Originally Posted by
Bob-Stormer
That's what was fun about stuff back then, you MADE STUFF!!!
Definitely, much more fun winning with something you had put together and developed yourself instead of just bolting a kits together and adding any tune up parts the race team tells you to.
Prime example, last years 1/10th off road worlds was won by a B4 with an 8mm extended chassis, made by cutting and shutting two kit chassis. The first thoughts going through most drivers heads these days is "when can I buy one", in the early days it would have been "where's my hacksaw and dremel".
I also love how these days someone 'makes' a custom part for their car by drawing it up in cad then sending it away to be cut, when a lot of the time for stuff made from sheet materials you could have cut the thing out yourself by the time it's drawn.