This is not just some kind of car, but a legendary car with an interesting history - Mercedes 300SL "Gullwing". Below is a 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 spare parts. 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 continuous 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 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, the Daimler Benz company produced 20 cars with an aluminum body and one with a composite one. We decided to try a 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 or 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 attached to the frame through special dampers with bolts in 30 places. All body parts are installed and adjusted - doors, hood, trunk lid. There is a lot of trouble with glasses - they are mounted on 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 by hand, 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 to be honest, the factories themselves fake their rarities, especially in this "Audi" and "Mercedes" have succeeded.
In many museums, there are 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) is correctly marked in 1955. Everything is original, even the seat rails.
The body has already been 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.



In the meantime, the body is being painted, let's start preparing the assemblies for assembly. As I 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 then also works: the devices are all expensive. Cheap is not good.

The body is covered in 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 fine too. 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, we got married with a chassis with a body.



They installed the doors. It would seem that the matter is not tricky, 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 was necessary to overcome the resistance of the spring, which simply pulled out the door along with the brackets (900 euros apiece). Experienced owners of "Gullwing" know that if used ineptly, this will inevitably lead to deformation of the roof, besides, the brackets themselves simply break. A rod with a 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 open today like the tailgate of a German SUV. The knot turned out to be so successful that it immediately became the subject of desire of all owners of rarities, I think that soon all the "goolving" will have very effective and smoothly opening doors 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 the 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 very 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, since 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 in any way. Everything looked like a cheap fake: the skin was puffy, traces of heat treatment were visible, the texture did not match, and no one could pick up the material. In short, he began to delve into the intricacies and found out that modern craftsmen do not know how to work with felt, wool and other materials that were used at that time at all. 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 even talking about durability. After suffering for six months, we came to the conclusion that only restorers are capable of such work. They have special foam rubber and felt. In general, we 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. 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: stale, 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 Mercedes there is not enough leather for a jacket, one bullshit, and therefore there are options - "design", "individual", "exclusive". Leading manufacturers will offer you real leather for at least 10-15 thousand dollars, but what they sew for you for 50 thousand rubles, even leather does not dare to name it.

Wheels are one of the most important parts of a car. So for our handsome man, there were two types of wheels. The first ones 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 the 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, steamers, 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 the complete authenticity of the pipe appearance, to solve the problem of "golving" - noise and heating of the cabin. And the main thing is the sound of the exhaust, it's just a song. The problem was solved by using resonators installed inside the system. If you want to understand what kind of car you have - look at the exhaust pipe! Do not pay attention to the date in the photo, you just bought a decent camera. They snapped it off, but they didn't figure out the instructions, it turned out the wrong date. We made many changes to the design, we are trying 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. My favorite expression, which I have repeated more than once, is THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. These are the details that I will show you. It makes no sense to write for a long time, you yourself will understand everything. Braided harnesses and wiring, well, I think you just haven’t seen anything like that, 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 units 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, as on the Volga GAZ-21, so the stove had to be thoroughly redone. But the biggest challenge was the manufacture of the gear selector.
The whole difficulty lay in the fact that the car was originally built for sports, it was small and very low, even the engine had to be placed at an inclination 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 the 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 suffering, a hinge and a linkage system were designed, which made it possible to completely simulate this node, which is easy to see 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 manufacture of the unique sled to the reworking of the floor and seats.

I am not the first one who decided to recreate the legendary car. Back in the late 70s, 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 far from such high-quality products as we would like, but this is the best thing that has been done. In the 90s, there were attempts by the American company Speedster, using the Tony matrix, to implant it on the Chevrolet Corvette C3 nodes. 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 the 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 already 40 thousand applications have been submitted. By the way, working with a composite is very difficult. Only its high-quality painting costs about 10 thousand euros. And most importantly, fake and copy 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 slightly altered the filler neck, reasonably considering that if it fits tightly to the trunk lid, it will reduce the risk of the smell of gasoline spreading 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 casing 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 it seems to me that 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 is already using tubeless tires, we decided to free up space by placing a stowaway in the trunk instead of a regular wheel. Now at least there is a string bag 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 is left to do is to anoint it with a little roll and stick on the wheels.


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





That's basically it!

Do you have a car that you designed and built yourself? Then, to be able, you need to register it. However, not all home-made cars can be registered, but only those with a maximum weight of no more than 3500 kilograms. In addition to passenger cars, you can design motorcycles, trailers and semi-trailers.

Procedure

You need to start with the requirements for the design of the car. They are nominated by the testing laboratory. She also issues a conclusion on the conformity of the design of your car. There are certain parameters that must be met. Therefore, we recommend that you first agree on the design of the machine by contacting the motor transport research institute. In the same research institute, your vehicle will be tested, after which you will be given a test report.

You are required to present a document that confirms the legality of its purchase. If you assembled a vehicle from the components of an old car, you must also get a certificate in advance. If you bought the previous car from hands - attach it to the documents by a notary. All this you will need to present to the traffic police.

After receiving the test report, you need to go to the Institute for Highway Safety. This authority will issue you with an opinion that your car is safe for city driving and its construction meets the established standards. To obtain such a document, you must provide a test report. Certification must be carried out within a month after the moment you submitted the corresponding application to the state authorities.

After the work done, you can go to the MREO. There you will be given a decree that your car does not have an identification number. Then you will need to go with this paper to the forensic bureau, where a referral to the traffic police for the car will be prepared for you. There you will have to present the following documents:

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• the conclusion of the Institute for Road Safety;
• the conclusion of a forensic expert from MREO.

The traffic police will assign an identifier to the car and prepare a conclusion on the application of the number. After the number is filled, you must go to the MREO in your homemade car, taking all the documents received during the procedure. Then your vehicle will finally be registered.

Note that you will have to pay state fees for each document. After registering the car, you will receive a technical passport. It will indicate "homemade" in the "Brand" column. The "special marks" can indicate on the basis of which model your car was made.

Video review of home-made cars of the USSR:

About trailers

If you plan to register a trailer or semitrailer, the conditions for the procedure change slightly. You will need to present a purchase receipt to the traffic police. In addition, you will need to provide a technical passport of the machine with which the trailer will be used.

A bit of history

Making homemade cars has become popular for a reason. This was preceded by certain historical conditions. The fact is that in the days of the Soviet Union, no machines were produced that would satisfy the requirements of a specific group of consumers - only mass models were produced. In this regard, our craftsmen created cars with their own hands, from improvised means.

Then, out of three old non-working machines, one new one was assembled. In the villages, enthusiasts turned passenger car bodies into trucks. They independently lengthened the bodies and increased the carrying capacity of the cars, since at that time the trucks were not provided for personal use. Craftsmen even created amphibians that were able to overcome water obstacles. And all in order to simplify your life.

There were also aesthetes who were concerned not only with the technical and operational characteristics of cars, but also with their appearance. They created a wide variety of vehicle options,. All these masterpieces were on display at exhibitions and quite legally traveled on city roads.

Home-made cars were not prohibited during the Soviet period. Restrictions appeared in the eighties. They concerned power (50 hp per ton) and dimensions (4.7 m - length; 1.8 m - width). But then motorists used some tricks. For example, they registered with Rostekhnadzor under the guise of tractors. Due to the mild requirements for homemade products, a large number of hand-assembled vehicles were registered at that time.

A ban on self-made cars

In 2005, the registration of homemade cars was banned altogether. This was justified by the need to develop clear requirements and standards for such vehicles. However, the real reason for this, most likely, was the emergence of a new phenomenon in the automotive markets - the sale of "constructors". The scheme was simple: to avoid taxes, craftsmen imported into the Russian Federation, and then collected them and registered them as self-made.

But in practice, this ban also affected those who really made domestic cars with their own hands. However, motorists did not lose their enthusiasm because of this. This is evidenced by the holding of annual exhibitions "Autoexotica", which presented homemade masterpieces. Unfortunately, these cars did not have numbers, were brought in by tow trucks and could not be used for driving on city roads. The most annoying thing is that many homemade products could give odds to some serial machines. Later, the authorities nevertheless signed an order, according to which it is allowed to register vehicles made by themselves.

Certification standards

To, you first need to get certified. The requirements defining the procedure are approved in the corresponding order of Rostekhregulirovanie. Now cars are evaluated according to a simplified scheme - as a vehicle, which is produced in "small series". A small batch is understood as a single copy of a machine.

This little trick of the state, with the help of which it was able to get rid of the import of so-called constructors. The number of cars in a small batch is carefully checked. It is clear that the author of a home-made car that he assembled for himself will not produce more than one vehicle of the same type. Thus, it is no longer profitable for those who are engaged in industrial assembly to work according to such a scheme. It is impossible to re-pass the certification procedure.

European requirements

The requirements for self-made cars are not at all lower than the standards established. There are no "indulgences", in addition, such vehicles must comply with the standards of the European Economic Commission. True, certification of small parties is carried out according to a truncated list of requirements. However, this is still a fairly serious procedure that not all homemade products go through.

The video shows a homemade Ukrainian sports car:

In accordance with a document approved by the European Commission, cars are checked for compliance with the following requirements:

• traumatic safety;
• braking characteristics;
• and their attachment points;
• the quality of the glasses and, as well as the correctness of their installation;
• , light signaling;
• good handling of the car;
• high stability of the car;
• low level of harmful substances in the cabin;
• low level of harmful substances in the exhaust pipe.

All of these requirements apply to self-made passenger cars.

Good news

By sending your car for certification, you don't have to worry about being damaged during testing. In accordance with the regulations, single vehicles are only subjected to tests that do not cause damage. In lieu of tests damaging the machine, expert design judgment is allowed.

After carrying out all the necessary examinations, the owner of the vehicle (if it complies with the established standards) receives a type approval. This document allows him to go to the place of registration. When registering a car, all data is entered into the register.

Video review of a homemade car SPACER:

Restrictions

Self-made cars made on the basis of components imported into the Russian Federation for more than six months are not subject to registration. They must be provided with the relevant documents confirming the legality of their appearance on the territory of the country. All of them must be certified. If you make any changes to the design of a registered car, including the design of its components, spare parts and additional equipment, you will have to re-pass the certification and declaration of conformity procedure.

If you are not certified

If your homemade vehicle does not meet safety requirements, you may receive a refusal to register from the certification authorities. You have the right to appeal this decision in court. However, it will be much more effective if you try your vehicle in accordance with the reasons for the refusal. After the changes, you can reapply for the conversion approval.

If you re-equip the car, in accordance with the issued opinion, and use those units that, for example, were used by your friend who received a permit, then the matter will go much faster. Of course, in the event that he passed a similar model for certification. However, do not forget that you can obtain a permit for each vehicle on an individual basis. It will be more costly to coordinate the serial production of home-made cars.

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If you are refused, you can convert the vehicle at or in a repair shop. Of course, you can perform these works yourself, but you still need to get an act of carrying them out at a certified station. After the conversion, the electric vehicle will need to be certified again for compliance with the requirements and conditions determined by the expert organization. These organizations include testing laboratories that have a valid accreditation certificate in this area. If you are now given a permit, go to the MREO and register your car.

Car enthusiasts should understand that in most cases it is much easier to assemble a car than to register it. Therefore, before registering a homemade vehicle, think about whether you have enough patience and money for this. When passing the certification and registration procedure, you must pay state fees.

But if all this does not scare you - go for it! Now that you know how to register a homemade vehicle, you can start putting together your masterpiece. By the way, it is quite possible that you can do it, because today some models of homemade cars are very popular among fans of luxury cars.

Please leave your comment on the article! We are interested in your opinion.

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Today we want to introduce you to the best self-made cars from around the world. Our rating includes really worthy homemade products that can be sent to mass production even today without fear of low demand. Most of the cars that hit the rating can easily compete with the cars of major manufacturers, but, unfortunately, they will forever remain in a single copy, delighting the audience only at various auto shows. However, this is what makes them special, inimitable, unique, and allows their owners to feel like heroes who have managed to single-handedly create a truly worthy car. So let's get started.

There are only five homemade products in our rating. It could have been more, but we decided to limit ourselves only to cars that have passed all the necessary certification and registered, i.e. all participants in the rating are allowed to ride on public roads without any restrictions. This only confirms their quality and uniqueness, and also speaks of a real opportunity to compete with production cars.

The fifth place was given to the off-road vehicle " Black Raven"Built in Kazakhstan. This unique vehicle, created for hunting in the steppe conditions, has a menacing and at the same time futuristic design. "Black Raven" could have safely appeared in science fiction films or even played the role of an army vehicle, but it is used only by its creator - a modest self-taught engineer from Karaganda.

The exterior of the SUV is really original, a little awkward, but distinctive and brutal. "Black Raven" is a real man's car with a powerful frame chassis, riveted aluminum body panels, multi-eyed optics and all-terrain wheels that are ready to bite into even difficult ground. The "Black Raven" is torn into battle due to a powerful American-made V8 engine, working in conjunction with an automatic transmission and a gearbox from the ZIL-157 located on the rear axle. Excellent driving performance of the SUV is guaranteed by a long wheelbase, wide track, a central arrangement of the engine and gearbox, as well as independent suspension with torsion bars from the armored personnel carrier. 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.

The unique home-made salon is designed for two passengers. The equipment of the jeep includes LED brake lights and turn signals, an electric drive of the front windows, an electric drive of the hood and a unique self-retriever with a chain drive, mounted in the bottom. As for the price, the approximate cost of the "Black Crow" is about 1,500,000 rubles.

Go ahead. On the fourth line we have the first ever Cambodian car- "". Oddly enough, it was created not by a state or private car company, but by 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 interior and quite attractive design, especially for a poor Asian country.

The Cambodian home-made has received a body with streamlined shapes, stylish optics and modern aerodynamic elements. Moreover, the Angkor 333 is a hybrid vehicle equipped with a traction electric motor, a 3-speed automatic transmission and a 45-horsepower petrol unit designed to recharge the battery. Surprisingly, a homemade roadster can accelerate to 120 km / h and cover about 100 km on a single battery charge. In addition, the equipment of the Angkor 333 includes a touchscreen display that acts as a dashboard, and the doors are opened by means of 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 built in 2003. In 2006, the creator presented the second generation of his brainchild, and in 2010, he saw the light of a modified third-generation car, which to this day is manually assembled in small batches to order in Nkhin Feloek's garage, providing the retired mechanic with a comfortable old age. Unfortunately, nothing is known about the cost of the roadster.

The third place in our rating is occupied by 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 by reworked shock absorbers from KAMAZ, front split hubs and power steering from a Hino truck.

The Mega Cruiser Russia is driven by an atmospheric 7.5-liter Hino h07D diesel engine, which, in the process of revision, received a KAMAZ air cleaning system. The motor is assisted by a 6-speed manual transmission and a transfer case from the GAZ-66, in which all bearings were replaced with imported ones. The homemade product has a full drive, with the ability to block the bridges, in which the main pairs have been replaced, which made it possible to achieve a smooth ride on paved roads.

The Mega Cruiser Russia body is metal, prefabricated, attached to the frame through 12 shock-absorbing supports. The "living area" is a redesigned cab of the Isuzu Elf truck, to which is also attached a redesigned "rear" of the Noah minivan. The front part of the body consists of modernized fenders from the GAZ-3307, a hood of its own design and a radiator grill, molded from several copies of the Land Cruiser Prado grille. The homemade bumpers are made of metal, of our own design, and the rims are riveted from GAZ-66 wheels, which made it possible to install rubber from the TIGER army jeep.

If you look into the cabin, you will see 6 seats, a lot of free space, a right-hand drive, a rather nice interior and a comfortable driver's seat with excellent visibility in all directions.

Mega Cruiser Russia is equipped with a 150-liter gas tank, a gyroscope, a 6-ton electric winch, an audio system and even a spoiler. According to the author of the homemade product, the SUV is capable of accelerating to 120 km / h, its weight is 3800 kg, and the average fuel consumption is 15 liters on the highway and about 18 liters off-road. Last year, Mega Cruiser Russia was put up for sale by its creator at a price of 3,600,000 rubles.

The second line of our rating of homemade products is occupied by another unique SUV, this time from Ukraine. We are talking about a car " Buffalo", Also built on the basis of the GAZ-66. Its author is Alexander Chuvpilin from Bila Tserkva, Kiev region.

"Bison" received a more modern and more aerodynamic look, the originality of which is emphasized, first of all, by the front part 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 turbo diesel with a return of 137 hp, borrowed from the Chinese DongFeng DF-40 truck. He also presented Bison with a 5-speed manual transmission. Together, the Chinese units provided the home-made SUV with the ability to accelerate to 120 kph with an average fuel consumption of 15 liters per 100 km. Permanent drive at "Bizon" is rear, with the ability to connect the front axle, differential lock and use a lower gear.
The car is able to overcome a ford up to 1.2 meters deep, and is also equipped with a tire pressure control 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 stiffeners and a frame frame, and the roof of the SUV is made of 2 mm thick metal, which made it possible to place a folding tent on it for the night. One of the Bizon's features is the nine-seater cabin layout (3 + 4 + 2), while the two rear seats, which can be swiveled in any direction, can be retracted, allowing more space in the luggage compartment. In general, "Bizon" has a comfortable and spacious interior with high-quality finishes, comfortable seats and a front panel with two glove compartments.

Among the numerous equipment installed on the "Bison", we highlight the presence of power steering, dual brake booster, rear view camera, GPS navigator, electric winch, special reversing lights and a retractable step for the tailgate. Alexander Chuvpilin spent about 15,000 dollars on the creation of Bizon.

Well, it remains only to name the winner, which, of course, could only be a sports car, because every motorist dreams of a racing car. A simple self-taught person without technical education, a Chelyabinsk resident Sergey Vladimirovich Ivantsov, also dreamed of it, having conceived the construction of his own sports car back in 1983. A car with an unpretentious name " ISV”, Consisting of the initials of the creator, was under construction for about 20 years and during this long journey managed to survive two prototypes, sculpted in a 1: 1 scale, first from window putty, and then from plasticine. At the same time, according to the creator, he did everything "by eye", dispensing with drawings and calculations.

From a plasticine model, Sergey sculpted plaster casts of parts of the future body, after which he painstakingly glued them out of fiberglass and epoxy resin. It is worth mentioning separately that the creator of this masterpiece is allergic to epoxy resin, and therefore he had to work in an army gas mask, sometimes spending 6-8 hours in it. What can I say, the persistence with which he walked towards his dream deserves respect, and the result of his work is impressive not only for ordinary onlookers, but also for seasoned experts in the automotive industry. In terms of design, the homemade ISV is ready to compete with many currently produced sports cars, and the final concept of a sports car was conceived 15 years ago. As Sergey himself admitted, he drew inspiration from the Lamborghini Countach, but if you look closely, you can catch notes of Aston Martin, Maserati, and even Bugatti in the ISV's appearance.

The ISV is based on a spatial welded frame made of square tubes, and the entire chassis and suspension are borrowed with minor modifications from the Niva. The ISV's drive, as befits a good sports car, is only rear-wheel drive. 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 brainchild, Sergei never loaded the ISV at full capacity, so we will probably never know the true speed capabilities of the car. The author of the sports car himself drives quite accurately 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 that is maximally sharpened for the convenience of the driver. And this is not surprising, because the salon was made by hand, it was repeatedly modified and altered. Here, as well as on the exterior, you can see a concept of interior design worthy of a sports car, some details of which also resemble the style of cars of famous manufacturers. The ISV has a removable roof, guillotine doors, air conditioning, power steering, stylish Audi dashboard and audio system.
It's hard to talk about the price of an ISV. The creator himself considers his car invaluable and, according to some sources, 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, of course, left their bright mark on the history of the world automobile industry and gave a sea of ​​positive emotions not only to their creators, but also to numerous visitors to various automobile exhibitions and shows. We hope that the number of fans of creating masterpiece cars in their garage will only grow, which means that we will have reasons for new ratings.

Are you planning to surprise others with your car? Unfortunately, it is unlikely that it will be possible to make this a serial model that came off the assembly line of some factory, but a vehicle made with your own hands will undoubtedly attract the attention of the crowd on the street.

A homemade vehicle can evoke two emotions in those around you - a genuine surprise at your skill, or an open smile at the sight of an invention. If you delve into the issue of assembling your own car, then there will be nothing complicated in the process. The main thing is to learn more about the main parts and assemblies of the car, to understand the features and properties of the vehicle.

Homemade cars in history

The mass production of homemade cars began in the Soviet Union. Then only certain models were released on the market, which could not satisfy all the needs of consumers. As a result, self-taught craftsmen appeared who designed their own cars, in accordance with their desires and financial capabilities.

The assembly of a new car was carried out on the basis of failed cars, on average, three non-working ones were required for one home-made car. Craftsmen removed all the necessary parts and introduced them into a new body. By the way, bodywork was popular in the villages; the old body was specially removed from the car and replaced with a more spacious one.

In addition to functional models, vehicles were created that were simply attractive from an aesthetic point of view, which could not be distinguished from well-known sports factory copies. Such cars were full-fledged road users.

It is worth noting that until the 80s there was no ban on the design and use of homemade vehicles. After the ban appeared, the inventors had to get out, many of them registered a completely different vehicle with the traffic police, and then used their invention.

How to build your own car

Before starting the assembly, it is necessary to draw up a plan for future work, in which you need to indicate what the car will be like, what features and characteristics it will have. If the car will be used in the future, it is necessary to purchase high-quality materials and parts, assemble a reliable frame and an impact-resistant body.

Important! Depending on what kind of vehicle you plan to collect, you will need certain materials. Bolts, wheels and scrap metal in this case are unlikely to be enough.

You can learn about the direct assembly process from the training videos, which are enough on the network.

Drawings of the future car

Imagination and imagination will help to think over to the smallest detail the appearance and structure of the future car, however, in order to realize what was conceived in reality, it is necessary to draw up a drawing of the vehicle.

It is better to make two drawings of the car: the first one will show a general view, the second one will show individual units and parts of the vehicle.

Before starting to create a drawing, you should prepare a pencil, a ruler, a drawing paper and an eraser. First, sketches are made on the sheet with thin lines, which, if necessary, can be easily erased. After all the details are drawn, and the resulting image is completely satisfactory for you - the drawing is outlined with a thick line.

It is not necessary to draw a drawing on a sheet of paper, modern designers are helped by software, which greatly facilitates the process of creating a drawing.

Assembling the car

In the countries of America and Europe, in the past few years, kit-car kits have become popular, which are a set of various parts that allow you to assemble a car with your own hands. The parts are universal, so how the finished car will turn out depends entirely on the imagination of the owner of the kit.