Vintage car with your own hands. Retro car was built with their own hands by enthusiasts in the suburbs

Any boy, and many girls, as a child, dream of a small car that they could drive. Such a thing is quite expensive, so there is a rather weighty argument for assembling a car for a child yourself. In addition to saving, when building such a toy, you can also involve a child in the process, which will significantly expand his horizons.

There are not so many tools and materials required to assemble the map model discussed below, and the assembly process is quite simple. The author decided to build a car in retro style.

Materials and tools for creating homemade products:
- bicycle wheels;
- pine boards and beams;
- oak for chassis (beams, boards);
- 24V electric motor with controller;
- battery for 24V (or two for 12V);
- two long screws for fastening;
- saw;
- good glue for wood;
- drill with drills;
- materials for interior trim (leather or leather substitute);
- headlights, taillights and other elements to create realism (optional);
- screws, nails and more.

Card making process:

Step one. Development of car design and construction in general
It all starts with a rather boring event - thinking over the structure and design of the car. After all, if you improvise when assembling, you will hardly be able to assemble something reliable and beautiful; it is better to work out most of the details in advance.

Among other things, it is important to remember that in such a car its weight will play a key role, since the car runs on electricity. The heavier the car is, the more powerful the engine is needed and, as a result, the greater the battery capacity. The weight of the car will need to be added to the weight of the child.
If you plan to put headlights in the car, then this will also be an additional power consumption.

Having decided on the design, you need to sketch it on paper, estimating the dimensions. It is important to take into account the length of the child's legs, height, weight. All this determines the amount of consumables for homemade products. You also need to select the desired diameter of the car wheels.

At the final stage, you need to estimate how much power will be transmitted to the wheels of the car, with what maximum speed it will drive and how far it will be able to travel. In general, the slower the vehicle travels and the lighter it is, the less energy the product will consume.
The author's choice fell on a 350-watt engine with a gearbox that lowers the rpm to 600. This configuration is enough for the go-kart to move at a speed of 25 km / h, which is more than enough.

To achieve balance, the engine and battery are placed on opposite sides of the vehicle. The author put the batteries in the front and the engine in the back. To save money, you can buy a brush motor. From the author, it gives out 2500RPM, which is a lot and you need to lower the speed using a gearbox. Also, the gearbox allows you to get good traction of the car at low speeds.

Step two. Assembling the car frame
The author makes the frame out of wood, it's simple and ingenious. It is very convenient to work with a tree, it is light and cheap. The widespread pine is used here as wood. It is flexible, lightweight and fits the frame perfectly. But to create a pendant, something stronger is already used, this is oak.

As a connection, the author recommends using combinations of glue with self-tapping screws or nails. Should one unit fail and a chain reaction of destruction of the frame will begin, so everything must be done reliably.

Step three. Building a building
The outer skin is easy to make using plywood and can be used to make the nose, including the bonnet, as well as the rear. It is not recommended to make plywood doors, as they are responsible for safety. Here you need to take something thicker so that the child does not fall out of the car when making a sharp turn.

Step four. Painting the car
Before painting, it is advisable to grind the body thoroughly so that it is as smooth as possible. If there are holes in the material, they must be repaired with wood putty, otherwise they will become clearly visible after painting. It is convenient to paint with a spray gun. As a last resort, a roller or brushes are suitable for painting, but it is better to paint with a roller, since it leaves a more uniform layer of paint.

It is also advisable to pre-dilute the paint, so it will lie smoother and dry faster. If desired, you can apply several layers and even varnish the car.

Step five. Suspension assembly and axle installation
The hardest part here is creating the front suspension. After all, the wheels must turn, and as a result, it is necessary to create and securely fasten all these turning nodes. Of course, it is best to do everything from metal, but the author most of all succeeds in doing everything from wood, so here they are made of wood. Nevertheless, such a suspension does an excellent job, even when leaving the road.

When creating the rear axle, the author decided to follow the path of least resistance. The engine torque is transmitted to only one wheel, so there is no need to make a differential. This transmission is sufficient when driving on a firm, level road.

If the axle is made solid, that is, the movement is transmitted to two wheels at once without a differential, then when turning, a very large load will go to the engine and the battery will quickly sit down.

Rotation is transmitted using a chain drive. The "power" wheel must be fastened securely, as it carries the greatest loads while driving. If not properly secured, it can pull out.

It is also important to ensure that the vehicle has a good braking system. It is not safe to brake with only one wheel, as at speed the car will skid strongly and it may roll over. Since the wheels are bicycle wheels, the braking system from the bicycle can also be used. An easier solution would be to install a lever that brakes the car by friction against the wheel.

Step six. We install the engine and electronics
Since the motor is used quite powerful, rather thick wires will be needed to withstand a current of 28A at 24 V. You can calculate the required wire cross-section using the well-known formula. It is important to understand that the thinner it is and the longer it is, the greater the heat loss will be when driving a car. To bother in this matter, you can use power cables from the car.

As a power supply, the author used two 12V batteries of 18Ah capacity, as a result, two of them weigh about 9 kg. These batteries are the cheapest, but they are not the best suited for powering such homemade products. But you can choose any battery, it all depends on the amount of cash costs. On the batteries that the author chose, his son rides for several hours, so they are quite enough.

To prevent the engine from draining the battery immediately, you must install a controller. You will also need to make the gas pedal. The controller should gradually increase the voltage depending on the degree of pressing the gas pedal. The parts you need can be found in Chinese scooters.

Step seven. We decorate the car and detail
At the last stage of construction, you will need to add a number of elements to make the car as realistic as possible, to bring it closer to the invented style. Here you can install whatever you want, it can be headlights, a radiator, an antenna, a chest for things in the back and more.
For upholstery of seats and interior parts, you can use leather, leather substitutes, various films, fabrics and other materials.

And then they noted that the owner has two options for "legalizing" such a car. The first is to register the car as a cultural property. The second is to register as a vehicle. The first option within the framework of this article does not interest us too much, because all that can be of cultural value is to stand in a museum: PTSs are not issued for such cars, and you cannot drive them. Therefore, consider the second option.

So, you have looked after yourself a car that is already 30 years old and needs to be imported into the Russian Federation. It is clear that the engine of an old car cannot meet the Euro-5 standard, which is a prerequisite for importing cars into the Russian Federation, and for a retro car, the current Regulation on PTS has been relaxed. Clause 71 of the Regulation, in particular, states that the requirements for compliance with the eco-class “do not apply to ... automotive equipment of category M1, from the date of production of which 30 years or more have passed, with the original engine, body and, if available, the frame, preserved or restored to the original states ".

Thus, in order to register your "old lady", you just need to establish the fact of authenticity or high-quality restoration of a maximum of three components - body, engine and frame. We will tell you how to do this a little later, but for now it should be noted that not everything is so simple with this situation itself. More precisely, situations - they can be different. Therefore, let's start with the most difficult ones.

Collectible cars, "replicas" and "budget donors"

Suppose a connoisseur of automotive technology brings into Russia a real gem - a collection car worth about 1,000,000 euros ... How to understand that this is not a fake? For clarification on all related issues, we contacted the company Antique Cars, which has been engaged in the restoration, sale, service and expertise of oldtimers for several decades.

The company's specialists note that collectible cars are purchased for the purpose of investment, and therefore there are certain risks that can negate costs:

Purchase of a non-original car, when a car, made at the present time (copy, "replica") is sold under the guise of a real oldtimer. Due to the development of modern technologies and the high quality of "replicas", in some cases, the original can be distinguished from the remake only with the help of technical methods of analysis - for example, radiocarbon or X-ray phase analysis. At the same time, it should be noted that high-quality "replicas" are generally quite legal business, often close to real art.

Horch 853, built for the legendary racer Bernd Rosemeier and named after his beloved Manuela. The original has not survived to this day, but for a high-quality replica made according to the drawings and technologies of those years, they ask from 70,000,000 rubles

Purchase of a car with "new-made" parts - an engine, a body or other significant units, installed later, "not factory" way.

New engine block for the ZIS-101 car

Purchase of a car converted from a "budget" version, when an available mass model is used as a donor and during repairs gives it the appearance of a more expensive version. This is possible, for example, with the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 230n Roadster (W143), the units of which are similar to those used on the mass limousine of the same model, and the difference in the price of cars is significant. Or with the rare Soviet "catch-up" GAZ-23, which is still obtained according to the "classic" recipe - by installing the engine and gearbox from the GAZ-13 Chaika.

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In order not to make mistakes, you should contact the experts who specialize in this. In Europe, many organizations provide such services - Russian restoration workshops also carry out expertise (Antique Cars is one of them). The cost of an examination of a classic car depends on a number of factors: brand, year of manufacture, parameters of defect detection, purpose of the examination, applied methods, and so on.

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Not least because of these risks, unrestored cars have become highly prized in the global collectible car industry. Let time not spare them, peeling paint and through rust on the body, the wheels are flat, and decayed upholstery reigns in the cabin.

But this is precisely where the originality is - the cars are in their original, not restored state, keeping the traces of time and abandonment. And that is why it is now considered aerobatics to restore a car so that the restorer's hand is not visible.

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Well, if you need a high-quality "replica", then nothing is impossible here either. Although there will probably be a lot of difficulties and, accordingly, investments.

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Finishing the topic with expensive collectible cars, we note that the described "pitfalls" are solved, as a rule, before the customs, and have no direct relation to the procedure for registering the import of a vehicle. Let us now turn to simpler cases - the ones with which we started: you liked a car over the age of 30, located abroad. In order not to receive a Euro-5 certificate for it, but at the same time to receive a TCP, you need to confirm that the body, engine and frame (if any) of the car are original or restored to their original condition. How to do it?

Oldtimer - how and where to confirm originality?

The procedure for obtaining the necessary documents and subsequent customs clearance causes difficulties for many - the whole process seems too tricky. For example, future owners of author's rights often have a typical Russian question: is it possible to arrange everything according to the law? Some of these questions remove the comment from Antique Cars:

We have specialized in classic and collectible cars for several decades. Museum collections and private collections were created with the direct participation of our employees. Of course, there have been curious cases, there are some technical errors or typographical errors in documents, but all issues can be resolved within the legal framework. We have not come across any "local excesses" or "unofficial ways". In recent years, both the legal framework and the qualifications of government officials have improved. The procedures for the import and registration of cars have been significantly simplified. However, work in this direction continues - recently a conference “Changes in Russian legislation concerning the import, legalization, insurance, registration and operation of oldtimers” was held, and in addition, amendments to the relevant legal acts of state authorities are being coordinated.

If you are a private person and want to import an oldtimer into the Russian Federation, then an important document for you confirming the condition of the car is a certificate (conclusion) about the originality of components and assemblies - body, engine, frame. This document, in fact, replaces the Euro-5 certificate for the owner of a retro car, and it is on it that customs officers are convinced that the car is imported in its original design. You can issue this document in accredited organizations - there are many of them, but one of the largest is the FSUE "NAMI" Technical Expertise Center, which has a wide range of regional offices.

For help necessary and sufficient:

A copy of the so-called title (invoice) for the imported vehicle;
Car purchase document (bill of sale);
A copy of the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
Payment for expert services.

How exactly is the procedure for obtaining the necessary document, we were told by the director of the Center for Technical Expertise of FSUE "NAMI" Andrey Vladimirovich Vasiliev:

The so-called temporary release for testing is issued at customs. After that, the car comes to us for inspection - a specialist examines it and confirms the identity of the components. The service costs from 10,000 to 20,000 rubles.

It should be noted that the prices for conducting an examination vary greatly depending on the organization conducting it - for example, in some companies we were given amounts of 30,000, 50,000 and even 100,000 rubles. After drawing up a conclusion on the originality of the components of your car, you will still have to pay customs duties and, in fact, the customs clearance procedure, which also has many nuances. But you already have all the necessary documents in order to bring the coveted device to Russia.

Quite interesting material about the restoration of a Mercedes. A lot of work, a lot of show-off, anticorrosive was poured from a bucket onto a composite body (by the way, this is still a question about a composite). But, nevertheless, the work is worthy. Especially watch the video about painting and about salon restorers.

Original taken from aslan How to make a legend car with your own hands.

Looking for community content kak_eto_sdelano I accidentally came across a blog in which the author was describing how he created the car. This was not just some kind of car, but a legendary car with an interesting history - Mercedes 300SL "Gullwing". I became interested in the history of recreating a car rarity and plunged into fascinating reading about how they made a copy of the legendary car from scratch, and not just a copy, but a car assembled from original parts.
Later I managed to meet with Sergei, who made his dream come true and find out some of the details of creating a car. He allowed me to take text and photos from his blog and make a post for the community readers.

In the process of creating the Mercedes 300SL "Gullwing", the suspension from the Mercedes W202 and W107 was used. Keeping in mind that the best is the enemy of the good, we install adjustable shock absorbers. Particular attention should be paid to the rear axle gearbox, usually it is with it that the biggest problems arise, which is why customizers are so fond of non-split axles. On a Mercedes, this unit, together with the drives, is assembled on a stretcher, which greatly simplifies the work with it.

The stainless steel exhaust system complies with the Euro 3 standard, and the fuel tank is a real work of art: so that the fuel does not splash, it has baffles and overflow pipes. In one of the photos - the steering wheel lock

In the "Gullwing" project, it was decided to use the next generation of M104 engines with a volume of 3.2 liters and a power of 220 hp. paired with an automatic 5-speed transmission. The choice of the engine was not accidental - it is more powerful, lighter and quieter. The gearbox is primitive, with a torque converter, many of these units are familiar from Mercedes W124, W140, W129, W210. A hydraulic booster was also installed, all units are new, so there should be no problems.

We make the body.

Back in 1955, Daimler Benz produced 20 cars with an aluminum body and 1 with a composite one. We decided to try composite.

After making the body and assembling the chassis, the crossing of the body with the frame begins. The process is so painstaking and dreary that no pictures and words will convey it. Assembly and disassembly, fitting - all this takes more than one day. Many parts are finalized on site, and the body is bolted to the frame through special dampers in 30 places.

All body parts are installed and adjusted - doors, hood, trunk lid. There is a lot of trouble with glasses - they are attached to rubber seals, and since all seals are original and designed for steel, you have to strictly observe the thickness of the frames of the openings. Each part is removed, adjusted manually and only then installed in place.

Many parts for the most popular vintage models are still produced in small batches in some workshops, which is actively used by all restorers. But what a sin to conceal: the factories themselves forge their rarities, especially in this "Audi" and "Mercedes" have succeeded.

Many museums have explicit copies. So recently a lot of "Horchs" have bred. This is especially interesting considering that all the factory documentation was lost during the war. Dozens of workshops on the equipment of those years stamp forgeries, passing them off as carefully restored products. The devil is in the details.

So we just bought and collected all the details that could decorate any rarity for 500 thousand euros. I assure you, every nut and bolt (I'm not talking about rubber bands) have the correct 1955 markings. Everything is original, even the seat rails.

The body is already primed, and this is the most important point, because composite is a special material for painting, because plasticizers and all sorts of other complex things are needed here. The secrets of the primer are cherished and no one will ever tell you them. But it looks beautiful.

A small video from the painting process

In the meantime, the body is being painted, let's start preparing the units for assembly. As I already said - the devil is in the details, and there are more than 2 thousand of them in the car! The dashboard, they were looking for it for a very long time.

We also find devices and relays, of course not everything turns out right away.

But with enviable patience and perseverance, you will have the opportunity to get a completely authentic dashboard consisting of 80 (!) Parts.

The main thing is that it will also work later: the devices are all expensive. Good is not cheap.

The body is covered with 6 layers of varnish, it is very beautiful and it will not be necessary to paste over the film under chrome. Yes, shagreen is a must, and the grain is small. Now they don't paint like that, they dilute everything with water, they have the ecology, they take care of nature. By the way, paint 744 (silver) is the most difficult to paint, any painter will tell you.

Finally got married chassis with a body.

They installed the doors. It would seem that this is not a tricky business, but I want to tell you a story. Mercedes 300SL "Gullwing" had many design flaws. One of them was the doors themselves: they were steel, heavy and hinged to the roof of the body, and were fixed by a spring enclosed between hollow steel tubes with hinges at the end.

In the extreme upper position, the spring was compressed, and when the door was lowered, it stretched out with a crash and slammed the door. When opening it, it was necessary to overcome the resistance of the spring, which simply pulled out the door along with the brackets (at 900 euros per piece).

Experienced owners of "Gullwing" know that if used ineptly, this will inevitably lead to deformation of the roof, besides, the brackets themselves simply break. The rod with spring assembly over time became a frantic shortage and its cost increased to astronomical heights. Each owner of such a rarity repairs these units once a season. We decided to go the other way and install gas shock absorbers.

It would seem that what is easier, but it was not so. I had to develop the entire unit, it took 4 months of hard work. Fortunately, a workshop was found that brought ideas and drawings to life. With complete external authenticity, the doors today open like the tailgate of a German SUV. The knot turned out to be so successful that it immediately became the object of desire of all owners of rarities, I think that soon all "gulving" will have doors that open very effectively and smoothly, without knocking. Now this process has really become like the flapping of a seagull's wing - gracefully and smoothly.
This is just one, and the simplest example of those tasks that had to be solved when building this car.

By the way, the door lock mechanism has also undergone changes. Despite the cost of 1,500 euros, he often jammed and did not fix the door, but that's another story.

At the very beginning of the project, it seemed that interior trim was the smallest problem, fortunately, at every step, there are workshops for changing salons, so what, but now any craftsman can handle leather. Business is to sheathe a bunch of details with leather, but as it turned out, this is a HUGE PROBLEM!
After four attempts to create interior details in a tuning studio, I realized that everything is much more complicated.

The created products did not want to look like the original. Everything looked like a cheap fake: the skin was bristling, traces of heat treatment were visible, the texture did not match, and no one could pick up the material. In short, I began to delve into the intricacies and found out that modern craftsmen do not know how to work with felt, wool and other materials used at that time. They bluntly warmed and stretched the skin, used foam rubber wherever they could, actively worked with an iron, in short, mercilessly destroyed materials, depriving them of their naturalness and nobility. I'm not talking about durability.

After suffering six months, we came to the conclusion that only restorers are capable of such work. They have special paralon and felt. In general, they found a company, guys - wolves, guys, about 60 years old, who have been restoring only Mercedes for 40 years. What they showed and told us is just a novel about leather, and they guard their secrets in much the same way as the secret of making paper for the dollar.

The video shows an approximate course of the process.

Interior details for my baby were done for 4 months. The skin is just like living.

I will also add that the leather that manufacturers offer today is chemical bullshit with impregnations. No wonder all the owners of Mercedes and BMWs after a year of operation go nuts - the salons look like those of old redvans: not fresh, the skin stretches, peels off. As I said earlier, the devil is in the details.

I'm not talking about vinyls widely used by the Japanese, and by all manufacturers in general. Now in a Mercedes there is not enough leather for a jacket, one bullshit, that's why options appear - "design", "individual", "exclusive". Leading manufacturers, at least for 10-15 thousand dollars, will offer you real leather, but what they sew for you for 50 thousand rubles does not even dare to name leather.

Wheels are one of the most important parts of a car. So for our handsome man, there were two types of wheels. The first were put on the civilian version.

The latter were offered as an option. They came from sports - real, with a central nut. Of course, it's nice to have chrome wheels, but the price of 5 thousand euros per wheel is somewhat annoying.

How can you then hit the nut with a hammer, knowing that it is golden? The original disc for classics is also not cheap - 3 thousand euros. So I think I really want to save 8 thousand euros.

One of the main factors in the operation of the engine is the removal of exhaust gases (combustion products). I do not want to recall the laws of thermodynamics here, I can only say that for the last 150 years the exhaust pipe has been a symbol of progress. Remember locomotive pipes, steamboats, blast furnaces. Remembering my love for detail, I want to assure you that it was the pipe that received the utmost attention. This is a masterpiece of engineering.

The exhaust system is made of stainless steel, which no manufacturer can afford, and is a very complex system of thick-walled and thin-walled pipes mounted one into the other, this made it possible, with full authenticity of the pipe appearance, to solve the problem of "golving" - noise and heating of the cabin. And the main thing is the exhaust sound, it's just a song. The problem was solved by using resonators inside the system.

If you want to understand what kind of car you have - look at the exhaust pipe!

Don't pay attention to the date on the photo, just bought a decent camera. They snapped it off, but the instructions were not sorted out, and the date was wrong. Well, to hell with him, all interested, enjoy.

We made many changes to the design, we try to do everything as authentically as possible. A very cunning handbrake.

The tank is a separate song, they made their own from stainless steel, slightly changing the location of the neck, but this is a separate story.

There is a good saying - it's better to see once than read about it a hundred times. Everyone who reads and watches my blog knows my favorite expression - THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. It is these details that I will show you today. It makes no sense to write for a long time, you yourself will understand everything.

Braided harnesses and wiring, well, I think you just have not seen this yet, a two-tone horn, in short, just look, all this is called TECHNOLOGIES.

The main task facing the implementation of this project was to create a complete authenticity of all interior details. It would seem that it could be easier than copying an existing sample, but as they say, everything is not so simple, and much more difficult than even restoring.

So, we needed to make all analog devices work, and work correctly with the electronic blocks of modern units; put a bunch of additional equipment into a cramped little car, such as an air conditioner, a hydraulic booster, a brake booster. All this should work from standard toggle switches and switches. Stove dampers used to have mechanical drives, like on the Volga Gaz 21, so the stove had to be thoroughly altered. But the biggest challenge was making the gear selector.

The whole difficulty was that the car was originally built for sports, it was small and very low, even the engine had to be placed at an angle of 30 degrees so that the silhouette of the car would not be disturbed. The box was located in the tunnel and had a direct articulated drive.

There was no more than 2 cm of free space between the box and the box itself. I already said that the car itself was cramped and very noisy, and this problem had to be solved. Since a standard engine-gearbox pair was taken, the task became even more difficult, because the automatic gearbox is much larger in size and has a completely different control principle.

After much torment, a hinge and a linkage system were designed, which made it possible to completely simulate this unit, as you can easily verify by looking at the original.

And the most interesting thing: if you carefully study the photos, you will see that the seats are much lower than the original, this is also a trick. The fact is that the car was so cramped that a person with a height of 180 cm rested his head on the roof and was forced to sit hunched over at the steering wheel, but I like to ride with straight arms, so I had to change the angle of the steering column in order to ensure comfort and not disturb the general view. How this was achieved is a whole novel, from the creation of a unique sled to the rework of the floor and seats.

I am not the first one who decided to recreate the legendary car. Back in the late 1970s, similar attempts were made in America, the farthest advanced was Tony Ostermaer, a former mechanical engineer from Gardena. He managed to build about 15 cars in 10 years using units from Mercedes of those years. Today these cars are rarities themselves.

I saw them, of course, these are not as high-quality products as I would like, but this is the best thing that has been done. In the 90s, there were attempts by the American company Speedster to implant it on the Chevrolet Corvette C03 nodes using Tony's matrix. Only 2 cars were manufactured. One of them is now in Ukraine, and the other is in Moscow. The cars were sold for $ 150,000.

Actually, that's all. True, there were attempts to put a shell on the SL and there were many more loud statements, but all this is nothing, people were running ahead of the locomotive, as with our ё-mobile: there is nothing yet, but 40 thousand applications have already been submitted.

By the way, working with a composite is very difficult. Only its high-quality painting costs about 10 thousand euros. Well, and most importantly: FORGING AND COPYING ARE TWO BIG DIFFERENCES.

They say that everything in the car should be fine, both the engine and the trunk. On the first car, they decided to use gas shock absorbers to open and fix the trunk lid.

We redesigned the filler neck a little, reasonably considering that if it would fit tightly to the trunk lid. This will reduce the risk of spreading the smell of gasoline inside the cabin in the event of a spill.

I didn't like the idea. On this machine, they made it closer to the original, changing only the shape of the filler neck (a steel funnel around the lid should prevent fuel from spilling onto the carpet).

Of course, the collective farm was not without: they built a leather condom around the filler neck. It seems to look nice, and they abandoned the shock absorbers, putting the native mechanism (stick) for fixing the trunk lid. It was possible, of course, to get confused with the springs, as on modern cars, but I think this will kill the very spirit of the machine. The trunk looks very nice when open.

And from the back everything looks very cool. Considering that today everyone uses tubeless tires, we decided to free up space by placing a stowaway in the trunk instead of a regular wheel. Now at least the string bag has where to throw.

Actually, the matter is inexorably moving towards its logical conclusion. Of course, it's nice that everything ends so quickly, all that remains is to smear with a little roll and stick on the wheels.

The wheels are temporary, so as not to guess the original.

That's basically it!

Let's go around the car.

I can only add one thing: before you start doing something, think carefully about whether you have enough strength to finish what you started.

After arriving in Russia.

Video from the inside of the recreated car.

In this video, you can see how the Germans are restoring the hero of the reportage, the very "gullwing".

In our time, it is difficult to surprise with some new car model, but a self-made vehicle has always attracted attention and excitement. A person making a car with his own hands will face two scenarios. The first is admiration for the creation, and the second is the smile of others at the sight of an invention. If you look at it, then there is nothing difficult in assembling a car with your own hands. A self-taught engineer is only required to know the design of the car and the basic properties of its parts.

Historical facts

Certain historical conditions preceded the start of car construction. During the existence of the union, mass production of cars was carried out. They could not meet the individual needs of the consumer. That is why self-taught inventors began to look for ways out of this situation and did it by designing home-made cars.

In order to make one car with your own hands, three non-working ones were required, from which all the necessary parts were removed. If we take into account the people living in remote villages, then they most often improved various bodies, thereby increasing their capacity. Cars began to appear that had high cross-country ability and could even overcome water. In a word, all efforts were devoted to simplifying life.

A separate category of people attached great importance to the appearance of the car, and not just its technical properties. In addition to beautiful passenger cars, sports cars were made, which were not much inferior to factory copies. All these inventions not only surprised others, but also became full-fledged participants in the road traffic.

During the Soviet era, there were no specific restrictions on homemade vehicles. Prohibitions appeared in the 80s. They concerned only certain parameters and technical characteristics of the car. But most people could get around them by registering one vehicle with the relevant authorities under the guise of a completely different one.

What you need to assemble a car

To proceed directly to the assembly process itself, you need to think over everything in detail. It is necessary to clearly understand how to make the future car, and what technical characteristics it should have. First, you need to determine for what purposes the car will be used, and then implement the idea. If you need a frank workhorse, then in order to make it yourself, you will need special materials and parts. It is also important to make the body and frame of the car as resistant to loads as possible. When a car is made only for driving, the question is only in its appearance.

How to make a car with your own hands for a child, you can learn from the following video:

How to make drawings

You should not trust your head and imagination, it would be better and more correct to think about what exactly the car should be. Then transfer all available considerations to paper. Then it is possible to correct something and, as a result, a drawn copy of the future car will appear. Sometimes two drawings are made for complete confidence. The first depicts the exterior of the car, and the second shows a more detailed view of the main parts in detail. Before drawing, you need to prepare all the necessary tools, that is, a pencil, an eraser, a drawing paper and a ruler.

Nowadays, there is no need to draw a picture for a long time using an ordinary pencil. To facilitate this task, there are special programs with ample opportunities and with their help you can make any drawing.

Advice! If there are no engineering programs, then the usual Word test editor will help in this situation.

With a strong desire, you can make any car with your own hands. If there are no own considerations, then ready-made ideas and drawings can be borrowed. This is possible because most of the people involved in the creation of homemade cars do not hide their ideas, but, on the contrary, present them to the public.

Kit-cars

In the vastness of the countries of Europe and America, the so-called "kit-cars" have reached wide distribution. So what is it? This is a certain number of different parts with which you can make a car with your own hands. Kit cars have become so popular that many options have appeared that allow you to fold any desired car model. The main difficulty is not in the assembly, but in the registration of the car obtained as a result of the assembly.

To fully work with the kit car, you must have a spacious garage. It also requires toolboxes and knowledge. If you do not possess certain skills, then the work will not give the desired result. If the work is done with the help of assistants, the assembly process will be faster and more fruitful.

This kit includes everything from small screws and instructions to large parts. For a full-fledged work, there should be no serious difficulties. It should be noted that the instruction is not in printed form, but is presented by a video master class, where everything is considered to the smallest detail.

It is very important to assemble the vehicle correctly. This is necessary in order for the creation to comply with all the standards and norms prescribed in the regulations of the traffic police. Since failure to comply with the points leads to problems with the installation of the vehicle on record with the relevant authorities.

Advice! If possible, then you can consult with experts in this field.

For more information on what kit cars are and how to make them, see the following video:

Car design using scrap materials

To make the task of assembling a homemade car as easy as possible, you can take the base of any other car that fully functions as a basis. It is best to take the budget option, since it is never known which direction the experiments will take. If there are old worn parts, then they need to be replaced with serviceable ones. If possible, you can make parts with your own hands on lathes, but this is if you have professional skills.

First of all, you need to start assembling the car with the body, instruments and necessary interior parts. Modern inventors use fiberglass for the bodywork, and before that there was no such material, and plywood and tin material were used.

Attention! Fiberglass is a sufficiently elastic material that allows you to implement any idea, even the most unusual and original.

The availability of materials, spare parts and other components makes it possible to design a car that, in terms of external parameters and appearance, will not be inferior to the car models of the world's leading car manufacturers. This requires ingenuity, good imagination and some knowledge.

DIY supercar:

Fiberglass car construction

You should start assembling a car made of fiberglass from the moment you select a suitable chassis. After that, the necessary units are selected. Then it is worth moving on to the interior layout and seat mounting. Upon completion of this, the chassis is reinforced. The frame must be very reliable and strong, since all the main parts of the car will be mounted on it. The more accurate the dimensions of the space frame, the better the fit of the parts.

For the manufacture of the body, it is best to use fiberglass. But first you need to make a base, that is, a frame. Foam sheets can be attached to the surface of the frame, as closely as possible to the existing drawings. Then, as needed, holes are cut, and if there is a need, the parameters are adjusted. After that, fiberglass is attached to the surface of the foam, which is putty on top and cleaned. It is not necessary to use foam, any other material with a high level of plasticity will be useful. This material can be a continuous canvas of sculptural plasticine.

It should be noted that fiberglass tends to deform during operation. The reason is exposure to high temperatures. To maintain the shape of the structure, it is necessary to strengthen the frame with pipes from the inside. All excess parts of the fiberglass must be removed, but this should be done after it is completely dry. If everything is done correctly and there are no other works regarding the design, you can proceed to the interior equipment and electronics fasteners.

If in the future it is planned to re-design, then a special matrix can be made. Thanks to her, the body making process will be faster and easier. The matrix is \u200b\u200bapplicable not only to make a vehicle with your own hands from scratch, but also to improve the condition of your own car. Paraffin is taken for manufacturing. To get a flat surface, you need to paint it on top. This will increase the convenience of fastening parts for the new car body.

Attention! With the help of a matrix, the entire body is made completely. But there is an exception - the hood and doors.

Conclusion

In order to implement the existing idea and make a car with your own hands, there are a number of suitable options. All sorts of working details will be helpful here.

With your own hands, you can make not only a passenger car, but also a larger and more powerful truck. In some countries, craftsmen manage to earn decent money from this. They make cars to order. Cars with various original body parts are in great demand.

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