posted by 2fass240us on Oct 13
A coworker of mine was taking an internets (I use it in the plural) break yesterday and I figured out it was the Factory Five Racing site. He was looking at the Mk3 Roadster, which is a helluva car, but it reminded me how much I love the concept of owning a GTM. For around $20,000, you can have a complete kit with instructions. The estimate on the site lists the total build cost between $35k and $40k, which may seem like a lot. Then you realize that you can have a “supercar” to rival 99.99% of cars on the road and 90+% of cars on the track, and it doesn’t seem so bad.
The other major “cost” is time: an estimated 250 - 300 hours. But outside of spending time with my son/wife/family, I can think of nothing else I’d rather do. This is far more preferable than duplicating the route I’ve taken with the 240SX where I have to work around factory constraints and put a car partially back together after tearing it apart. And if I can reassemble a turbo engine, I can damn sure put one of these together. Some folks pay to have them assembled. I think they are missing half (or more) of the fun.
Speaking of family, this would make an excellent father:son project if I have the time, facilities, and money down the road.
Out of sheer curiosity, I searched the eBays (also, plural usage) for “wrecked Corvettes.” Unfortunately, I only came up with a car that “had not been wrecked” and a bare frame, but I saved the search. This feature will notify me when an auction is listed that meets my criteria.
Not that I have the money or time to do this any time soon, but it IS fun to dream…
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