How long did it take to self build your ultima

[Greg_D]

Hi All,

I am considering an ultima as a 40th birthday present to myself.

how long should it take for a fairly competent home mechanic to complete a 'typical' ultima build (i'm aware that you can spend untold additional hours finesseing things if you so wish)

Is it an 'assembly' job (ie does everything pretty well just bolt together as intended) or are you forever scraping knuckles on badly designed bits

Is the kit pretty well comprehensive, or are you forever ordering little bits and bobs. Same for the instructions

Sorry for the newb questions, but i can't find that much info on the practicalities

TIA

[Greg_D]

What's the premium for a factory turnkey build over the equivalent kit?

i don't want to wimp out, but if it is only a couple of grand, it may well be worth it for marital harmony...

I'm on West Mids/Worcestershire border

[Greg_D]

Thanks for the offer lads. I'll take you up on it over the next few months if you don't mind. I've built the single seater in my profile from scratch so am not entirely novice, but it's nice to know that they aren't like some kits where you get 'most' of the parts and have to hammer most of them in place.