Great idea
Radio models - interesting construction/build etcI received a fantastic Tamiya RC Truck kit for Christmas which kept me occupied for a good month...
I looked at various options - motorbikes are banned (by the wife), trikes?, kits - style? replicas?
It actually seemed like I was almost too late, looking into the scene it seemed the SVA transition to IVA in the early 2000s had done for many of the kit car makers & financial changes somehow meant it was more expensive to buy kits than finished cars, however... cars are never a financial investment... they're more about fun and a large dose of irrational decision making :)
Research begins...
When I was looking for my very first car in 1988 I picked up a brochure from Caterham - back then the basic Caterham kit was about 7k GBP! - which unfortunately I didn't have at the time.In the 90s I picked up a second hand, I was the 14th owner, Triumph Spitfire IV from 1974. I ran and maintained her for 10 years - fantastic little car which made you feel like you were driving 100+ mph when actually bombing around at 50+. The best couple of grand I spent on a car!
I also had picked up a copy of the original Ron Champion 'Build Your Own Sports Car' when it first came out but that was only ever a pipe dream & read out of interest: (that £250 price point was never going to happen ;)
My focus & priorities changed over the years to family life & it was only fair to sell the Spit on rather than leave her languishing in a garage, she went via Ebay about 7 years ago.
The bug was always there - I've always liked my cars, nothing particularly outlandish - usually comfortable saloon/family tourers, love driving though, love karting & now luckily in a position to seriously consider a kit.
Perhaps this one will make the Monaco/Italian Job trip - i.e. mountain passes in the Italian Alps (Italian Job) , then round the Monaco Grand Prix circuit....