Build Your Own Sports Car On A Budget

By: Chris Gibbs .

This all-colour practical book provides all the information needed to build a two-seater, open-top sports car, the Haynes Roadster, on a budget, using standard tools, basic skills and low-cost materials. The down-to-earth text clearly explains each step along the road to producing a well-engineered, high-performance sports car, providing a learning experience in engineering and design – and opening up a whole new world of fun motoring.

With the aid of over 300 colour illustrations and CAD drawings, this book provides:

• Three-dimensional and two-dimensional colour working drawings showing how to build and assemble all components in a logical sequence.
• Details of how to build simple jigs to ensure accurate assembly of critical components.
• Advice on sourcing the power unit, transmission, steering, brakes and other parts from a donor vehicle.
• Step-by-step instructions on how to build a strong tubular-steel spaceframe chassis.
• Details of how to make and fit body panels.
• Details of the requirements of the Single Vehicle Approval (SVA) test, and advice on how to avoid problems.
• Appendices providing scaled, dimensioned drawings for all steel tubes and plates to be cut, as well as a list of useful contacts.

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