This is great stuff!
I had a sneaking suspicion that the $20k base price for a kit car seemed deceptively low. Kind of like the kit plane entry level that rapidly goes through the roof $$$ when you start adding little add-ons like an engine and an avionics package. Still $50k for a tricked out little show-off car doesn't seem wildly off base.
Looks like a great hobby, and a good way to stay out from the significant other's footsteps when heading to work is not an option. Maybe when the world returns to normal and the extra cash isn't going to beans, bullets, bullion, and bandages.