Building a race car from the ground up

[Peider]

Hello

I have watched classic racing for decades but in terms of the ins and outs of the actual sport I am a complete novice. As I might have the opportunity to become serious about joining in sometime next year, I am trying to collect as much information as possible and have had a fantastic reply from the HSCC that has filled many gaps.

There is one aspect, though, about which I have heard a lot of horror stories, especially when it comes to cost, and that is building a race car from a road-going base. I must stress here that I will NOT do ANY of the prep and maintenance work myself. Screwdrivers have been known to commit suicide when they saw me coming so turning a road car into something hot and fast would be commissioned out.

My main question is, therefore: is it true that building one is up to 75% more expensive than buying a ready-made race car?

And as an add-on: why would that be – what makes it so expensive?

Many thanks