I first thought "wow gotta have one of those"
when I was at a test day at Mallory Park, I used to race bikes & on the test days ( not a track day) the cars had the track till 1pm then it was the bikes turn, so whilst in the paddock waiting for bike track time I used to wander around & look at all the cars & watch them on track etc.
I carried on racing bikes for 8 yrs, a costly hobby so all funds went into the racing, eventually retired from racing.....getting old & bones weren,t healing so quickly as they used to ( racing a bike will guarentee you will crash)
Long story short, I missed the rush of the bikes so thought about having a 7 style car that I could use on the road & do the odd track day, mentioned it in a "pipe dream " sort of way to my wife, a few weeks later my birthday = a prezzie from the Mrs was the "book" , that was November 08, enrolled at night school at the local tech college, started course Jan 09, joined this forum , finished the welding course & bought the steel & started cutting it 2nd April 09.....& now the car is almost finished .
I must say, choosing to build a Roadster has been one of the most satisfying & enjoyable things I,ve ever done, learnt lots of new skills & the big plus point.......have met lots of like minded builders during the build, even some that I,ve not even met , only through this forum but all are regarded as friends, without them my build wouldn,t have been as much fun as it has been.
After that first read of the book, I,ve never looked back........bring on the Single Seater Book
cheers
andy