| There are many kinds of widows whose husbands | | | | scrapped car in their yard, or looking in your local |
| are still very much alive. There are golf widows, | | | | paper. Ideally all of your donor car's mechanical |
| soccer widows and increasingly these days, | | | | components should be in good working order. It's |
| Playstation widows. If your house is littered with car | | | | more likely that most of the car will be in pretty poor |
| magazines, your weekends are taken up with car | | | | shape, but you should be able to refurbish most of it, |
| shows and a purring engine instead of a pretty lady | | | | and exchange the rest. |
| turns your partner's head, you're probably a car | | | | Once you've stripped your donor car, and cleaned |
| enthusiast widow. This can be bad news if you're not | | | | and checked all the parts that you're going to use, it's |
| interested in torque, pistons, 8-cylinder engines and | | | | advisable to read the manual to make sure that you |
| fuel injection. It can be good news if you're looking | | | | understand everything. Kit-car manufacturing |
| for the perfect Christmas or birthday gift, as a | | | | companies have help lines so that if you don't |
| kit-car would fulfill every childhood fantasy and | | | | understand something or are having trouble, you can |
| provide hours of pure joy. | | | | phone them and they will help you out. Another good |
| Kits can be ordered straight from the manufacturers | | | | idea is to formulate a building plan. You can follow the |
| via their websites. They can also be ordered online | | | | manual to the letter, or you can work to your own |
| from a kit-car supplier. Choosing one can be sweet | | | | program. It all depends on how much knowledge, |
| hell for a car lover. You can build anything from Big | | | | equipment and time you possess. |
| wheel off road vehicles to vintage cars. Two-seater | | | | One of the highlights of building your kit-car is putting |
| sports cars are a very popular choice. Consider when | | | | your engine in place. This should be done with a |
| choosing them what engine you would like to install, | | | | proper hoist and not manhandled in by you and some |
| whether you want two-wheel or four-wheel drive | | | | of your best friends. An engine is deceptively heavy |
| and the kind of suspension you want to use. The | | | | and once it's dropped, it can't be salvaged. It's best |
| beauty of them is that you're not limited to any set | | | | to spend a little extra money on renting a hoist, than |
| specifications. You can use the base and add just | | | | a lot of money buying and refurbishing a new engine. |
| about any features that you want. | | | | When yours is up and running and has passed the |
| Before your kit arrives, it's important that you get a | | | | road safety test, there are endless hours of pride |
| donor car. In some cases you may be able to | | | | and joy before you as you drive around the country |
| salvage all that you need from one car, in other | | | | in a car that you built. There is also the prospect of |
| instances more than one donor car may be needed. | | | | building another car. You could also venture out of |
| Finding a donor car can be as simple as knocking on | | | | your comfort zone and try a whole new mode of |
| someone's door and asking them if you can buy the | | | | transportation, such as a kit-helicopter or an airplane. |