Congratulations Jaguar!!!

[whoarmongar]

Ilove American V8s, I like everything about them, theyre unbustable, lazy poweerful, but most of all I love the sound.

I also love small engined revy light cars, a winding country road and a responsive little car is great, nearly as good as a bike.

Over here gas is ten dollars a gallon so the V8 is a non option if you do any mileage.

Toying with the idea of getting a kit car should remain just what it is, a vague dream.

Kit cars are deceptivly easy to make arnt they afterall you can buy anything on the internet right.

Wrong.

They require lots of things that are in short supply

MONEY, they can be a hideous money pit

TIME, Once started you must devote lots of time to them, otherwise that project will drag on and on until you become rather fed up with it and it remains an unfinished project.

SPACE, You need lots of space for this type of work, The kit, the donor and its suprising how much "stuff" goes into making a car !

SKILLS, Sure you may have all the equipment you need to build that kit,You totally understand the technical issues. You may be pretty good on the spanners, Welding and metal fabrications hold no fears Car electrics are a doddle for you, Bodywork and paint you can obviously do in your well equipped workspace, and the legal requirements to get that finished kit on the road hold no fears.

FRIENDS. real friends, not that facebook type. People who can help you maybe encourage you and will perhaps devote some of their time to occasionally helping you.

And finally the bit where most kits fall down.

Finishing and trim. Endless hours of shaping fabricating cutting pleating glueing sewing and attaching trim and finish, trust me it takes ages and by then most builders are so inpatient to see there car finished they make a hashed up balls up of it. The excuse being they will sort it out next year.

My advise, go buy a kit, it may keep you away from the internet for a while.

Or at least till the next patch.