aged blokes with a trade in their hands (metal working, mechanics etc) or a bunch of teenage lads who want a flash car built with their own 2, 4, 6 or 8 hands (depending how many of them there are). Even if you don't fit into these groups give it a go. You'll thank me afterwards.....I hope.
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Nice op. Could do with cost comparisons and maybe an example of what car you could make into an exotic car (Toyota MR2 = Ferrari 355) and disadvantages such as lower performance, etc.
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