In a shed located in a garden in the back of a normal house on a normal street in a little town in England you’ll find Kevin Thomas working on his car. What’s so unusual about that you might say, seeing the same thing plays out just about everywhere around the world on any given day? Ahh, but you see, Mr. Thomas is building a Formula 1 car. You heard that right – with parts he’s cobbled together from ebay, memorabilia sites and a network of contacts, he’s putting together as best he can a 2001 BAR003. Yes, some things are going to have to be parceled out because they are beyond his expertise, but he is doing the bulk of the construction himself and as a do-it-yourselfer myself, I say more power to him. (I’ve built a few project cars including a 1966 GTO and more recently a 1987 Chevy Silverado but nothing along the lines of what he’s tackling.)

I don’t think he would’ve been able to get as far as he has without the use of the internet. It’s a beautiful thing when it comes to locating hard-to-find auto parts and I’ve even been dipping my toe in the water lately learning how to search and purchase things that are hard to find locally. If I can do it, anyone can but my hat’s off to Mr. Thomas for taking this to the ultimate extreme. He’s built a shed of dreams that have all the gear-heads out there rethinking some ideas they’ve put on the back-burner. If I lived in England, I would certainly be beating a path to his back door to have a look-see.