Build cost .... How much ??

[Bonzo]

How much has it cost or do you expect it to cost, building your Roadster !!??

I know this was touched on recently but thought a dedicated thread to the subject of, build cost, might prove usefull

Feeling a little wonky-donky after several days of hard graft in the workshop, been taking things easy for the last couple of days !!?? Bored .. Bored .. Bored

I sat down this morning to do the one job that I have been dreading .... How much has my build cost me so far ?

Quite pleasantly surprised that the total so far, is not quite as bad as I had feared

My build costs to date are £2,605.00 ( This includes the biggest single purchase that I am about to pay for )

Things left to buy/pay for ?

4 new tyres, Silencer, rear lighting, mirrors, new disks + pads + shoes

Then there's the, " On the road costs " ..... Rolling road session ( Perhaps ) !!. IVA & Re-test fees & DVLA registration fees + Road tax & insurance

Being optimistic I see the final cost in the region of £3,500 - £3,750

A fair way from my original target but .... Less than £4,000 on the road still seems like a bargain

[twinturbo]

I am looking at about 3.5K to an approved car.

But that's buying most of the welded stuff ( I realy can't be bothered with doing more welding after spending years restoring my Sierra ) and will be purchasing full GRP body.

TT

[Peter-C]

My original budget was between £3000 - £4000. So far I have spent £2000 ( 1300 on the car, 700 on tools and consumables). I have a complete chassis, wishbones, uprights etc, plus fibreglass parts. The frightening bit is the parts remaining, deep breath !!
Steering rack and clamps, all the aluminium, including rear tub, coilovers, wheels and tyres, propshaft, petrol tank and filler cap, exhaust and silencer, seats and belts, IVA and registration, tax and insurance, brake pipes, lights, mirrors, various nuts, bolts etc, plus parts that I must have forgotten. I reckon that lot will be at least another £2500. All in all not too bad.

Time for a lie-down.

Peter

[dogwood]

Like to think mine was in the £3k to £4k mark

Although think I may be kidding myself..

[Bonzo]

Nice one guys

With a little luck .... Over time, this thread will give new builders an avereage build target to aim at

Ohhh, bother I forgot about the propshaft !!??

[HandyAndy]

my car currently owes me £1900

i have yet to buy ....

prop = £130 approx
ali for cockpit = £70 approx
4 new tyres = £130
seat runners = £45

so without getting a calculator out i reckon...

£3200

on the road with Iva & 1 retest, car tax & insurance

cheers
andy

[Davey]

Err don't honestly know and what's more I don't really want to. Having spent 6K last year to convert a 1997 Iveco daily into a motorhome plus a couple more K on Dentistry to transform my smile from a busted farm gate to George Clooney I've given up counting.

D.

P.S. every penny spent last year was worth it

[AshG]

haha i think i might beat you andy yours looks like you still may have to spend a little more than you mention and you thought you were a tight git.

did a final official tally up excluding consumables and tools.

£3080 + IVA £450 retest £90 Registration £50 6months tax £100 insurance £100.

i make that £3870 on the road. i did get a few good deals though using the magazine influence but nothing that couldn't be got with a bit of haggling

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by AshG

haha i think i might beat you andy yours looks like you still may have to spend a little more than you mention and you thought you were a tight git.

did a final official tally up excluding consumables and tools.

£3080 + IVA £450 retest £90 Registration £50 6months tax £100 insurance £100.

i make that £3870 on the road. i did get a few good deals though using the magazine influence but nothing that couldn't be got with a bit of haggling

But Ash.........

my figure of £3200 INCLUDES the IVA fee, retest, tax & insurance

even tho my car isn,t finished, i already have most parts needed to finish it apart from the bits i mentioned

my rep of being a tight git remains intact
cheers
andy

[Janne E]

Okey it seems to I´m the one as has spent most money so far
I really hopes my wife don´t reading this
So far I spent about £7000
I´m feel like that I have to explain some things!!!!!

-shippingcosts from UK £800

-exhaust from Martin Keenan by the book about £500

-got real nice lamps from SVC about £300

-full set of instruments from RD about £300

The only cost I got to pay now is the money I will spent at the engine....
I got a 2.0L Pinto and I got twin Dellorto 40`s and a new manifold I also got all the gaskets.
So the things I need is bearings, pistonrings, Kent cam set,oil pump and some moore things.

Everypart I mount at my Roadster is renovated or new...

I think that my Roadster will cost me about £8000 then it´s on the road and then it is like I wanted.
That one of the best parts with building a Roadster you can do it your own way. It is possible to build it for about £3000 and have a great car and having wonderfull car to drive

Have fun everyone Janne