A British YouTuber built a street legal sports car using off-the-shelf parts
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TL;DR: Robert Ely, a British car enthusiast who documents restoration and fabrication projects on YouTube, built a road-legal, single-seat sports car in his shed using readily available motorcycle and automotive parts. The project demonstrates how a lightweight design and off-the-shelf components can provide an alternative to the increasingly complex cars on the market.
Called the Gasolini AR1, the car is powered by a 2017 Honda CBR500 twin-cylinder motorcycle engine and rides on wheels taken from a Ford Ka hatchback. Ely estimates the project cost about $7,000. He designed it around low weight, modest running costs, and a parts list that other enthusiasts could realistically source.
The AR1 is not intended to be a high-speed track car. Its Honda engine produces 47 horsepower, enough to propel the vehicle to about 72 mph. Ely said...
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