snowy2
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 06:13 AM |
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this is all as i suspected ......6 months start to finish is very rare. most folks take over a year to complete.......
i have taken a derelict kit and rebuilt it in 6 months.......its hard work, but a scratch build in 6 months? that’s some dedication.......and an
understanding wife.
sometimes you are the pigeon, most of the time the statue.
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 09:05 AM |
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Its taken 2 years to design and build the Single Seater Locost race car from scratch. Thats also included doing all of the company setting up,
paperwork BS and marketing as well... And having a new baby and working a full time job.
[Edited on 20/8/16 by Doctor Derek Doctors]
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steve m
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 09:39 AM |
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Two years for me, to build a "Build a sports car for £250"
May 1997-May1999, working full time, and doing other jobs, like a garden patio, and replace a kitchen
this was mainly pre internet days for me, so a heck of a time trying to source parts from breakers yards etc
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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Mark100
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 10:15 AM |
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feeling good now 3 years from strip down to about to go back on road on a driveway when it aint raining
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steve m
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 04:43 PM |
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Taken from the OP, not my comment
"I have recently got into a discussion with a fellow kit car builder who claims that 6 monthe is average for a kit car build. "
I would agree, that anything more than 6 months to build a KIT CAR, would be ludicrous, yet there are hundreds out there in unfinished, and in a
unloved condition, probably the owners have taken on a job, that may be to much for there ability
but also, some people are not so fortunate, to be allowed out in the garage when ever they want, I did not have that problem
as my wife, is not interested in cars one bit, my children had left home, so for me, every non full time employment work day was in the garage 
Yet mine, is not a kit, and built from scratch, from a book of instructions, with a lot of error's (edition one) as other builders have also
found, and as such, bears no resemblance of a "KIT CAR" and any of the time of any scratch builder like myself, has put in
So perhaps this thread or any subsequent should be more defined to building a kit, as in all the bits supplied by a couple of sources, as in a
Caterham, westie, Tiger etc, versus, a scratch built
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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Sam_68
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 05:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
but also, some people are not so fortunate, to be allowed out in the garage when ever they want
This is the big issue, of course.
If you have no other commitments of any sort a 6-month build period would be easy for almost anyone.
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 05:15 PM |
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I agree, a kit car, that you just assemble (like a big 3d jigsaw puzzle), 6months should be easy, but rebuilding a 20 year old car on to a new
chassis, (and refurbishing so many parts) does take a lot longer.
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AntonUK
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 05:20 PM |
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took me 5 years to do a re-build.
Build Photos Here
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 05:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam_68
quote:
Originally posted by steve m
but also, some people are not so fortunate, to be allowed out in the garage when ever they want
This is the big issue, of course.
If you have no other commitments of any sort a 6-month build period would be easy for almost anyone.
I have a slight advantage - I'm retired, my kids have grown up and moved out, and I rarely watch TV as I consider most of it to be cr@p. Going
out into the garage, or doing something constructive on my computer, is all the entertainment I need. I don't often go to the pub, and very
rarely without the wife, so lots of spare time (apart from the household maintenance schedule, which I ignore as much as possible).
Wasn't quite as fortunate when I was building (I was still working 12-hour days then) but otherwise I was still free to do stuff whenever I
wanted.
[Edited on 20/8/16 by David Jenkins]
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spiderman
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| posted on 20/8/16 at 09:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Theshed
14 years and not yet on 4 wheels...do I win or have I lost? It will however get finished and I work on it every weekend
Started mine November 1999, still not finished.
Spider
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snowy2
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| posted on 21/8/16 at 07:45 AM |
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Kit or special........i have done both......
specials are more work.....a westfield is as easy as they come....
plans always get in the way of life......or is that the other way round?
sometimes you are the pigeon, most of the time the statue.
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 21/8/16 at 08:13 AM |
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I took delivery of my Tiger Cat in May 2001 and it was sva'd and registered in Feb 2002, while working full time.
I have just bought a part built Stylus that was bought as a rolling chassis by the original owner in 2003 and it's now being stripped down again
as so much stuff done would have been ok for sva but not for iva.
Keith
Aviemore
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johnH20
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| posted on 21/8/16 at 07:06 PM |
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Well I thought I might win but spiderman beats me. I took almost 16 years to IVA with some years off due to other activities. In addition I am my own
worst enemy as I am for ever having a ' better idea '. I recall making 2 1/2 sets of rear suspension components and several other things,
sometimes for the simple reason I did not like the visual quality of my welds
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Sam_68
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| posted on 21/8/16 at 07:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by johnH20
In addition I am my own worst enemy as I am for ever having a ' better idea '.
Yeah, I know that feeling - though at least most of mine happen at the design stage, so don't actually cost anything in materials!
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 8/9/16 at 03:24 PM |
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11 weeks from picking up my kit to passing IVA.
That's a kit, not scratch built but did have to wait 4 weeks for front wishbones, as time after time when promised they were finished they
weren't, although I would estimate this only delayed me for approx a week as I was able to do other things while waiting.
Full time job, no kids at the time but living with (now) wife.
That was my first build, I sped up a little after that as they were for other people.
I did a lot more work on the car when it was on the road, changed lots of 'glass to carbon, cut chassis and 'bones up to have rosejoints
so the car would go in a straight line!
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Irony
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| posted on 8/9/16 at 03:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
11 weeks from picking up my kit to passing IVA.
That's a kit, not scratch built but did have to wait 4 weeks for front wishbones, as time after time when promised they were finished they
weren't, although I would estimate this only delayed me for approx a week as I was able to do other things while waiting.
Full time job, no kids at the time but living with (now) wife.
That was my first build, I sped up a little after that as they were for other people.
I did a lot more work on the car when it was on the road, changed lots of 'glass to carbon, cut chassis and 'bones up to have rosejoints
so the car would go in a straight line!
What kit?
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Charlie_Zetec
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| posted on 8/9/16 at 04:12 PM |
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7.5 years and counting! Multitude of factors, but in that time, I've bought my first house, renovated (most of) it, stripped and rebuilt a
Landrover Defender 90 from the ground up, and saved/paid for a wedding.
Whereas before I had less funds and more time, unfortunately now I'm stuck with less time and enough money! Sods law, really.
I'd also have been better off buying a kit from scratch instead of trying to take on a part-built, as I've ended up re-doing so many parts
as I go along, it's taken far too long. The joy of hindsight I suppose....
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity!
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