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6/7/2025, 4:13:53 PM
>>2922429
>couldn't I just build picrel in my garage out of metal pipe for a few hundred bucks?
If you're asking questions this basic, you probably don't have the knowledge or capacity to build one. But it's super easy to learn if you're serious about it, there's tons of info out there. Read Keith Tanner's How To Build A Cheap Sports Car or the Haynes Locost Guide. Both are good resources to get you thinking about the right way to build your frame and source your parts if it's a project you really want to do. Just keep in mind that it's not a small project and you have to really want to do it. Otherwise, it ends up becoming an unfinished heap of scrap in the corner of the garage, like most kit car projects do.
>I want a sensible car that is all function and zero capitalism. A car that we will drive after the nuclear holocaust.
If that's your only goal, you're much better off just buying an old truck with a mechanical diesel in it.
>>2922621
Howdy fellow locost anon. You're the guy doing the mid-engine build, right? How's it coming along?
>>2922477
It totally depends on the state. When I got a VIN for mine, I lived in Ohio and it was pretty easy. I had to provide receipts for the major components to make sure nothing was stolen, they did a quick inspection in the parking lot at the DMV, an ops check for the lights, and they sent me on my way.
>couldn't I just build picrel in my garage out of metal pipe for a few hundred bucks?
If you're asking questions this basic, you probably don't have the knowledge or capacity to build one. But it's super easy to learn if you're serious about it, there's tons of info out there. Read Keith Tanner's How To Build A Cheap Sports Car or the Haynes Locost Guide. Both are good resources to get you thinking about the right way to build your frame and source your parts if it's a project you really want to do. Just keep in mind that it's not a small project and you have to really want to do it. Otherwise, it ends up becoming an unfinished heap of scrap in the corner of the garage, like most kit car projects do.
>I want a sensible car that is all function and zero capitalism. A car that we will drive after the nuclear holocaust.
If that's your only goal, you're much better off just buying an old truck with a mechanical diesel in it.
>>2922621
Howdy fellow locost anon. You're the guy doing the mid-engine build, right? How's it coming along?
>>2922477
It totally depends on the state. When I got a VIN for mine, I lived in Ohio and it was pretty easy. I had to provide receipts for the major components to make sure nothing was stolen, they did a quick inspection in the parking lot at the DMV, an ops check for the lights, and they sent me on my way.
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