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NASA racer · 02-17-03, 11:08 PM

Ron, it has turned out that I have three distinct options but they're all "in the works".

Was originally thinking turnkey-minus CAV but the more I looked at that beautiful car, the less I wanted to be driving it down the street and get rear-ended and have it sitting in the garage not being suitable for taking to the track and certainly not remotely legal for racing in the US. Haven't gotten any specs about their "race" version but tube frame = can be fixed, stainless monocoque = can't be fixed and to me racing means being able to lose the entire thing and not suffer any undue financial or emotional hardship...I'm not in a financial position to do that with $80k + worth of car [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

So I have an option along those lines which is in early research stage and then something else came up which I'm sort of waiting to hear on (I know...how cryptic) and CAV isn't going anywhere so they remain an option.

Got into it sure of what I wanted and now I'm deep in research to be sure what I want is what I want hehehehe. Some manufacturers have contacted me so are prime candidates due to their interest in seeing my project on the track but within a budget.

Your chart is great information and I appreciate you putting it together like that.

02-17-03, 11:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
NASA racer A Tenth Join Date: Jan 2003 GT40: So. Cal. Posts: 115 Rep Power: 7	Re: Building a car and wanna know the costs.... Ron, it has turned out that I have three distinct options but they're all "in the works". Was originally thinking turnkey-minus CAV but the more I looked at that beautiful car, the less I wanted to be driving it down the street and get rear-ended and have it sitting in the garage not being suitable for taking to the track and certainly not remotely legal for racing in the US. Haven't gotten any specs about their "race" version but tube frame = can be fixed, stainless monocoque = can't be fixed and to me racing means being able to lose the entire thing and not suffer any undue financial or emotional hardship...I'm not in a financial position to do that with $80k + worth of car [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] So I have an option along those lines which is in early research stage and then something else came up which I'm sort of waiting to hear on (I know...how cryptic) and CAV isn't going anywhere so they remain an option. Got into it sure of what I wanted and now I'm deep in research to be sure what I want is what I want hehehehe. Some manufacturers have contacted me so are prime candidates due to their interest in seeing my project on the track but within a budget. Your chart is great information and I appreciate you putting it together like that.