In August 2009 i bought myself the "build yourself a sports car for as little as £250"

well i then went and bought a pile of Steel tube 1" box 16 gauge.




simular to above.

anyway since then ive been on here collecting bits for my car.

and building what i can with my new welder and huge garage :O)

i bought a motorbike 1993 kawasaki zzr1100 needing alot of work for £400.00
i sold all the bits i didnt need for £450 and kept the engine.

I bought alot of bits from a guy in lincolnshire from his kit car.

so far ive spent £1000.00 in parts.

but now its running although it doesnt have ther throttle,brakes or clutch wired in properly. i can start it and move it using the clutch lever from the bike.

today was the first day i have almost all the body parts in place and i moved it out of the garage.

lots more to do but the fact it now looks like a car and not just a pile of metal tube and spare bits from peoples old kits.

anyway here is how it looked today after driving it out of the garage.

All the panels are just sat in place at the moment so i can remove and finish the air box and brakes and tons of things left but when done i will put back together and respray the whole lot.

my colour choice is below....




car pics are here :O)













my list of next things to do.

finish engine install. (wiring etc)
install clutch throttle and brakes.
install brake lines.
replace wishbones
finish wheels (1 done)
install dashboard
measure all bolts to buy them for everything to install properly.
build airbox

road test :O)






thanks all




dave

id leave it like that its like one of them polo harlequins from a few years back, or paint it that really bright orange wont get lost in the car park that way.

well done so far and keep going.

rob

I always admire you scratch builders.

Have you got the engine running nicely now?

Matt

Looking Good, I recognise a few of those GRP parts too!

Best Wishes, keep up the good work

Kev

Nice work mate, what the plan for headrests, separate ones on a roll bar??

Keep the pictures coming, takes me back!

Cheers

Rich

Oh, i remember the slog, pain etc when i did mine

NEVER AGAIN, if i had to replace my locost< i would buy one of those MK lego kits, and finish it in a few weeks !!

Well done, your 20% on the way to being on the road

Steve

Its a good mile stone.

I got mine out the garage today. And then put it back again

pic

Well done, thats a great milestone to achieve

It is very satisfying indeed turning a pile of steel into something that you can drive out of your garage

best wishes for the rest of your build.

cheers
andy

[Edited on 3/1/11 by handyandy]

Thanks all.

20% gulp I hope not.

keV ye the grp parts are all from you ;-)

MAtt ... Engine runs well with airbox on no space for it at moment though.

N headrest ???? Ermmmmmm new seats I think. They are nice but I'll build some sport style ones for the harnesses

All going well so thanks all.

Mad thinking what it started as.

I'm Thinking I'm 40-50% done

Bloody hope so.

Done so much welding n cutting n painting n bolting n measuring n measuring n measuring lol



Cheers all



Dave

[Edited on 3/1/11 by jossey]

Looking good

I wish mine had only taken that long to get to the stage you're at now (like many others on here I'm sure).

I agree with Steve m, I won't do a scratch build again! Too much hassle and too many 'adjustments' on the way. Having said that, once my +442 is finally on the road, at least I can say "I built that" and mean it

JB

That's my tought JB then when it breaks I can say I built that wrong lol

:-)

Thanks for the nice comments

No more car time now till I've done my charity bike ride.

Www.justgiving.com/crazycyclechallenge

Then when I'm done it's back to the build :-)


Cheers



Dave j