The heart of the kit car concept is a narrowed rear frame section. Shown here is the Arrow Dynamics version for popular late-model Detroit "unibody" cars, designed for use with stock front suspension.

The passing of the sleezy scrounge and his backyard "bitsa" (a bomb built from bits of this and bits of that) was inevitable. Old clunkers have become "collectibles." Junkyards have become recycling ...