New Exocet Builder

[jamessid]

Hi everyone, am thinking about Finaling geting my hands dirty and building my first kit car, i was thinking about a Tiger or Robin hood type 7 , but have always liked the Mev rocket and know the Exocet, i am a little concerned as i have lots of intrested but not a great deal of mechanical knowledge. i have contacted stiggy who i have brought the Exocet Build manual to get an idea of the build before i place my take the plunge. is it best to get the doner mx5 and then place the order for the kit (how long is the waiting list for the kit) i am located in telford Shropshire, is there anyone near me building a Exocet, i'm not far from the Mev factory or i might wait to see the car at stonleigh as i have been attending the stonleigh show every year since i was 10, (1987) as i have always been very intrested in the kit cars. any info or surgestions would be appreciated

[Andy]

Hi jamessid welcome don't know what the waiting time is for the Exocet is but when I placed my order for my rocket I then got my donor car at the same time so when the kit was ready to get all my bits were clean and sorted it helped the build
Hope it helps
Andy

[alan87]

Hello mate.

Welcome to the forum. Last I heard the waiting time is about 6 weeks. But best to contact MeV directly as there has seemed to be alot of interest over the last month.

Regards Alan

[jamessid]

HI thanks for the emails, does it matter if the MX5 donor car is the import eunus, and will it matter if the car has PAS, seen a couple of cheap eunus for £500 with No MOT, 1.8's

[squelch]

theres no major differences between the MX5 and the Eunos, the eunos will usually be better spec'd than the mx5 so more to sell on later
as for powersteering it can be kept on the exocet or removed and bypassed, the exocet is light enough to be used without it
many builders on here have bypassed it so far and i believe there is also a kit available in the states to do it properly

[jamessid]

so whats included in the Kit from MEV, do i need to source things like lights elsewhere, does the frame come powder coated ?

[Kevin Patrick]

The Exocet kit costs £2640.00 including VAT @ 20% and comes with the following:
-a fully bracketed chassis & integral roll bar
-alloy floor panels
-alloy transmission tunnel
-front & rear bulkheads
-side panels
-grille mesh
-4 wing mounts
-nut & bolt pack
-roll of brake pipe
-roll of edge trim
-p clips
-self tappers
-rivets
-GRP bonnet rear cover, lower rear panel and wings (colour choices: yellow, orange, black, white, red, light green, and mid blue)
-vinyl graphics set

Optional Extras:
-Powder coated chassis (black gloss only) £235
-Pair of colour matched GRP seats £180
-Full lighting set including steel tube mountings with end caps & projector type high/low beam headlights & rear reflectors £230