XK-1: A Supercar Built By A Disabled Enthusiast!

In 2010, I had asked a cousin for some help on a creative project, and because it was automotive-related, I knew that that cousin was not going to want to help-out. Welcome to my mom's side of the family; no one ever lends a shoulder to anyone, unless there's something in return!

That's people though, and once I moved-out on my own in 2008, I realized something that was taught me by one of my sister's old boyfriends: in life, you have very few "friends." That language translated to the automotive craft, starting in 2011. During the fall of that year, I obtained my very first job as an automotive journalist.

My dad is the most educated car guy I've ever met; he's also one of the least informed! That's not saying that he doesn't know things; he just doesn't know things from a physically-challenged perspective, and that's where I come in!

I was born in February of 1984 with arthrogryposis. There's nothing extraordinary about that, and "AMC" is even a condition that you can Google. Here's the dilemma: me and my people are car people, but I'm physically-disabled, kind of a jacked niche, but also kind of a sexy one in that it is "jacked!" Think about it: the crippled kid wants to be "Carroll Shelby," but he can't even manage a flipping mini van! Um...is there anyone recognizing a potential market here besides me, or have I really lost that many brain cells, while creating this document?!

When I say "my people," I'm referring to my able-bodied social network; figure that one out! I'm talking mom, dad, baby nephew...every spaghetti eater in my family just happens to be a gearhead, but I'm the only one who's permanently disabled.

Being disabled doesn't mean lower-functioning; it just means that every woman who I date has to maneuver around my power chair, and I gotta hope that all of my bus transfers are on time. That's not the end of the world either, but it places demands on the whole synchronization concept.

Then I thought, with all of the circuitry that we have available, on our power chairs, why is there not a car like that, and if so, why isn't there one geared toward a disabled enthusiast?!

Presenting the "XK-1," the first legitimate road car to be built with a challenged enthusiast in mind. It's also the first to incorporate a real, sports car design into an adaptive frame, and it could be the investment of 2016.

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