so far i,ve spent £90 thats for the full chassis and all the wishbones except the 5" tubes for the rear uprights

Given a choice, I probably wouldn't ever sell it - it's almost part of the family now! And that is from a non-builder - I should imagine the bond for you and others is greater - much respect.
However, in the bigger scheme of life, I have been told I can't have my cake and eat it.








Not to say I can't hide it somewhere though. ;)

Had another good add up yesterday and its cost me 5k so far with only wheels and iva to pay for

All new parts for brake system, drive shafts, battery etc etc for that price though

Also i have been fortunate enough to get everything the way i wanted it except the engine (for iva reasons) so i wont be upgrading seats, lights, exhaust etc in the future :D

Only the zetec and a set of nice instruments maybe as a winter project after iva and then it will be exactly how i want it

Shes not far off now lights are on and rad is plumbed in, just exhaust and bonnet to fit, then all the finishing touches and i will be applying for iva :)

im loving this you will be the 4th to iva after tilly :D wont be long before we have got a really good turn out at most of the shows.

has anyone heard from mr gibbs lately? his profile seems to be a bit low at the moment. need to get hold of him soon to see what we are doing about stoneleigh.

will start a new thread as im hijacking

Had a response from him last month regarding the steering rack query.

TT

Thought I would resurrect this thread.

My budget is 3k on the road, but for this I will have to make some concessions to bling and shiny :(

So may try and stretch it to 4k+, will just have to take longer over the build, and do more myself!

mines projected at about 3.7 at the moment.

I bought a performance cam for the V6 which cost 120, bit of a luxury item.

TT

I've stopped with the budget in recent days as it was a bit worrying how much i'd spent so far, i'm much happier without one :D. However I'm looking to spend about £4000 with a full cage, 1.8 zetec engine, megajolt and bike carbs.

i lost count of how much i had spent very quickly as i didn't have space for a donor and had to buy all the parts not a good move. but its a long term project so it spreads the cost well.