I am interested in trying my first kit-cat, having spent several years restoring my 1992 GSX1100G and renovating my wife's Jeep Cherokee (OK, to be honest, just trying to keep the damn thing running). This is one of the best forums I've come across so far.
Although on a very different scale, working on the motorbike gave me the confidence to look more seriously at building a car. I suspect there is a slightly different skill-set, too. More fabrication and design and less brute strength and having a knack for getting rusted bolts off. I have access to a good work-space (I'm the 2IC of a local motor-machanic club) and I have a fairly good set of tools; enough to fill the back of a family estate and then some.
I'm currently researching a few different kits. I adore the GT40 and always have. I had a metallic green matchbox toy as a kid. I am also looking at a Lancia Stratos kit (I had toy one, too) and a Type 65 Shelby Daytona (yep, another toy). I haven't decided which to go for, but I have plenty of time before I'll be in a financial position to take the plunge. One of the biggest difficulties I'm having at the moment is trying to understand the likely final cost in amongst all the options, packages that each manufacturer offers. If anyone can offer me some ball-park figures for a road-going, completed version, without going over the top on race-performance. I'm lookng for a jaw-dropping car, but one in which I can comfortably commute between the Highlands and the southern half of England at the weekend.
Yours Aye
Stuadh
Although on a very different scale, working on the motorbike gave me the confidence to look more seriously at building a car. I suspect there is a slightly different skill-set, too. More fabrication and design and less brute strength and having a knack for getting rusted bolts off. I have access to a good work-space (I'm the 2IC of a local motor-machanic club) and I have a fairly good set of tools; enough to fill the back of a family estate and then some.
I'm currently researching a few different kits. I adore the GT40 and always have. I had a metallic green matchbox toy as a kid. I am also looking at a Lancia Stratos kit (I had toy one, too) and a Type 65 Shelby Daytona (yep, another toy). I haven't decided which to go for, but I have plenty of time before I'll be in a financial position to take the plunge. One of the biggest difficulties I'm having at the moment is trying to understand the likely final cost in amongst all the options, packages that each manufacturer offers. If anyone can offer me some ball-park figures for a road-going, completed version, without going over the top on race-performance. I'm lookng for a jaw-dropping car, but one in which I can comfortably commute between the Highlands and the southern half of England at the weekend.
Yours Aye
Stuadh