We did the mother of all road trips -- 4300 miles in 100 hours. From Illinois to California & return to Illinois. NEVER AGAIN. Once I got the kit home work progressed as I felt like working on it. One goal was to keep the look simple. I only wished to have 3 colors - Yellow, Black & Polished metal. Off-road use was not a consideration as it is at least 3 hours to a place that I might be able to run off-road. I was looking for a modern street roadster look. A tremendous amount of assistance was provided by my son Ron. He is a natural mechanic and was a fantastic sounding board as we slowly moved thru the assembly. Manxter10’s birthday was 9/26/04. Assembly was completed in approx 1.5 years. Since September 2004, I have attempted to run in the Hot Rod Power Tour w/Manxter #16. I had to drop out w/a severe oil leak. Manxter10 was taken to the Manx Club 2005 Lone Pine, CA run. I have put over 2500 miles on the vehicle in the past 14 months with only what proved to be minor problems.
