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The First Car You Can Build Yourself in an Hour [video]

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Do not forget the JEEP (Just Enough Essential Parts) which can be disassembled and reassembled in less than 4 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZJ9z6c2hq0

Ha! Never heard that one before. The name 'Jeep' of course dates from WWII when thousands were shipped in cargo containers marked "Vehicle, 1, GP" which stood for "General Purpose".

Link to actual project site : http://www.osvehicle.com

Been done the top gear team built a lotus 7 in less than a day - and that was with a loot of messing about for the cameras

I suspect you would need a well equipped garage with tools that the average motorist doesn't normally have an engine hoist comes to mind.

Kit cars have been around since the 50's in the UK

To be fair, the engine doesn't look particularly big or heavy, a person will probably do fine as an engine hoist.

Id rather not take the risk of a slipped disk

I don't think I would drive that with any other cars on the road. Hopefully there is a safety package.

Would it even be legal to drive in the US on public roads? It would most certainly not be legal to drive anywhere in the EU. Having said that, you can still build and drive your own cars, but they need to go through safety inspection and get a couple stamps on their paperwork to be road-legal.

The main concern in the US is it needs to be a licensed vehicle and it needs brake and turn lights, that's about it. I'm not sure how this would be classified but you might need seat belts too.

insurers would probably give you an expensive policy. but I would love to be proved wrong

That thing is a death-trap, no crash protection.

I wouldn't call it a car it's more of a toy.

Hybrid power plant! Open platform (chassis) for building your own working vehicle! Very cool.

Karevoskktolii by Ikea.

Ikea product names are actually usually Swedish words and place names, often with some connection to the purpose of the product.

Hence I'd suggest "kjöra" would be a more Ikea-ish name (The verb "drive" in Swedish)

6k... thats quite a lot

You could say the same thing about the Tesla Roadster.

More like assemble a car in an hour.

More like 'assemble a chassis' - no roof! No body! That would takes days to hand-fabricate I imagine.

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