8. Wheels up

… and off, slow forward progress toward the final unveiling of the chassis. The car came literally STUFFED with parts.  Unfortunately my passenger side window was damaged during transport as one of the body pieces looks to have rubbed hard enough to leave a few gouge marks on the interior surface.  Kudos to RCR for…

7. Build planning & order process

Almost always, the first question is “What is it?”.  Closely followed is “How long will it take to build?”.  My build plan is broken up into 3 phases. Phase 1: Build it Seems simple enough.  This is the ultimate Lego/constructor set and you get just about everything you need in the kit.  A few other items…

6. It’s alive!

Well, the lift is anyway.  I purchased a Quickjack 5000 to serve as the workhorse for supporting the chassis throughout this build.  Pretty amazing, I placed an order via their website one day and it was on my doorstep the next!  ~250 lbs and in 3 boxes.  Our UPS driver was NOT pleased. I selected…

5. Configuration

I ordered the “full” kit less a few small items from Race Car Replicas (RCR).  Details of the kit can be found here: SLC Apart from the base kit, all you need is an engine and a transaxle; the kit supplies you with everything else you need for a fully functional race car. I did make a…

4. Initial thoughts

So I’ve had the car in my possession for a little over 3 days, here’s what I’ve done: Scraped the crap out of the front splitter moving it down to the lower garage. Removed every scrap of packing tape from the car and wiped off all tape residue (I think they must use the cheapest…

1. Preamble ramble

Why a kit car?  Surely there’s something better I could have done with this money … Yeah, I guess there’s probably a million other things that I could have done with the money, and each maybe (likely) a better investment than something like a race car that can be made street legal. In my normal day…