Greetings Iain, - proper Scottish spelling too
Welcome to the club, after completing your apprenticeship as a lurker. If you're serious about getting hold of a Strat, then you're right to be honest with yourself regarding your abilities. Plenty of people are going full turnkey these days, although the old spirit of kit car building hasn't totally died out yet! You could do what I've done, which is build it up to a particular stage, and then get it finished by someone with better motor control and hand-eye coordination, so it doesn't have mis-drilled holes all over it.
Used (or "previously enjoyed", as they used to say in the hallowed realms of 2nd-hand IBM mainframes) cars do come up, but you'll have to be patient and be prepared to act quickly when they do. Well, except for the Pirelli-liveried Hawk on Ebay and Car & Classic with the ever moving price....
As usual, any questions, ask away, and have fun deciding which way you and your friends are gonna jump. Talking of friends, are they actually aware of your musings, or are you still working out a way of luring them across to toil on your folly...?
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