First Step

[hamza]

Hi,
I would like to formally introduce my self, My name is hamza, from Peshawar Pakistan, Life over here is quite hard, harder than what might have been in Belfast during 1969

Mine will be the first roadster in Pakistan- for it have been surfing the net and read all about locost in the last almost one decade- finally managed to get Chris Gibbs book, "Build Your Own Sports Car on a Budget". Over the years I was unable to manage to import the book

At the moment am only able to get the 20x20 mm square 16 swg rectangular hollow steel sections, the 25x25 are available in 18 swg and getting 16 swg is becoming a nightmare Tomorrow will be contacting the factory who produce the 16 swg in limited quantity, lets see what they have to say.

I would specially thank Andrew Smailes and Tim Woodcock (Webmaster) in helping me register on this forum. Will be looking forward to help from you all, Unlike UK we can not buy complete cars from the Junk yards, we have access to used engines and parts that are smuggled into the country from the first world via Afghanistan- I know this will be a big challange

Looking forward to a sucessful build


Sincerely


Hamza

[twinturbo]

Wow, Sounds like you have a bit of a struggle on your hands but I think you will turn many many heads when your done.

Do you have to pass any safety inspection like our IVA before you can use the car?

TT

[tkpm]

Welcome to the forum Hamza, it seems you have a big challenge a head of you.
The people on hear have a wealth of information you can tap into.

Good luck with your build.

Terry

[spud69]

Hello Hamza and welcome,

looks like you have quite a challenge ahead of you, atleast you now know where to come for help and advice. 18swg 25mm box will be fine for your build, myself and HandyAndy use 2mm box section for the chassis builds and make for a stronger and stiffer chassis with better welds although sacrificing only a few extra kg's.

All the best....AndyH

[deezee]

On the brightside, I imagine you won't have any kind of SVA or have to deal with the DVLA.... so its not all bad.

[Twin]

Welcome H,

Use the 2mm stuff

[hamza]

Dear All,

Thanks a lot for your encouragement, I will be comming back to you all for guidance that will be required on almost every step.

Sincerely

Hamza

[gingea1pom]

Hamza,

We are standing by to help in any way we can,

I admire your drive to build with such constraints good luck.

To echo others do you have to get the roadster through some sort of test before driving it on the road or not.

Cheers Ginge

[hamza]

Dear Gine,
Thanks a lot

The only legal requirement is registration, unlike UK no test are required before driving it on the road, we even do not have MOT, I will be able to drive it in my town and look into the legal aspects lateron.

Sincerely


Hamza

[gingea1pom]

Hamza,

Just had a good look at your location on Google Earth, you are only 5 days 11 hours away a nice drive of 6125 miles,

There are lots of straight roads around you but not many twisty bits, does the airfield to the west of Peshawar let people drive their car around, as there are airfields in the UK that allow this, they are great days out.

Cheers Ginge