Handy Andy
 

Andy well done on your start up ..
you did look in a shock or daze..........
also for info i saw a brand new in the crate black top zetec "1.8" sell on the bay the other day
for £450 it seems the the the slightly less powerful/desireable 1.8L dont make such strong money.
Thats still bloody good value for a brand new zero miles engine
cheers les g

Just as a note on costs here is also a bloody rip off:D
Will be looking at around $15000 here(about 7-8k uk)
This is partly due to having to get an engineer to sign off on stages of the build and also that some parts are not easily available here or if they are available said companies take the piss.Personally have found it more worthwhile to buy stuff in uk and store at parents then ship out.Although you do get hit with import tax,gst(vat) & they also add the cost of the shipping onto the total value of your parts.(oh and any postage you paid in the uk also!!).
Even so still cheaper than buying here.The other problem is also the quality of some parts,a prime example is fibreglass panels,most are shocking!!!!!so again looks like uk for parts.;)
couple of examples of costs
................ uk ......................... aus
escort rack $200...................... $450 plus exchange rack
fuel funnel+cap $100............... $375
polo radiator $100.................... $475

OMG ozzy1 :eek:

I guess when you read about us poms moaning about the IVA costs, it makes you smile ( Read, " Bleeding Whingeing Poms " ) :rolleyes: :D

It would seem that being in the UK is not, all bad .... Just feels like it ;)

Seems a Lot?

TT

I'll be looking to spend just under £4000 once I have a roll cage installed.

Can you builders start spending a bit more! I don't want it to de-value mine when it goes up for sale in a few weeks! :p

Ahhhh ..... But your's is a Unique, one off. Blade engine, full roll cage & pro built MK chassis :cool:

Got to have a premium value Tim ;)

Best of all .... It's on the road :)

True Ronnie, very true - I will be in touch when I write the advert! ;)

not got a budget on paper or anything, hoping it wont be more than £1500 (untested) but that is BIG hope, im in no rush for it and trying to get everything as cheap as possible so i'll spend what i have to but im always out for a bargain :)

Jake

slim after all the effort I have put into mine, I would never sell it. its priceless to me. although if I had to put a price on mine I wouldn't accept a penny less than 6K. its cost near on 4k to build so the 2k on top for my time to build it is cheep as chips.

its also a heavily featured magazine and show car ;) with a full provenance build history not that i would play on that :D