cheapest ever bec?
froggy - 20/6/06 at 11:50 PM
who says you cant polish a turd!
my budget is well and truly blown now but so far:
car- £135 ebay
donor bike- my 98 tl1000s complete with micra tyre prints from the pensioner who knocked me off it -free
conversion- all cobbled together with bits lying around - free
wheels and tyres - £60 ebay
paint -£120 
GRAND TOTAL = £415 
unfortunately it destroyed the axle first time out and i need to build a de-dion beam and chain driven diff to make it useable but i think this is the
point at which i am going to stop keeping track of cost and just make believe ive built it for under £500
froggy - 20/6/06 at 11:54 PM
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omega0684 - 21/6/06 at 12:37 AM
you built that for £415 fair play!
spunky - 21/6/06 at 05:58 AM
I'm curiously drawn to cars like this... and having owned a TLS, you are gonna have so much fun with the max power boys
Nice job.
John
Winston Todge - 21/6/06 at 06:07 AM
Looks great!
Any chance of engine bay pics? Rear drivetrain as it used to be?
Chris.
donut - 21/6/06 at 06:35 AM
That is kinda cool and for 415 big ones thats pretty impressive!
welderman - 21/6/06 at 06:54 AM
Looks impressive, but the dog looks like he's seen it all before.
froggy - 21/6/06 at 07:03 AM
i would show pics of the install but its like an episode of scrapheap challenge without all the fancy fabrication. the motor is back out now and i
am building up a z-cars type subframe but with a de dion beam. it works quite well with the tiny wheels and the gearing is around 10mph per 1000 in
top ,brakes are rubbish and it needs a set of coilovers too hence the low build cost so far
Agriv8 - 21/6/06 at 07:58 AM
Looking good Froggy.
Like the paint Job and alloys.
Regarding the Dog - sister has one identical Got ( guesing mostly collie ) the best temprament in the World - Apart from always managing to lie in the
exact spot thats the most in-conveinient .
Regards
Iain
splitrivet - 21/6/06 at 08:39 AM
Looks great, well done and not an SVA in sight.
Cheers,
Bob
[Edited on 21/6/06 by splitrivet]
Paul M - 21/6/06 at 08:41 AM
I thought you could build one for £250
Crazy Jay - 21/6/06 at 03:44 PM
quote:
Originally posted by froggy
car- £135 ebay
Paint - £120
Wheels - £60
You've done even better than that, its £315! Impressive 
[Edited on 21/6/06 by Crazy Jay]
