Build cost .... How much ??

[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

[Bonzo]

Those shipping costs are a real killer Janne

A lot of money spent but as you say, It's turned out how you wanted it to

One thing for sure .... Your Roadster will have the build quality of a Volvo .... How cool is that

[Janne E]

You are right Bonzo the shippingcosts is horrible

I have bought everything except the steel from England, if I had bought it here in Sweden it should had cost me at least £1500-£2000 MOORE

A cost for about £8000-£10000 is normal to build a locost in Sweden.

Janne

[teun]

Janne a question from Holland. How easy is it to get a home build car on the road in sweden? I mean how do you get a registration it is realy hard over here

[gingea1pom]

I love this international world we live in.

[alga]

Ha ha, my plan is to register in Estonia having built in Lithuania :-) At least it's possible there, even though it will cost around 1000€.