The Home Scratchbuilt DDR Motorsport SP4 - Kit Car

Diego also had different-colored pigments added to the gelcoat so he could visualize what colors look best on his car. It looked like a multi-colored quilt when he was done, but how else are you going to decide?

Here's the DDR after all the mold pieces were made (the plug is still under the mold).

In order to support the mold (in case it would ever need to be flipped over), Ovalle fabricated a steel cage to ensure the pieces would stay where they were supposed to.

Here is the inside of the passenger door section. By the end of 2004, Diego had all the parts to start constructing his dream car.

Ovalle likes to climb on this car! But it was the only way to get where he needed to be when the first prototype was pulled from the molds.

The main body mold, which would be quite spindly without the metal bracing, is bolted together for the last time.

A mold release is sprayed into the main body mold in anticipation of the fiberglass.

In January 2005 Diego started on his chassis, and it ended up looking like this. The drivetrain is Toyota MR2, as is the suspension.

Back at his mother's house, the prototype body (now with the correct amount of air scoops in the rear quarter) is readied for assembly.

Late into the night in early 2005, the DDR goes together under the lights. Soon after, the car would make its American debut at the Fun In The Sun show at Knott's Berry Farm in California, but it would be another year before we would see the running, driving version hit the market at the 2006 Import-Kit Replicar Nationals in Carlisle, PA.