Jon Ison
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 11:32 AM |
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I wish people would stop saying £1200 cars are awful.
So a guy as £1200 max to play with ? He shouldn't build a car because it will look awful ?
Give the guys a break, I don't have too like every car I see but I would never call anyone's efforts awful, it takes more balls n build
time effort too get a car on the road for little $$$$$
Anyway, I will grab me coat and run off into a corner.........
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oliwb
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 12:55 PM |
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I agree, go for it! It will still look good on a budget it'll just take you a lot longer than spending £6K! If you hunt about its deffinately
possible.....ppl on here are always up for lending a hand as well! I for one will help you out anyway I can just let me know....Oli.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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Marcus
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 01:28 PM |
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Our first car was on the road for £1500, ok it was 6 years ago, but I'm sure it can still be done.
It's what Locosting is all about - don't get caught up on buying when, with a little ingenuity, you can make most bits.
Our first chassis was built with 18 gauge steel section - came free from a school (ex shelving!)
Used the donor roof for the floorpan (followed the book pretty closely).
Fibreglass is all seconds - cost us in the region of £40 for the lot.
 
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Don't think it looks too bad for the money!
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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steve m
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 02:01 PM |
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Jon and Marcus
I respect your comments, about cheapness, and what can be done, but all 3 of us were on the road years ago, when a mk2 escort / capri/cortina were
plentifull, and every breakers yard had 10-20 to get bits, now we see that cortina front suspension parts on there own making £150 !!
as for second hand materials, were is it ?, as ive never found it myself, yet i live not 2 miles from the biggest breakers yard in the south of
england,
also I rest my case on what a £1000 ish car will look at, as looking thru some of my old photos, some are awfull,
but aside from that judging by some other marques (R/hood) some people spend 10k on a piece of shite, and yet there happy,
so to the original post, build the car, but dont get to despondent as the cost gets higher and higher, as the weeks turn into months
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 03:52 PM |
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It can be done though, Only last month I was at a office furniture factory within sight of the Rebock stadium in Bolton, skip full of lots of
different profiles of box section, "can I raid your skip"? "yup no problem" You don't get if you don't ask.
Without doubt I could have built a chassis for the cost of mig wire, gas & electric out of that skip.
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Simon
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| posted on 30/12/06 at 11:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
....., You may be able to do it on your second, third build, .....[Edited on 30/12/06 by steve m]
Surely there's enough of us on here so that he won't need to build 2 or 3 cars. Surely the 100(?) or so owner/builders may be able to help
there.
ATB
Simon
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akumabito
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| posted on 31/12/06 at 12:12 AM |
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lol, you guys should know better! You all know that a car like this is never finished! so what if the car does not look like a showroom model? The
point was to get it on the road for 1500 quid, which I think can be done with a bit of ingenuity and a good dose of dumb luck. Making the car look
pretty can be done later!
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