I need some lessons from HandyAndy

[HandyAndy]

I don,t know if i should feel smug or shamed

£6k .............. i,d have built 2 for that

mine currently owes me about £1600 & i think i,ve got about another £700 to spend ( need tyres/prop/headlights/seats/ali for cockpit) & then the dreaded IVA/road tax & insurance so i,m hopeful that all in my original self imposed £3k budget should be about right.

Tho if i may say Mark............. your car looks stunning & i,m sure the first time you drive it on the open road the £6k figure will be well forgotten.

get your IVA, once on the road put those receipts in a folder & put them away.
what other car is going to give you the smiles per pound value? & something that you will always feel with pride....YOU built it .

good luck at IVA .

cheers
andy

[twinturbo]

My projected is currently about £2970 including the IVA.

But I have all sortsd of bits and bobs lying arround ( see the wheel choice thread ), althoug I do operate an in house costing, so for example my engine cam free with My turbo XR sierra, but I have sliced £50 of the Sierra project cost and put £50 on the roadster.

The Chassis I am getting next week is a big bonus.

If only I only had 1 car to focus on. But I have 2 sierras and a MK1 Golf. Oh and the daily galaxy, and now unfortunatly an MOT failed Mondeo.

TT

[mark]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

I don,t know if i should feel smug or shamed

£6k .............. i,d have built 2 for that

mine currently owes me about £1600 & i think i,ve got about another £700 to spend ( need tyres/prop/headlights/seats/ali for cockpit) & then the dreaded IVA/road tax & insurance so i,m hopeful that all in my original self imposed £3k budget should be about right.

Tho if i may say Mark............. your car looks stunning & i,m sure the first time you drive it on the open road the £6k figure will be well forgotten.

get your IVA, once on the road put those receipts in a folder & put them away.
what other car is going to give you the smiles per pound value? & something that you will always feel with pride....YOU built it

good luck at IVA .

cheers
andy

Definately smug

You have found some real bargains along the way

I dont know how you do it, everything i find that looks like a bargain is normally rubbish and thats why its cheap in the first place!

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by mark

Definately smug

You have found some real bargains along the way

I dont know how you do it, everything i find that looks like a bargain is normally rubbish and thats why its cheap in the first place!

i,ll be starting on a single seater when my Roadster is finished got the engine already, & wheels that i plan on using .

I still hope to make the trackday too, not having spud AND you having all the fun

cheers
andy

[AshG]

i started with a number in my head of around 5-6k. i added up all my receipts the other day prior to sending off my iva forms and i was presently surprised when the total was under 4k.

[les g]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

I don,t know if i should feel smug or shamed

£6k .............. i,d have built 2 for that

mine currently owes me about £1600 & i think i,ve got about another £700 to spend ( need tyres/prop/headlights/seats/ali for cockpit) & then the dreaded IVA/road tax & insurance so i,m hopeful that all in my original self imposed £3k budget should be about right.

Tho if i may say Mark............. your car looks stunning & i,m sure the first time you drive it on the open road the £6k figure will be well forgotten.

get your IVA, once on the road put those receipts in a folder & put them away.
what other car is going to give you the smiles per pound value? & something that you will always feel with pride....YOU built it .

good luck at IVA .

cheers
andy

i,m saying absolutely nothing................................

[Davey]

When I started on project Dragon I kept a leger of spending and funds recovered by selling off stuff I didn't need from the donor but as with everything I've let it slip. I know my final build cost is going to be relatively high but then I am putting a near £700 Emerald engine management unit into it plus seats, lighting gear, wheels and tyres etc.

Current spend is somewhere around £700 I think.

D.

[flyerncle]

Reading this thread I have been fortunate in getting an engine and box for nothing,diff,shafts,column,front uprights £75. Other donations at bargain prices and all in all I have probably spent less than £500 to have a near rolling chassis.

[Tatey]

I've managed to pick myself up a few bargains, well i'd defiantly class them as bargains, others may not.

I managed to get a £235 drill for £40 as it just needed an £18 chuck.

I got my engine, gearbox, callipers, disks, rear drums, drive shaft, diff and other bits for the grand total of £125 delivered to my door, so no messy donor to contend with and I recently bought mushrooms, track rod ends, steering rack extensions and loads of other stuff for £143, saving me at least £50.

So far as you can see from my sig, i've spent £500 on tools and the rest of bits for the roadster, so i'm looking at spending about £3500-£4000 completing the car, including IVA + retest and going from having virtually zero tools, to 2 welders, a floor standing pillar drill and the rest of the tools required to make a car from scratch.

[Davey]

I have to confess I'm not including tool costs in my total, simply because I buy them for my business so its not exactly me paying for them is it .

D.