Making a car with your own hands is a task worthy of a real man. Many think, some are taken, only a few are brought to completion. We decided to tell the stories of cars made, as they say, on the knee. We will talk about the work of professional bodywork studios, including A: Level or ElMotors, another time.
The case of the masters of the East
Most homemade people are in the so-called developing countries. Afford expensive car Not everyone can, but everyone wants to. And in these countries they look at copyright, let's say, in a peculiar way, not in a European way.It's easy to find videos on the Web about a whole factory of "self-made" supercars in Bangkok. These are ten times cheaper than the original. Now it is no longer working: apparently, the German journalists who shot the video about homemade people did them a disservice, and local authorities thought about the missing licenses of the “masters” and the safety of the machines they riveted. Of course, these crafts were not specifically crash tested.
Interestingly, in principle, the Thais withstood supercars - they did space frames from metal profiles and pipes and "dressed" them in fiberglass bodies. In most cases, do-it-yourselfers simply take old cars, cut off the “extra” body panels and hang their own. Using this technology, for example, this replica is built Bugatti Veyron from India. An ambitious project, right on the basis of the saying "to love - so the queen, to steal - so a million." Author and owner used as a basis old Honda Civic. And he tried - outwardly, the copy turned out to be worthy: it is not without reason that the audience is so attentively examining it.
Another Indian former actor, the current social reformer, concocted a parody of Veyron from Honda Accord. It turned out terrible. Another one was based on Tata Nano. Let me remind you that this is officially the cheapest production car world with peculiar proportions. Very weak and slow. However, the author of this project is clearly not without a sense of humor, because Veyron, on the contrary, is one of the most expensive, powerful and fastest serial cars mobiles.Supercars from junkyards
The Chinese do not lag behind their Thai and Indian counterparts. The young worker of the glass factory, Chen Yanxi, did not parody someone else's design, but made his own, the author's. And even though his car looks decent only from a distance, and drives only 40 km / h (the installed electric motor no longer allows), I don’t want to laugh at Chen. Well done for going your own way. More often it happens otherwise.
Three years ago, 26-year-old Chinese prop designer Li Weilei was so impressed with the Tumbler Batmobile ("Acrobat") from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight that he built it. It cost him and four friends 70,000 yuan (about $11,000) and only two months of work. Lee took steel for the body from a landfill, shoveling 10 tons of metal. To help offset the costs, he now rents out his Tumblr for photo and video shoots for just 10 bucks a month. But tenants must be prepared to roll the “replica” manually. The car cannot drive because it has neither power unit, no functional steering. In addition, in China, only cars produced by certified manufacturers are released on the roads.
Another Chinese craftsman, Wang Jian from Jiangsu province, made his own "copy" Lamborghini Reventon from an old Nissan minivan and sedan. Volkswagen Santana. And he also dragged metal from the landfill. He spent 60,000 yuan (9.5 thousand dollars) on this business. The car has a carburetor engine, it smokes mercilessly, it lacks an interior and even glass, but the author himself likes the result, and the neighbors believe that Jiang's car copies Lambo quite accurately. The author claims that he is able to accelerate on his supercar up to 250 km / h. No one dares to dissuade him.
As you can see, most of all do-it-yourselfers love to copy Ferrari and Lamborghini. Externally. Inside this car by Mr. Meat from Thailand stands motorcycle engine Lifan with a volume of a quarter liter.
The most funny and touching creation - the Chinese farmer Guo from Zhengzhou. He made a Lambo for... his grandson. The car has children's dimensions - 900 by 1800 mm and an electric motor that allows you to accelerate to 40 km / h. Batteries of five batteries are enough for 60 km of travel. Guo spent $815 and six months of work on his brainchild.
A Vietnamese car mechanic from the province of Bac Giang created a semblance of a Rolls-Royce, using the "seven" for this. I bought it for 10 million VND (about $500). Another 20 million spent on "tuning". Most of the money went to metal, electrodes, and a Rolls-Royce-style radiator grill ordered from a local workshop. It got rough. But the guy is famous. Real Rolls Royce Phantom in Vietnam costs about 30 billion VND.
Samavto-2017
In the open spaces former USSR traditions of self-building are also strong. IN Soviet years there was a movement called "samavto", uniting enthusiasts of homemade cars and motorcycles. And there were many of them, since in those years it seemed that it was easier to assemble a car with your own hands than to buy it - despite the total shortage of spare parts and bureaucratic obstacles. And what interesting projects were born in those years! Yuna, Pangolina, Laura, Ichthyander and others... Yes, there were people. However, they remained.
A few years ago, I wrote about the brainchild of a Muscovite, Evgeny Danilin, called an SUV that resembles the Hummer H1, but significantly outperforms it.
I immediately recall my old acquaintance with Alexander Timashev from Bishkek. His workshop ZerDo Design in the 2000s created a whole series interesting homemade, the first of which was the Barkhan, also a semblance of a Hammer based on the GAZ-66. Then came the "Mad Cabin" (Mad Cabin), a type of American hot rod, made from the cab army truck ZIL-157 - "Zakhara". .
The Crazy Cabin was followed by retro-style homemade products - the so-called replicars, speedster and phaeton. And for them, Kyrgyz craftsmen made not only bodies and interiors, but even frames.
Some motorists are categorically not satisfied with cars manufactured official manufacturers. And then they decide to create home-made cars that will fully satisfy all the individual wishes of the owner. And today we will talk about the 10 most unusual of these vehicles.
Black Raven - homemade SUV from Kazakhstan
The black raven is perfect car for the Kazakh steppe. It is fast, powerful and undemanding to use. This unusual SUV was made from scratch by an enthusiast from the city of Karaganda.
Black Raven has a 5-liter engine with a capacity of 170 Horse power, thanks to which the car can accelerate to a speed of 90 kilometers per hour when driving over rough terrain and off-road.
angkor 333- homemade electric car from Cambodia
Angkor 333 is the first fully electric car, created in the Kingdom of Cambodia. It's amazing that this machine is not the result of the development of the auto industry in the country, but a private project of one person - a modest mechanic from Phnom Penh.
The author of the Angkor 333 dreams that in the future he will open his own factory for mass production of both electric and gasoline versions of this car.
Homemade Batmobile from Shanghai
Fans of Batman films around the world dream of the Batmobile, a superhero car with an amazing design that has many different features that are not available in ordinary production cars.
And engineer Li Weilei from Shanghai decided with my own hands realize this dream. He created a real Batmobile, as if descended from the screens of cinemas. At the same time, the Chinese spent less than 10 thousand dollars on the construction of this machine.
The Shanghai Batmobile, of course, does not have ten different types of weapons and does not travel at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, but in appearance it exactly repeats the Batman car shown in the latest films about this hero.
Homemade car for racing Formula 1
A real Formula 1 car costs a lot of money - more than a million dollars. So there are no such cars in private ownership. At least their official versions. But craftsmen from all over the world create copies of racing cars with their own hands.
One such enthusiast is Bosnian engineer Miso Kuzmanović, who spent 25,000 euros to build a Formula 1 street car. The result is an incredibly beautiful 150 horsepower car that can reach speeds of 250 kilometers per hour.
Driving this red car through the streets of his city, Kuzmanovich earned the nickname "Bosnian Schumacher".
Old Guo- homemade car for 500 dollars
Chinese farmer Old Guo has been fond of mechanics since childhood, but has worked as a farmer all his life. However, after the fiftieth anniversary, he decided to follow his dream and began to develop a car of his own production, which was named after the inventor - Old Guo.
Old Guo is compact replica Lamborghini intended for a children's audience. But this is not a toy car, but real car With electric motor, which can travel up to 60 kilometers on a single battery charge.
At the same time, the cost of one copy of Old Guo is 5,000 yuan (slightly less than 500 US dollars).
Bizon - homemade SUV from Kyiv
A resident of Kiev, Alexander Chupilin, together with his son, assembled in a year from spare parts from other cars, as well as original parts their own SUV, which they called the Bizon. Ukrainian enthusiasts have released huge car with a 4-liter engine with 137 horsepower
Bizon can accelerate to a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. Combined fuel consumption of this car is 15 liters per 100 km. The interior of the SUV has three rows of seats that can accommodate nine people.
Also interesting is the roof of the Bizon car, which has a built-in tent for spending the night in the field.
Super Awesome Micro Project - a homemade pneumatic car from LEGO
The LEGO constructor is such a versatile material that even a completely working car can be constructed from it. At least two enthusiasts from Australia and Romania succeeded in this, establishing an initiative called the Super Awesome Micro Project.
Within its framework, they built a car from a LEGO constructor that can move thanks to a 256-piston pneumatic engine, while accelerating to a speed of 28 kilometers per hour.
The cost of creating this car was just over 1 thousand dollars, of which most of the money went to the purchase of more than half a million LEGO parts.
Homemade hydrogen student car
Every year, Shell organizes special races for cars on alternative sources fuel. And in 2012, this competition was won by a car created by a group of students from Aston University in Birmingham.
The students built a machine out of plywood and cardboard, which is equipped with hydrogen engine that produces water vapor instead of exhaust gases.
Homemade Rolls Royce Phantom from Kazakhstan
A separate area of \u200b\u200bcreating home-made cars is the construction of cheap copies of expensive and famous machines. For example, 24-year-old Kazakh engineer Ruslan Mukanov built a visual copy of the legendary Rolls Royce Phantom limousine.
While prices for a real Rolls Royce Phantom start at half a million euros, Mukanov managed to build his own car for just three thousand. At the same time, his car is visually almost indistinguishable from the original car.
True, this car looks very unusual on the streets of the provincial Kazakh Shakhtinsk.
Upside Down Camaro - car upside down
Most of the creators of homemade cars are driven by the desire to improve the visual and technical component of mass-produced cars. American racing driver and engineer SpeedyCop pushed off opposite principles. He wanted to worsen appearance his car, turning it into something unimaginably funny. This is how the car called the Upside Down Camaro was born.
Upside Down Camaro is chevrolet camaro 1999 with body turned upside down. The car was created for the parody race 24 Hours of LeMons (24 Hours of LeMons), in which only cars worth no more than 500 US dollars can take part.
Agree, it's nice to be a car owner. But it's even more fun to collect cool car with your own hands.
Today we will share information about what you need to collect cool car in my garage.
Kit Car or "component car" is a set of parts from which the buyer can assemble the car himself or entrust the assembly to a third party. Kits can vary significantly in terms of configuration, ranging from those in which the complete set + instructions to those in which the set of parts is not complete (that is, for example, you will have to order the engine and transmission separately).
At self assembly such a car, it will not hurt you:
- spacious garage;
- a complete set of necessary tools;
- good knowledge in auto mechanics;
- support team in the form of friends who will always help.
The importance of the team is hard to overestimate. For example, the guys in the video below assembled a car in just 7 days!
History of Kit Cars
Basic definition kit car- this is a car assembled from spare parts for sale. parts from a specific manufacturer. Most manufacturers tend to sell a complete set of spare parts needed to fully assemble a vehicle. These sets are usually accompanied detailed instructions and the model can be assembled in the garage by yourself.
Essentially, a Kit Car is just as good as a factory-built car, but by no means can we rule out factors such as efficiency and safety, which largely depend on the person doing the assembly.
The first Kit Car was designed by Englishman Thomas Hyler White in 1896. As you can see this species it took a long time to gain popularity.
By the 1950s, Kit Cars had shifted to second gear and their production increased significantly. And in the 1970s, the real Kit Car began in the UK - a revolution associated with the fact that such cars were not considered a vehicle and were not subject to the corresponding tax. Models such as the Lotus Elan appeared on the market, which could be assembled "at home" without paying tax on the purchase.
Most modern "models to build" are copies famous cars middle of the 20th century. With bodies made primarily of fiberglass and polyester panels, such models were lighter and easier to handle than a typical factory car.
What is in the box?
If you think: “Is this crazy?” - then think again!
Every year, thousands of assembly kits are sold all over the world. this means that when you read this article, some guys are sitting in their garage and making their own car after work. Kit Cars are relatively cheap and typically cost less than $3,000.
Most companies that sell these kits expect you to come and buy your chosen kit on designated days. Depending on the company you buy the kit from, this gap can vary from 1 to 10 days a year.
Regardless of the model you buy for yourself, the basic set will include: chassis, body parts, engine, radiator, transmission, clutch, brakes and shock absorbers. The set comes with a huge bag of nuts and bolts and other parts depending on the type of car you want to build. If you don't have a build guide, then it will be quite difficult to figure it out.
At the next stage, the most important thing is to correctly assemble everything, because in assembled car people will drive and it is important that the car does not fall apart under them and is safe. Most kits also include an instruction video where you can watch someone build the car.
If the instructions provided by the manufacturer are not enough for you, you can always consult other experienced amateurs. kit cars on special forums and resources on the Internet, but it is better to meet them in person (if there are such guys in your city). If you are collecting a car for the first time in your life, then use this option.
The dream of having your own car has occupied the minds of many people. But very often such cars remained inaccessible to the majority of the population. Most continued to dream of such a car, but some craftsmen began to design their own car, which later became a curiosity for the whole area.
Homemade cars
The first homemade car appeared in the Soviet Union in 1933. The working name of the car is OKTA and it was made by a craftsman from Novocherkassk. But the heyday of self-made machines made by hand fell on the post-war years. The traffic police even had to introduce rules that allowed these cars to be registered as vehicle. It should be noted that these rules were repeatedly supplemented and republished, which means that do-it-yourself home-made cars did not become smaller, but even vice versa. Photos of home-made cars from different times can be found on portals and websites of motorists.
But even now, when the car is no longer a luxury, but common remedy movement is accessible to almost everyone, more and more do-it-yourself home-made cars appear. Test videos can be found on almost every motorist website.
It is unlikely that anyone will tell you how to make a home-made car, because after all it is quite laborious and difficult process, which requires the necessary knowledge and experience of technical work. Therefore, if you have never even looked under the hood of a car, you are unlikely to be able to assemble a homemade car. Although who knows - Benz did it?
Homemade cars for different needs
By the way, home-made cars are not only cars, but also other equipment - assembled from old spare parts, ATVs, converted mopeds, designed on the basis of a mini tractor and other equipment. This also includes homemade snowplows. In fact, a homemade snowplow is a mini tractor with an auger that will grind snow.
To make such a machine at home, in principle, is not difficult and even a novice technician can do it. But it should immediately be noted that the engine for snowplows should be chosen more powerful. It must have at least 10 hp.
The danger that awaits snowplows is that large objects get into the blades, which can get into the engine, which will cause it to jam. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to include safety bolts in the design of a homemade snowplow. If a solid object gets into the bucket, such a bolt will break, but in this way it will prevent engine damage, which has more unpleasant consequences.
By the way, snowplows can work both from the network and on gasoline engine. Electric snowblowers are designed for clearing small areas, for example, near the house. But gasoline is more versatile and can be used for different needs.
ABOUT own car many dream, but only a few find the strength, inspiration and desire to work hard and painstakingly to create their own dream car. It is these desperate self-taught people who do automotive world more interesting, saving him from the boredom of assembly line production. It is their creations that sometimes attract the attention of others more than the top models of famous manufacturers.
Today we want to introduce you to the best homemade cars from around the world. Our rating includes really worthy homemade products that can be sent to mass production without any fear of low demand. Most of the cars included in the rating will easily be able to compete with cars. major manufacturers, but, unfortunately, will forever remain in single copy, delighting the public except at various auto shows. However, this is what makes them special, inimitable, unique, and allows their owners to feel like heroes who alone managed to create a truly worthy car. So, let's start.
There are only five homemade products in our rating. It could have been more, but we decided to confine ourselves to cars that have passed all the necessary certification and are registered, i.e. all participants of the rating are allowed to drive on the roads common use without any restrictions. This only confirms their quality and uniqueness, and also speaks of a real opportunity to compete with production cars.
Fifth place was given to the SUV " Black Raven”, built in Kazakhstan. This unique car, created for hunting in the steppe conditions, has a menacing and at the same time futuristic design. "Black Raven" could safely act in science fiction films or even act as army car, but it is used only by its creator - a modest self-taught engineer from Karaganda.
The appearance of the SUV is really original, a little awkward, but original and brutal. "Black Raven" - real male car with a powerful frame chassis, riveted aluminum hull panels, multi-eyed optics and all-terrain wheels ready to bite even into difficult ground. The Black Raven is rushing into battle at the expense of powerful motor American-made V8, working in conjunction with an automatic transmission and a gearbox from ZIL-157, located on rear axle. Excellent driving performance off-road vehicles are guaranteed by a long wheelbase, a wide track, a central location of the engine and gearbox, as well as independent suspension with torsion bars from armored personnel carriers. All this allows the car to maintain stability during sharp maneuvers even at a speed of about 100 km / h and easily overcome pits and bumps encountered on the way.
Salon unique homemade designed for two passengers. The equipment of the jeep includes LED brake lights and turn signals, electric windshields, electric hood and a unique self-puller with chain drive built into the bottom. As for the price, then approximate cost"Black Raven" is about 1,500,000 rubles.
Go ahead. On the fourth line we have the first ever Cambodian car- "". Oddly enough, it was not created by the state or private automobile company, A simple mechanic Nhin Feloek, who decided that at 52 it was time to get his own car.
Angkor 333 is a very compact two-seater roadster with a very modern filling and quite attractive design, especially for a poor Asian country.
Cambodian homemade body received a streamlined body, stylish optics and modern aerodynamic elements. Moreover, Angkor 333 is a hybrid car equipped with a traction electric motor, a 3-speed automatic transmission and a 45-horsepower gasoline unit for recharging battery. Surprisingly, a homemade roadster is capable of accelerating to 120 km / h and covering about 100 km on a single battery charge. In addition, the Angkor 333 is equipped with a touch screen that acts as a dashboard, and the doors are opened using a special magnetic plastic card. Even most production cars do not have such functions, so the development of a talented mechanic is worthy of respect.
The first Angkor 333 was assembled in 2003. In 2006, the creator introduced the second generation of his brainchild, and in 2010, a modified third-generation car saw the light, which to this day is manually assembled in small batches to order in the garage of Nhin Feloek, providing a retired mechanic a comfortable old age. Unfortunately, nothing is known about the cost of the roadster.
In third place in our ranking is the car, which is most often called "". This impressive SUV was created by Vyacheslav Zolotukhin from Krasnokamensk, Trans-Baikal Territory. The homemade product is based on a modified GAZ-66 chassis, supplemented with converted shock absorbers from KAMAZ, front detachable hubs and a power steering from a Hino truck.
In motion Mega cruiser Russia is driven by an atmospheric 7.5-liter Hino h07D diesel engine, which received a KAMAZ air cleaning system in the process of refinement. The engine is assisted by a 6-speed manual gearbox and a transfer case from the GAZ-66, in which all bearings were replaced with imported ones. The homemade drive is complete, with the possibility of blocking the bridges in which the main pairs were replaced, which made it possible to achieve a smooth ride on paved roads.
The body of the Mega Cruiser Russia is metal, prefabricated, attached to the frame through 12 shock-absorbing supports. The "living area" is a modified cabin of the Isuzu Elf truck, which is also attached to the converted "back" of the Noah minivan. The front part of the body consists of modernized wings from the GAZ-3307, a hood of its own design and a radiator grille molded from several copies of the grille Land cruiser Prado. Homemade metal bumpers, own design, and wheel disks“Riveted” from GAZ-66 wheels, which made it possible to install rubber from the TIGER army jeep.
If you look into the salon, you will see 6 seats, a lot of free space, right hand drive, pretty nice interior and comfortable driver's seat with excellent visibility in all directions.
Mega Cruiser Russia is equipped with a 150-liter gas tank, a gyroscope, an electric winch with a force of 6 tons, an audio system and even a spoiler. According to the author of the homemade product, the SUV is capable of accelerating up to 120 km / h, its mass is 3800 kg, and average consumption fuel is 15 liters on the highway and about 18 liters off-road. Last year, Mega Cruiser Russia was put up for sale by the creator at a price of 3,600,000 rubles.
The second line of our homemade rating is occupied by another unique SUV, this time from Ukraine. It's about the car Buffalo", also built on the basis of the GAZ-66. Its author is Alexander Chuvpilin from Belaya Tserkov, Kiev region.
"Bizon" received a more modern and more aerodynamic appearance, the originality of which is emphasized, first of all, by the front of the body. The creator borrowed most of the body panels from the VW Passat 64, but some elements had to be made independently.
Under the hood of the Ukrainian homemade product is a 4.0-liter turbodiesel with a return of 137 hp, borrowed from Chinese truck Dong Feng DF-40. He also gave the "Bizon" and a 5-speed mechanical box gears. In a pair, Chinese units provided homemade SUV the possibility of acceleration to 120 km / h with an average fuel consumption of 15 liters per 100 km. permanent drive Bizon has a rear one, with the ability to connect the front axle, lock the differential and use a low gear.
The car is able to overcome fords up to 1.2 meters deep, and is also equipped with a tire pressure adjustment system with an additional outlet for domestic needs: pumping boats, using a pneumatic jack or pneumatic tools, etc.
The body of the "Bizon", planted on 12 supports, is reinforced with numerous stiffening ribs and frame frame, and the roof of the SUV is made of metal with a thickness of 2 mm, which made it possible to place a drop-down tent on it for the night. One of the features of the "Bizon" is the nine-seater layout of the cabin (3 + 4 + 2), while two rear seats, which can rotate in any direction, can be retracted, allowing you to increase the free space luggage compartment. In general, Bizon has a comfortable and spacious interior with quality finish, comfortable seats and a front panel with two glove compartments.
Among the numerous equipment installed on the Bizon, we highlight the presence of a power steering, a double power steering brake system, reversing camera, GPS navigator, electric winch, special reversing lights and retractable tailgate step. Alexander Chuvpilin spent about $15,000 to create Bizon.
Well, it remains only to name the winner, which, of course, could only be a sports car, because it was about racing car every motorist's dream. A simple self-taught person without a technical education, a Chelyabinsk resident Sergei Vladimirovich Ivantsov, who conceived the idea of building his own sports car back in 1983, also dreamed about it. A car with a simple name ISV”, consisting of the initials of the creator, was built for about 20 years and during this long journey managed to survive two prototypes, molded on a scale of 1: 1, first from window putty, and then from plasticine. At the same time, according to the creator, he did everything “by eye”, doing without drawings and calculations.
From the plasticine model, Sergey sculpted plaster casts of the details of the future body, after which he painstakingly pasted them out of fiberglass and epoxy resin. Here it is worth mentioning separately that the creator of this masterpiece is allergic to epoxy, and therefore he had to work in an army gas mask, sometimes spending 6-8 hours in it. What can I say, the perseverance with which he went to his dream deserves respect, and the result of his work impresses not only ordinary onlookers, but also experienced specialists automotive industry. In terms of design, the homemade ISV is ready to compete with many sports cars currently being produced, and in fact the final concept of a sports car was conceived 15 years ago. As Sergei himself admitted, he drew inspiration from the Lamborghini Countach, but if you look closely, you can catch notes and Aston Martin, and Maserati, and even Bugatti.
The ISV is based on a spatial welded frame made of square pipes, and the entire chassis and suspension are borrowed from the Niva with minor modifications. Drive at ISV, as expected good sports car, rear only. As for the engine, initially the homemade product received a modest engine from the “classics”, but then it gave way to a 4-cylinder 1.8-liter engine with 113 hp. from the BMW 318, paired with a 4-speed "automatic". Unfortunately, due to his great love for his offspring, Sergey never loaded ISV on full power, so we will probably never know the true speed capabilities of the car. The author of the sports car himself drives quite carefully and does not accelerate more than 140 km / h.
Let's take a look at the ISV salon. Here is a classic sports car 2-seater layout with an interior tailored to the driver's comfort as much as possible. And this is not surprising, because the interior is made by hand, it has been repeatedly refined and redone. Here, as well as in the exterior, you can see the concept of interior design worthy of a sports car, some details of which also resemble the style of cars. well-known manufacturers. The ISV has a removable roof, guillotine doors, air conditioning, power steering, a stylish instrument panel from Audi and an audio system.
It is difficult to talk about the price of ISV. The creator himself considers his car priceless and, according to some reports, once refused to sell it for 100,000 euros.
That's all, we introduced you to the most interesting and high-quality home-made cars of recent times, approved for use on public roads. Each of them is unique, original and interesting in its own way. But all together, they certainly left their bright mark on the history of the global automotive industry and gave a lot of positive emotions not only to their creators, but also to numerous visitors to various car exhibitions and show. We hope that the number of lovers of creating masterpiece cars in their garage will only grow, which means that we will have reasons for new ratings.
