Hello all
 

Name is mike ... I became interested in sheet metal fab over the last couple of year, became hooked took a few classes, just enough to be dangerous, and now I want to build a bucket list dream car. I saw another member on this forum just completed his and thought I'd reach out for some sage advice and see what pitfalls he encountered along the way... cheers

Welcome Mike. Quite a few here have fallen into the scratch built insanity. I'm 15+ years in myself. Drivable but not street legal yet.

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Two major learnings.

1: understand up front what it will take in your state to get a tag/title. Some states are easy, some are hard. Some damn near impossible. Alabama is hard. In retrospect, I should have bought a used Corvette and rebooted and repowered it.

2: build some typi of 'hard buck' to ensure your sheetmetal is symmetrical.

Full fendered and roofs, doors, and windows increase complexity a LOT

thanks
 

I am considering what type of buck (interlocking ply vs wire vs tube frame) and what type of internals (build to tube frame versus sheet metal internals like BMW did back in the fifties). I have some good scans and have a 3D slicer buck model ... I will mull it over, but I will definitely look into state laws for homebuilt vehicles. thanks again

Welcome Mike,
I saw your other post on the 507 BMW. What aoftware are you using to make the slices?