Sure, building a car model is fun, but putting together a life-size, working version of a car you can actually drive is so much more satisfying. Kit cars are essentially prefabricated parts you ...

The Peel P50, produced in the early 1960s, was the smallest production automobile in the world. And now a new kit allows handy folks to build their own replica, although this time, it’s electric! To ...

Did you know you could buy a C5 in kit form back in the day? Me neither. You couldn't buy one of these Corvettes from your local Chevrolet dealer. You had to be approved by GM to buy one of these C5 ...

We have revisited this article to update prices, specs, and provide more context around the fascinating, yet small world of kit cars. Building your own car is quite possibly every car guy's dream.

A bad grade drove David Smith into business. Smith is co-owner, with his brother Mark, of Factory Five Racing in Wareham, Mass. The two started their company in 1995 after David's C grade on an MBA ...

Superformance has turned the dream of owning a 1960s-style race car into something you can actually order, register, and ...

For the beginning street rod builder, the cost of a first project is enough to induce many to consider the possibilities of basket weaving as a more practical hobby. The high cost of parts, combined ...

Model T Fords were a bargain in 1927 for $360, and the Pinto was Ford's $1919 budget buggy for the Seventies, so can a $6500 track T kit car, set up for Pinto power, be considered a bargain in 1981?

Racing is usually expensive, but rarely more so than when it involves the beautiful, exotic Grand Prix cars from the era straddling World War II. Most competition machinery from this period has long ...