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Bizarro - 28/6/11 at 09:24 PM

Ive been thinking about building a kit since first visiting the Stoneleigh show in 1995 but have never had the time, money, space, inclination etc......

Im now in a position to 'scratch the itch' and have recently bought a part built MK Indy. The kit is probably 50% complete and has been built to a decent standard using a lot of new parts and seems like a good starting point.
Should be collecting at the weekend and I am really looking forward to having a good look at what Ive bought and sifting through the boxes of bits that the seller has included in the sale.

Anyway Ive spent the past week looking through various threads on here, found loads of good information and wanted to say hi as Im sure Ill be asking loads more questions over the next few months.

macc man - 28/6/11 at 09:32 PM

Welcome on board.

ReMan - 28/6/11 at 10:03 PM

Welcome, this is THE place for your answers to everything!
Search first though, the MK's are well supported a;ready.
And nice to have another "local" Whereabouts are you?
Colin

eddie99 - 28/6/11 at 10:06 PM

Welcome, Locostbuilders is a invaluable resource!

stevegough - 28/6/11 at 10:17 PM

Hello and welcome to the greatest kit car Forum on the planet, noobie! An MK kit is a great starting place (but you would have been better building from scratch than trying to pick up from where someone else left off). (In my humble opinion of course).

Try and get some photos of the build up to the current point, also you will probably need to produce reciepts for the main parts - are you getting the V5 of the donor vehicle? These items are quite important when it comes to IVA and registration. You need to prove to the IVA that you built it yourself - hence the photos.

Other than that, you will find that putting your location in your profile can be useful - people can come round and take the p*ss, -sorry, help you etc.

Above all, enjoy the rest of the build, and don't rush - there are guys on here who have been building their contraptions for over 10 years!

Good luck, Steve.

omega0684 - 29/6/11 at 03:18 AM

welcome to the forum, as stated above, this website is an invaluable source of information!

where about in leicestershire are you, have you thought about going to one of the meets and riding shotgun with someone?

couch22k - 29/6/11 at 06:44 AM

quote:
Originally posted by stevegough
Try and get some photos of the build up to the current point, also you will probably need to produce reciepts for the main parts - are you getting the V5 of the donor vehicle? These items are quite important when it comes to IVA and registration. You need to prove to the IVA that you built it yourself - hence the photos.

Welcome

I did the same as you and bought a part built MK for my first project.

I would also get a letter from the previous owner roughly stating what stage it was when you bought it and that he is an amature builder.

Also what Steve said about receipts and photos, the more you can send to VOSA the better.

Steve

lotusmadandy - 29/6/11 at 06:53 AM

Hi and welcome to the nut

Enjoy the build and ask plenty.

Andy

Bizarro - 29/6/11 at 07:59 PM

Thanks everyone.

Im located in Kegworth, inbetween Leicester and Nottingham. Is there an East Midlands kit car club that meets regularly?

Hellfire - 29/6/11 at 08:17 PM

Welcome to the forum. Did you buy this one by any chance?

Phil

Bizarro - 29/6/11 at 08:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Welcome to the forum. Did you buy this one by any chance?

Phil

No didnt buy that one, I have bought the black one further down in the for sale section.

steve m - 29/6/11 at 08:52 PM

Buy an MX5

much easier than building "lego kits" that an incredible amount of builders of KIT cars on here are uncapable off
and will NEVER finish

Sad i know, but true

daviep - 29/6/11 at 09:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
Buy an MX5

much easier than building "lego kits" that an incredible amount of builders of KIT cars on here are uncapable off
and will NEVER finish

Sad i know, but true

Were you never told as a child "If you can't say anything useful/nice say nothing at all"?

To the OP welcome to what is usually a very friendly and helpful site.

Davie

steve m - 29/6/11 at 09:39 PM

Davep,

is your car on the road ?

steve

Bizarro - 29/6/11 at 09:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
Buy an MX5

much easier than building "lego kits" that an incredible amount of builders of KIT cars on here are uncapable off
and will NEVER finish

Sad i know, but true

Sorry dont understand where you are coming from???

If it wasnt for 'new' builders capable or uncapable surely the kit car industry and the manufacturers of lego parts and kits, would die on its ar*e?

daviep - 29/6/11 at 09:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
Davep,

is your car on the road ?

steve

Not at the moment, it's stripped for mods at the moment but it has been on the road for the last 2 years.

Davie

steve m - 29/6/11 at 10:00 PM

Good to hear that Davie,

appologies to any one ive offended

steve

RK - 29/6/11 at 11:35 PM

I think he's onto something. I went with the piecemeal approach to my grand disappointment. A complete MX5 donor is the way to go, and cheaper by a mile.

ReMan - 30/6/11 at 12:30 AM

??????????????

This one by chance?

Description

If so., it looks a good buy to me and you should have that up and runing in no time
No, unfortunatly there's not much of specific kit meets in the East Midlands any more, though Ashby Folville gets a good unorganised turnout

[Edited on 30/6/11 by ReMan]

Bizarro - 7/7/11 at 08:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
??????????????

This one by chance?

Description

If so., it looks a good buy to me and you should have that up and runing in no time
No, unfortunatly there's not much of specific kit meets in the East Midlands any more, though Ashby Folville gets a good unorganised turnout

[Edited on 30/6/11 by ReMan]

Yep, that looks like the one

Picked the car up last weekend and now have the car and a big pile of parts in the garage ready to put together! Not had much of a chance to have a good look at it yet (garden project on the go) but I think my first job is to replace all the brake pipes as they are a bit of a mess.

Any links to good MK build diaries? Ive had a search on here any everything seems to lead to Hellfires page but unfourtunately his site is no longer active!

Cheers Nick