if you dont want to read my thought trail, skip 6 paragraphs to the web link
i was looking for a road legal track car where i can insure myself for a weekend, take it to the track day, have a load of fun, and drive home...(or stay for a weekend near the track if its far away)
after looking around at the seven style cars, i looked at the sylva cars, i looked at the MEV atomic, trying to find a car i liked, but was also cheap !
im on a tight budget, about £4000 maximum i will have for the initial build to get it to a drivable state...
all the options above where out the window, as i wanted to build it, not buy it...
so i almost gave up on the idea of a kit car, as nothing was in my budget, so i thought i could just do up an old mini (as i have one now im restoring to sell in the summer) whilst i was looking for mini based upgrades, i looked at the Z cars website, very nice, but out of budget (loved the look of there montecarlo !!)
so i looked (when i say looked i mean googled) space frame mini's. there was 1 other alternative i found, TDK racing. he sells space frame chassis, fibreglass bodies, carbon fibre bits etc.
http://www.tdkracing.com/
i then got this crazy idea that i could buy the body panels, buy the space frame chassis and then also buy a ex-autograss mini (for about £500) and then transfer all the autograss mini bits onto the new space frame mini (including engine) that way i could get a fully working, space frame mini for around £3300 and then slowly upgrade it like engine, more seats etc etc etc... then i thought it was too good to be true...
so i emailed him and had a phonecall and he confirmed what i was thinking to be right !!
so thats where im at, i can't wait to finish restoring this mini, and sell it, pluss the money im earning is going 80% towards this project...
thanks for reading and staying awake throughout the read
chris