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Introduce Yourself Here And Have A Chat => Bristol Kit Car Club - Click Here To Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: fletch_306 on 02, September, 2013, 09:23:29 PM

Title: New member from Yeovil
Post by: fletch_306 on 02, September, 2013, 09:23:29 PM
Hi all been a bit of a bad person here and again been one of these people who hasn't introduced themselves.

I purchased a Tiger Supersix in July as i don't have the facility to build a kit car from scratch just yet.

However after not even making it home after purchase in london (broken alternator and steering wheel. :o )  I feel it may have been cheaper and easier to build from scratch, but i will not let it beat me in fact a challenge is what i like. Oh and the M27 is a scary road to break down on.

I will try and keep you all posted as to what i have done and what i am currently doing as i do it.
|Hope to get to some meets etc... but first need new cycle wings.....

Look forward to chatting and sharing my love of all things car and kit!!

Fletch


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Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: 'The Gaffer' on 02, September, 2013, 09:32:18 PM
Hi Fletch and a warm welcome to our club.

Hope you have better luck with your car, but no one on here will tell you they are the most reliable vehicles in the world ;D
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: YellaBelly on 02, September, 2013, 09:35:12 PM
Hello and welcome :) Trust me, it ain't cheap to build from scratch, I speak from experience ;)
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: fletch_306 on 02, September, 2013, 09:40:50 PM
Thanks guys,

Don't think rebuild is going to be cheap either!

The electrics on the car are a right mess and that really isn't helping, who would even think of using household flex for car wiring?

So number three on the list is complete rewire (one was service, two was securing the steering rack, more on that later).


Fun is always more important than reliability in my book, but for now i'm keeping close to home.  :D

 
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: Moleman on 02, September, 2013, 09:46:49 PM
Hello & welcome Fletch.
You will find it all worth it once it's running well & your driving it more often  :D
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: 'The Gaffer' on 02, September, 2013, 09:47:46 PM
Quote from: fletch_306 on 02, September, 2013, 09:40:50 PM
The electrics on the car are a right mess and that really isn't helping, who would even think of using household flex for car wiring.

Ooooppp's I hope the rest of the build was a little more sensible, no doubt you will find out as time goes on.
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: paintman on 03, September, 2013, 01:33:36 AM
Good luck with new car and welcome.....you won't regret getting it, I guarantee that!!!! ;) ;)

    Tony
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: 'Mendip Wurzel' on 03, September, 2013, 08:02:59 AM
Good luck with the new car .... I reckon most kitcar purchases involve a whole shed load of repairs and alterations, so you are not alone.
Enjoy your tinkering....   
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: YellaBelly on 03, September, 2013, 11:27:32 AM
The one thing with Kit cars is that they are never 'finished' :D

With regards the wiring, I would highly recommend the 'thin wall' type. I used it a lot on my wiring as I made the loom from scratch so I could be sure it was all good condition. Thin wall makes a fair bit of difference to the final loom size ;)
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: dave_bence on 03, September, 2013, 02:44:10 PM
Hello and welcome Fletch ;D
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: fullpint on 03, September, 2013, 04:18:48 PM
The joys of running a kit car mate...
Welcome along Fletch..
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: garry h on 03, September, 2013, 07:43:49 PM
Hello Fletch and welcome.Sounds very similar to my purchase but now six months on and nearly road worthly,boy is  it worth it :) :) :) :) :) :) :) enjoy.
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: Bulldog Bri on 05, September, 2013, 08:28:22 AM
Welcome to the club Fletch, hope you can make it up to a few meetings from time to time, or any run outs when we go south ;D

8)
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: Gertfun on 02, October, 2013, 08:14:26 PM
Hello and welcome. I'm in yeovil too if you ever need a hand or coffee!
Title: Re: New member from Yeovil
Post by: Sprint 7 on 02, October, 2013, 10:53:33 PM
Welcome Fletch, hope your '7' isn't held together with M6 roofing bolts as mine was As long as you stick with it you'll enjoy altering things and putting stuff right as I did. That really is the best bit of kit car building cos  you can say "I did that" !! 8) 8) 8)