I read an article about Caterham in a weekend edition of Financial Times when I was a 2nd year student. The idea of assembling your own hardcore two seater open sports car really appealed to me, but the price made it seem like a nice fantasy.
Ten years on I bumped into the notion of Locost, found Ron's and Chris' books on Amazon. Spent a day or two following Keith Tanner's build diary (
http://cheapsportscar.net/diary.php), got really convinced I need to give a shot. Bought the Roadster book during the 2008 Christmas hols, bought a welder in July, and started cracking.