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03-10-2010, 10:48 PM
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Re: The cost of a car
Figure out how much you want to spend in total.......then triple it and you might be in the ballpark.
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03-10-2010, 11:37 PM
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03-11-2010, 02:36 AM
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Re: The cost of a car
If your doing it your self ...it takes a lot of time....( been working on my street/strip car for 6 months & it still hasn't fired...but it's close!)
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03-11-2010, 05:06 AM
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Re: The cost of a car
Let's see, triple the time and triple the money. You guys have got me depressed now, LOL!
We've argued this before. This time around, I see it. Not going to stop me from going forward. My experience (sadly been more than 2 decades ago) in building cars, progress comes in bunches. That's generally been as time and money become both available and used wisely. Sometimes that doesn't always happen. We'll see.
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03-11-2010, 06:33 AM
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03-11-2010, 10:32 AM
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Re: The cost of a car
After being out of it for a while I just decided that I missed racing and wanted to go again. I've "been there and done that" on buying a stock car, putting a BUNCH of time and money into it, and selling it for one reason or another; usually losing a ton on them. Decided there was a better way to do it. I wanted a street/street Impala SS and having built one before (and having to sell it during a divorce and lost my butt on it!) I knew exactly what I wanted and how it should be built. I found the exact car (very lucky I know) that I wanted less than two hours from me. I'm not ashamed to say the guy that built it had $40,000 in receipts (yes, I added them up) and it was built with very good parts and just the way I wanted it. He was getting married and had lost interest in the car so I got it for less than 1/4 of what he had in it and that doesn't even count his time. I hope to have this car forever and maybe change a few small things but I would personally never build one from scratch again.
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03-11-2010, 10:59 AM
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Re: The cost of a car
lot cheaper to buy a car from someone who has had enough !
jack p.s. Yacavone has a KILLER for very little, buy car, buy gas, buy number, qualify #1...easy
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I'll vouch for that one, especially the transmissions...
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