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Feasibility of assembling car from parts? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I like a certain unremarkable car from the recent past. As they are repairable currently, can one just buy all of the parts new and put it together?

Are there any parts that aren't sold new?

Have you done this?
Are there any tools to help one get all of the parts?
Any communities?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, absolutely not. Even if you could buy the 30-50,000 parts individually, the markup alone would absolutely kill the feasibility, much less the ability to weld the frame components together, assemble the literal miles of wiring, or program the computers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That is a good point.