Hi From Australia!

[eddie]

Keep in mind to transport damaged car to Australia the cost of shpping and duty /taxes ..

[SchulzeA]

Welcome. Good luck with your build regardless of what path you choose for body panels. 

[juice sx]

Ok thanks everyone I will try my best!

[Tusabes]

No way you can do it for $40-50k with OEM body panels , unless you do what I said and buy a salvage murci for $60-70k that has enough parts you can take off it and resell to recoup most of your money

[76mx]

O.K., but if you are going to do it on that budget, fiberglass warping should be the very least of your concerns, considering all of the other cut corners.

[Tallon]

It's not unrealistic with a fiberglass body...

[76mx]

SX,
   If you mean that you are hoping to buy OEM panels for 40-50K, that is doable. If you mean that your total build is going to be 40-50K, well you would spend your entire budget on panels. I also think that budget is unrealistic even with a fiberglass body.

[juice sx]

thanks guys. I am hopefully going to do it for 40-50k. going to have to get parts real cheap. Lets see how I go!

[Tallon]

Welcome!
If you can afford it why not, if it's going to effect you huge financially like it would most of us then I'd say nah
There's lots of quality fiberglass builds out there that look amazing and there is probably much cheaper solutions to preventing warpage than to buy expensive panels. Some mention adding ribs to the inside and/or stick with a lighter color paint.

[No Bull]

Welcome to the hobby and the community.   

Chris

[eddie]

 not to me, buy used Lambo lot cheaper then build it the way you want. does not really mean anything how many OEM parts you put in to, it still will be a KIT CAR. my opinions are usually  wrong.
 BTW check with Beyond Custom in Perth , he can set you up for 100Grand replica, best of all.

[juice sx]

Thanks. I did see there was one posted here that was smashed at the front and back. GT I think? What does everyone think of OEM parts? Worth it?

[Tusabes]

There have been some wrecked murcielagos in the $50-70k range
You could get many OEM body parts that way , then sell the drivetrain and other parts to get most of your investment back

That's the only way to get OEM parts cheap.  So you have to decide whether you are ready to make such a investment of money upfront and take time to recoup from selling parts you won't use

They won't be cheap buying them one piece at a time

[juice sx]

Thank you guys! going to try to do it as cost effective as possible! If anyone knows where to get cheap Oem body panels please let me know. But cheap and OEM probably has never been in the same sentence before!

[MDMurcy2]

Welcome to the community.  There is a lot of knowledge and advice here.  Your concept sounds costly, but never the less, Great to have you and will definitely love to watch your progress in this venture.   We are all here to help.   Great to have you here with us.