Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
<<  1    2  >>
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: Build times.......
snowy2

posted on 19/8/16 at 11:33 AM Reply With Quote
Build times.......

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 have built or rebuilt about a dozen cars and the quickest from derilict to mot was 60 days.......VERY tiring...
I think a few have been 6-8 months. But most over 12 months .

My current project has taken me almost 2 years.....

How long has your car's taken to build?





sometimes you are the pigeon, most of the time the statue.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
joneh

posted on 19/8/16 at 11:42 AM Reply With Quote
Around 2 years so far on this one.
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
40inches

posted on 19/8/16 at 12:16 PM Reply With Quote
13 years to IVA, no that's not a mistake, it did take 13 years
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
David Jenkins

posted on 19/8/16 at 12:22 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
13 years to IVA, no that's not a mistake, it did take 13 years


Roughly similar to my build time...






View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
Rosco86

posted on 19/8/16 at 12:30 PM Reply With Quote
just under two years from nothing to IVA on a scratch built haynes





My Build Thread

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
Smoking Frog

posted on 19/8/16 at 12:40 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
13 years to IVA, no that's not a mistake, it did take 13 years

That makes me feel better, 7 years and counting.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
SJ

posted on 19/8/16 at 12:45 PM Reply With Quote
Mine took 12 months using an MK chassis kit. I kept it very simple though. That was one evening a week and the occasional Saturday. Anyone with more time [i.e not a wife and 2 small kids] should be OK with less.
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
pekwah1

posted on 19/8/16 at 12:47 PM Reply With Quote
Hah, from when i was recently in Caterham's factory, i was chatting to the guys there who give around a 6 month lead time.
Maybe he was referring to build times from the manufacturer rather than us monkeys on here.

Then again, maybe the people who can build a car in 6 months don't have day jobs!

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
phelpsa

posted on 19/8/16 at 12:57 PM Reply With Quote
9 months for an Aries, wasn't registered or IVA'd though.
View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
Theshed

posted on 19/8/16 at 01:01 PM Reply With Quote
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
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
adithorp

posted on 19/8/16 at 01:04 PM Reply With Quote
My Fury kit was delivered early October '06,
SVA'd May'08
Registered 1st June'08.
20months total.

There were a couple of pauses during the build (KitCarWorkshop stopped trading just as I needed the bodywork and was a while before BGH (as FurySportscars) took it on) so if you take those out, it took under 18months.

It'll never be "finished" though





"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire

http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
rdodger

posted on 19/8/16 at 01:15 PM Reply With Quote
Mine was 18 months.

I recon about 400 hours with 100 of that standing and looking!






View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
ian locostzx9rc2

posted on 19/8/16 at 01:57 PM Reply With Quote
My first kit car robin hood 3a took 18 months and my striker took 10 months but could have been less as I had a at least a 1 month delay these times where from start to Sva both failed the first time so not to bad
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
loggyboy

posted on 19/8/16 at 02:22 PM Reply With Quote
Im now 6 years into my 1 year build.

[Edited on 19-8-16 by loggyboy]





Mistral Motorsport

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
Irony

posted on 19/8/16 at 03:00 PM Reply With Quote
6 years from never using a spanner before to IVA. Passed second time.
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
mark chandler

posted on 19/8/16 at 04:00 PM Reply With Quote
Scratch build 18 months I guess, loads of tinkering aftewards
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
StevieB

posted on 19/8/16 at 04:13 PM Reply With Quote
My Indy was about 4 years by the calendar, but there were a few lay ups due to budget and new baby arrival etc.

I wish I'd tracked the actual productive hours though compared to standing, drinking tea and thinking - something around a 30/70 split I'd say...

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
loggyboy

posted on 19/8/16 at 04:25 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
My Indy was about 4 years by the calendar, but there were a few lay ups due to budget and new baby arrival etc.

I wish I'd tracked the actual productive hours though compared to standing, drinking tea and thinking - something around a 30/70 split I'd say...


Good ratio - I suspect mine is 10/90! in favour of scratching chin (or arse)





Mistral Motorsport

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
rusty nuts

posted on 19/8/16 at 05:05 PM Reply With Quote
Took me 3 years to build mine , should have been a lot quicker but I was building it in my brothers garage 15 miles or so from home along the A14 /M11 which tends to be very slow moving in the evenings when I could work on it. Saturday afternoon and Sunday mornings were really the only time I worked on it .
When I rebuilt it after stripping off the crap powder coating, from bare unpainted chassis to on the road took 6 weeks , an hour most evenings and weekends

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
Badger_McLetcher

posted on 19/8/16 at 05:07 PM Reply With Quote
Pretty much scratch built Haynes Roadster... so far three years working Saturdays and the odd other day - maybe another 6-12 months if I decide to do something funky with the bodywork.





If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
Sam_68

posted on 19/8/16 at 05:36 PM Reply With Quote
10 months so far to almost rolling chassis stage (which is way behind schedule, for various reasons - the original aim was to have it ready for IVA by this time!), but that's with a completely new design, not a 'book' Locost.

There was best part of 9 months, before that, doing the actual design work, mind you.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
mackei23b

posted on 19/8/16 at 06:13 PM Reply With Quote
2 years for my MK....
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
JeffHs

posted on 19/8/16 at 06:52 PM Reply With Quote
8 years, 1999 to 2008. Scratch built to original Book.
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
David Jenkins

posted on 19/8/16 at 08:33 PM Reply With Quote
Just realised that I've sold myself short. I started the build in 1997 and it got registered in 2004, so 7 years build time. It just seemed like longer!

Most of that time was building the chassis - probably 5 years or so before I got a rolling chassis. In the end I decided that I had to either finish it, or get rid of it. I'm glad I stuck with it, as it's now been on the road for nearly 12 years.






View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
LBMEFM

posted on 20/8/16 at 04:39 AM Reply With Quote
MK Indy-Fireblade - 2.5 years from purchase to SVA.
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
<<  1    2  >>
New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.