Newbie Here

[Taxi Dave]

Just thought it only polite to introduce myself as I'm new to the forum.

I had a Dutton Phaeton and a VW Beach Buggy that I didn't build myself many, many years ago and ever since then I promised myself that one day, finances permitting I'd have a go at building something myself. The plan has always been for a Seven style car.

I live down the road from Westfield but still can't warrant buying the different packs and would rather buy or scrounge/make a little bit at a time starting with just the chassis and going from there. I pretty much narrowed it down to a Tiger Avon, but still had an original copy of Ron Champions book, and someone pointed me at the Haynes Roadster and this forum.

I joined yesterday, had a good read of different peoples posts and then contacted Handy Andy regarding a chassis kit (excellent info and advice by the way, thanks Andy). My welding skills are not the best but my mate has built a few Land Rover Specials in the past, so the idea is to start a build this summer using Ford power, maybe CVH first and then Zetec later, take my time and aim to have it done in maybe 12 months which should spread the cost out and not cause too much hassle with the wife.

I'll be asking loads of questions on here and hopefully won't annoy too many people.

Cheers, Dave