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A survey of nearly 600 kit car owners in the US, the UK and Germany, carried out by Dr. Ingo Stüben, showed that typically 100–1,500 hours are required to build a kit car, depending upon the model and the completeness of the kit. [5] As the complexity of the kits offered continues to increase, build times have increased.
Blakely Auto Works (also called Bernardi Auto Works in later years) was a manufacturer of automobiles and of kit cars, working from premises located in a series of US midwest communities, including Princeton, Wisconsin, in the 1970s and 1980s. Blakely produced several kit car models, the Bantam, Bearcat, and Bernardi.
For Valkyrie kits, the powertrain and running gear components were sourced by the car's builder, but the factory manual included suggestions. Front suspension for both the turn-key and kit car was provided by using a complete front subframe from a Chevrolet Corvair. The steering box and linkage were also from a Corvair, as were many of the rear ...
The Constructors Car Club was founded in 1988 to support those who had an interest in building cars from scratch, including kit cars. The club is member of the Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association (LVVTA), the body entrusted with New Zealand's modified and custom built vehicle certification system. [64]
Kit car manufacturers (2 C, 119 P) L. Lotus Seven replicas (36 P) Pages in category "Kit cars" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
Hi-Tech Automotive is a low volume, specialist car builder and design house located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. [1] Most of the vehicles produced are exported, notably to the US and UK . The main distributor of the cars built by Hi-Tech is Superformance .
Haynes Roadster is a replica of a Lotus Seven home-built car, according to the book Build Your Own Sports Car: On a Budget by Chris Gibbs (ISBN 1-84425-391-0). A Ford Sierra is used in the car as a donor for drivetrain and suspension components. The Haynes Roadster is a follow-up to the Locost design described in a book by Ron Champion.
They build their telescopes for the enjoyment of the hobby, or so they can make a personal contribution to the field of astronomy. Custom made dune buggy Dune buggy - popular method of building a dune buggy involves construction of a vehicle frame from steel tubing formed and welded together. The advantage of this method is that the fabricator ...