Hi there Goggers. Save yourself a lot of time, money and stress and build a Sammio. It falls outside the IVA test saving thousands, donors are cheap and often road tax exempt, all the spares are available new and sound base cars are relatively easy to come by - I watched an almost completely mechanically renovated '72 mk IV Spitfire 1300 with o/d fail to sell on ebay last week at a no reserve opening price of £300. That would have been a perfect Cordite donor.
Additionally, the 'kit' isn't just a box of bits that you bolt toghether where everything's decided for you. There's loads of scope for personalising the finished article and ending up with something truly unique. As an example, the Herald/Vitesse based Spyder has no doors, roof or glass windscreen - you climb over the side in true 'Le Mans' style and a perspex wind deflector pushes the flies over your head (that's the theory anyway). The Spitfire based Cordite does have doors, which
can be ordered on the Spyder, while the designer, Gary Janes, has mentioned that a 356 Speedster windscreen wil fit both cars. That opens up the possibility of a daily driver with a glass screen, folding soft-top, windscreen wipers etc.
And the best bit? You'll have a job spending more than about five grand on a Sammio and that's allowing for a lot of new and reconditioned parts and a pro spray job.
If you've not already found it, here's the link to the Sammio website -
http://www.sammio.co.uk/
Good luck and I look forward to seeing whatever you decide to build.
