as the title says, i thought it convenient to keep a check on how the forum is distributed (in terms of how many people with scratch built cars and how many with bought cars).

people who have finished their builds.... well vote if you want but know this: you are biasing the results

Scratch built refers to you making your own chassis and everything else and includes those who bought a few bits and bobs here and there

Bought build (couldnt find a better word) refers to you buying a made chassis and then doing the rest yourself or buying the whole smash...
i estimate probably 3/4 of the locostbuilders population is in this category....

[Edited on 17/3/07 by robertst]

Im building from scratch because i dont want to build a car exactly as i want

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Originally posted by robertst
as the title says, i thought it convenient to keep a check on how the forum is distributed (in terms of how many people with scratch built cars and how many with bought cars).

people who have finished their builds.... well vote if you want but know this: you are biasing the results

Scratch built refers to you making your own chassis and everything else and includes those who bought a few bits and bobs here and there

Bought build (couldnt find a better word) refers to you buying a made chassis and then doing the rest yourself or buying the whole smash...
i estimate probably 3/4 of the locostbuilders population is in this category....

[Edited on 17/3/07 by robertst]

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Scratch build...

I am a wan-abe engineer from a long line of proper engineers so its a way of showing myself what I can do

I haven't started building yet but am planning on building from scratch so voted that way

Scratch built three years ago now. Didn't do the fibreglass though - yuk!.

Cheers

I'm scratch building as I stupidly got taken in by Ron's book saying a schoolboy could do it and that you could learn to weld in a weekend and build a car for 250 quid as well. If I was going to start again now I'd probably buy a chassis.

Theres definitely more "bought" builders these days on this website and people are spending much more on their builds and are getting much better quality finishes too. Evolution of the hobby I suppose....

Bought mine (didn't think i could afford to start new-build, How wrong i was !)
ripped it to pieces, now rebuilding

Built my first:


Panels on

And now on my second £10K spent on parts but no chassis yet:



driver poss 2

[Edited on 17/3/2007 by nitram38]

Definitely a scratch build,

but hopefully when the bodywork is finished I will have polished most of them out.


Atb
Paul G

Scratch-built - started as a heap of tubing on the garage floor...

Scratch built, whole new lot on my hands today trying to make handbrake work

Caber

Scratch build for me." Pay as you go"!!!!!!!!!

Scratch built, started building 9 years ago and have been on the road for the last 7 years.

scratch built all but the plastic ,would do it again
don't know how much cheaper it was,but I have got a load of tools I wouldn't of had ,and how many people can say that I did that!!

Scratch building; because if that smug young b*gger in Ron's book can, then so can I!
Having said that, he deserves to look smug. That little red rocket looks superb.

[Edited on 17/3/07 by Confused but excited.]

well 3 yrs in and i think its light i can see at the end of that tunnell
but hey , what the hell ive had loads of fun on the way

Scratch built mine from a set of plans, took 4 yrs to build . plenty of highs and lows during the build, cant beat the feeling of accomplishment when I tell folk I built It!!

Greg

Scatch built, but didn't do the fibreglass.

Didn't vote because I didn't want to bias the poll.

We've got 6 or 7 scratch built/being built amongst the regulars at the Northants Group Meet.

David

David

Another scratch build here.

Why? Cos I've always wanted to!

ed

Scratch build here too - and really enjoying it. Can't imagine going back to building kits now.

scratch built here aswel i want a car i can say i built that

Whoah! i am truly surprised! i had the vague notion that locost building would have migrated to a more simple buy-a-chassis and do the boring stuff yourself!

What led me to build a locost was the thought of building my own car. Ever since i was 5 I've always had the idea of building my own car. I started planning to build my own go-kart when i was 7 as i was tired of paying the money and needing the signature of my father to be able to use the adult karts.

The locost community has given me the opportunity to satisfy the dream i had developed and nurtured, ever since i was 5, to become true.

I believe the basic motivator to building a locost is the fact that once you have finished, you can say to yourself and others: " i have done all this with my bare hands!" I love that! and believe me... waiting 15 years for the one thing you have been craving to do is a bummer!...

[Edited on 18/3/07 by robertst]

I reckon you've got a self selecting group of respondants to this post. Im not sure its its representitive for the site as a whole. Think the part builders are busy looking at catalogues or something.....

Here also building from scratch. The build started in 2001 and this year I hope to get my approval

Greets Roy.

Scratch build for me also will have been building for 2 years in august but will hopfully ave it on the road by then!

Kit bought. Wanted to get ahead in the building & couldn't be 4r$ed to build my own chassis or flaff about with the fibre glass.

Bought a kit, only because i wanted the car finished by the time i finished uni, and I knew that would never happen if i built my own chassis. Plus at the time i didnt have the kit to be able to weld my own chassis up either.

David

Scratch,

Because the costs will be slowly rise.
And around here you pay a lot (too much) for which you get.
Building your own is more fun (and you become a smarter guy if you make it till the end)

It was and is a long way to go.

Bought build, I'm shoehorning a 3.0 V6 into a Mk1 MR2. Not Locost or 7 related in anyway but I will do a Caternail type build with a 4AGE in a few years.

[Edited on 19/3/07 by ChrisJLW]