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==Common donor vehicles==
The car described in the Champion book is built using parts from a Mk1 or Mk2 Ford Escort with front spindles from [[Ford Cortina]]. Due to the dwindling supply of Escorts, the [[Haynes Roadster]] is based on mechanicals from the [[Ford Sierra]]. Some use small car-based trucks as donors such as the [[Mitsubishi L300]], [[Mazda Bongo|Mazda E1800]] (same gearbox as the [[Mazda MX-5|{{nowrap|MX-5}}]]) and [[Suzuki Carry]] (aka Bedford Rascal, Vauxhall Rascal, Holden Scurry, Chevrolet Supercarry and Maruti Omni).

In [[North America]], the [[Toyota Corolla]] and [[Mazda Miata]] are popular donor cars, as are the [[Ford Fox platform]] cars. The [[Wankel engine|Wankel]] engine-based [[Mazda RX-7]] is also starting to become popular.

Many different companies make and sell parts and complete kits for building the car. Examples include MK Engineering (who have continued on the concept and now offer their [[MK Indy]], based on the [[Ford Sierra]]), [[RaceTech]] with their [[Lada]]-based [[ESTfield]], DD7 in [[Umeå]], [[Sweden]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10104|title = S: Locost byggsats}}</ref> and many more.