The story of my kit car, from the twinkle in my eye to being street legal. Or that's the plan!
Andy Timmons - 8 April 2000

Hello.
My name is Andy Timmons - by day, a mild mannered bank clerk.  By night, a mild mannered bank clerk at home.
I've no previous experience of building a kit car, in fact it's years since I used a spanner.   I did service my Mini once upon a time and I even had an Allegro which was subject to my mechanical ministrations, but other than that, I'm a complete novice in the garage.

So why have I decided to build a kit car?  I guess it was my brother, Paul's fault.  A few years ago he invited me to a kit car show at Newark.  Both of us drooled over the kits and said 'One day!  One day!'  Then a few weeks ago I sat mesmerised through a series on telly where a chap called Mark Evans built a Cobra.  If you ever read this, Mark, thanks (I think).

I had to have a go.  Paul thinks it's a great idea and has offered his support.  So has my mate Phil.  Even Gordon next door has volunteered to come round and drink my coffee whilst offering verbal support (he's even less mechanically minded than I am).
So a few magazines and several hours reading up on the net later, I decided to go for it.  I'll be using this web site as my build diary.  If you enjoy it, or otherwise, write to me.

Below is an extract from Andy's build diary - to read more, please visit his web site.

1 July
Here at last!  Phil arrived with his lorry just after nine and he, Sam and I set off for Tiger, getting there just after eleven.  We had to wait while someone loaded up their kit into a transit, so we went for a cuppa.
Richard was standing in for Sue and Jim who were on holiday so when the transit pulled away, it was he who handed me the first bit of my car - the windscreen frame.  He then proceeded to pull bits of old Sierra out of the back of vans, long grass, cardboard boxes and other mysterious places, and laying them behind the lorry.  The chassis and engine were in the workshop and the GRP in the store room with an enormous box of goodies.

Everything got loaded into the van with acres of space to spare.  Phil had thoughtfully provided a couple of pallet loaders which made moving the engine and rear suspension around a lot easier.  All we were short of was a thermo widget for the radiator (which was out of stock) and the pedal assembly which the scrappies hadn't provided when they supplied the rest of the donor.  Photo here.  Bought a radiator fan and Sam treated us to a couple of Tiger mugs. Settled the bill and off home (via the Little Chef for a well earned lunch).