Custom-made cars don't have to be out of your price range if you're willing to put some work in with replicas or kit cars. What's the difference between them?

Kit cars still have their place, but now low-volume automakers can build replicas of classic cars with ease.

The first are kits, which allow buyers to put together replicas of any one of four types of classic-styled roadsters. Each kit, which sells for $5,000 to $9,000, contains a fiberglass body, a ...