Stratos Hawk kit, what you get?

[TrevS]

Hi all

I've started looking into Stratos replica's again as a possible next project once my GT40 replica is finished. I am probably looking to go for a Alfa engined Hawk kit and have just been having a look at the kit prices again but I am not quite clear what you get with a Hawk kit for £11706. Does anyone have a full list of components that come with the kit and a list of components that don't? Also if anyone has any pictures of how the kit arrives (is it a rolling chassis?) that would be really useful. Finally I know a lot of stratos builders consider these cars to be a difficult kit to build. Can I ask what the main challenges are, is it metal fabrication, fiberglass work etc?

Thanks

Trevor

[Monte76]

The biggest challenge by far is time, if you've got a lot of other things going on in your life then these projects can drag on.

When I start a project I like to finish it so I really committed the time to my first build and we more or less got the car on the road within 12 months. I'd never built a car before in my life but its just like a giant jigsaw puzzle you just are one step at a time. It's a lot easier now as you have the forum to get advice from, we didn't even have the Internet back in my day.

The cars are relatively easy to build but again this really depends on your own ability, ingenuity, experience, tools and equipment. If you've built a GT40 already you obviously aren't coming into this fresh faced.

Good choice as a next project though, I'm still enjoying my car after 24 years as much as I did when I first built it.

Vince.

[Jeff]

Quick ... the worms are escaping .....

As you've already built a kit car, then you'll already be forewarned and forearmed. Building a Stratos replica isn't without it's challenges. With the Hawk kit there is certainly an amount of body work required, but this isn't to say the LB kit doesn't have it's own share too. There will be mechanical fabrication required too and a fair number of components to find. The hawk is recognised as the most faithful replica, and if you're looking for that then the Hawk is the obvious choice. If you're more flexible and looking for the spirit of the car then the LB is definitely worth considering.

2p

Jeff

[Hawk HF3000 now 80% built after 3 yrs]

[ProtoTipo]

but I am not quite clear what you get with a Hawk kit for £11706.
Thanks
Trevor

It's over £14k when you add the VAT. Here's what you don't get:
Roof wing
Rear spoiler
2 Fuel tanks
Mechanisms for raising the door windows
Mechanisms for raising the headlamp pods
Front grille
Shock absorbers and springs
Wiring loom
Alloy bulkhead
Front and rear splash panels
Alloy trims for the 'A' pillar and rain gutters

[ProtoTipo]

You do get:

Windscreen
Door windows
Rear louvres
Front louvres
Centre tunnel interior covers
Dashboard, dash binnacle and fascia
Door bins
Rear lamp surrounds
All the suspension parts (not the steering rack though. I should have added that the other list. I don't think you get the ARBs too?)

[TrevS]

Thanks for the info. Do you get wheels, brakes, radiator, rad pipes, any sort of AC unit? Also is there any aluminium panelling to do and again do the panels come with the kit? What about smaller parts like the fuel filler pipes and caps?

Also does the kit come with a build manual? My GT40 has one and while the build never goes exactly as the manual says it's very useful.

[ProtoTipo]

Thanks for the info. Do you get wheels, brakes, radiator, rad pipes, any sort of AC unit? Also is there any aluminium panelling to do and again do the panels come with the kit? What about smaller parts like the fuel filler pipes and caps?

Also does the kit come with a build manual? My GT40 has one and while the build never goes exactly as the manual says it's very useful.

You get a build manual.
The only alloy panels you get are the floors, which are already fastened in. The front alloy panels and rear alloy (splash) panels are at extra cost, but available.
No, you don't get wheels, brakes, radiator, rad pipes etc. You don't get fuel filler pipes or caps.

[ProtoTipo]

I don't think you get the gear linkage?

Is that right Jeff?

[strat24v]

Dont think the aluminium firewall is included either.

Included items are

Powdercoated chassis with aluminium floor pre fitted

Front upper wishbones with various spacers, nuts, bolts and rod ends
Lower front transverse arm with spacers and rod end (no bottom ball joint, no front uprights)
Lower radius arms with clevis and rod end
Steering arms
Steering rack mounts

Rear lower wishbone with spacers and rod end bearing
rear radius arm with bushes/bearings
Bare rear upright

Pedal set with mounting bar and servo link
Track rod end adaptors
split alloy steering column bearing
Four door hinges
Front clam hinges
rear clam hinges
Boot lid hinges
Front engine mount
gearbox mount
engine steady bar
Engine mounting rubber bushes (x3)
Windscreen (non heated)

Centre tub
2 door outers
2 door inners
2 door helmet bins
dash moulding/s
Ally dash fascia (stradale)
2 Perspex side windows
2 centre tunnel mouldings
Rear clam
Two rear light surrounds
Boot lid
Rear louvre panel
front clam
4 ally louvres
2 pop up headlight mouldings
2 front lamp covers
2 pop up lamp housing covers

[strat24v]

What you DON'T get

Front grill
Headlamp raising mechanism
Lights
Body pin bases
Multi piece ally inner wheel arches
Radiator and fans
coolant pipes
Steering rack
front shocks and springs
Front uprights
Front wheel bearings
Rear wheel bearings
Rear hubs
Front hubs and dust caps
Lower ball joints
Steering column universal joint
Intermediate steering shaft
Steering column
Heater/fan unit
Heater piping
Gear lever and linkage
Door catches (need modifying)
door lock links
Ally firewall
Fuel tanks
Fuel caps and fittings
Rear struts
Rear strut top mounts
Engine bay splash/stoneguard panels
Boot heatshield
Exhaust system
Rear body pins
front anti roll bar and links
Rear anti roll bar and links
Screen surround
Window lift kit
Door cappings
Gutters
Group 4 arches
Group 4 quad pod and cover
roof vent
Tail spoiler
Roof spoiler
Front chin spoiler
Lower front lamp pods
Wheel rims
Tyres
Wiring loom, fuse box and relays
Interior trim panels