| mazspeed |
04-06-2006 02:34 PM |
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Originally Posted by Stuart Adams
A starter car in great shape is 15 K atleast, and might need paint, etc. You also have to factor in your own personal time if you do it yourself, that costs something.
For me personally it always works out to double what I thought it would cost, I'm kinda stupid though.
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No you're right, but my car was 20k (sight unseen) but if you can start with a good foundation and not need rust repair, which is many many hours, and if you know what you are doing, and are patient, then you could do it. But you will need to know how to fabricate and that takes a certain skill. You're not going to duplicate the mule for under 150k, but there are also more parts avaliable then there was when the mule was built. If I had to do this over, I would have looked for a nice clean body. I think this is the key, because professional body work is $$$$$$$. Pay a little more for a clean car, and get your parts, and then learn how to fabricate if you're going to do this yourself. Or hire a good fab guy. These cars are going up in price, so start looking for what you want. Then put together a parts list. But if you're going to do this yourself I would suggest that you do a "bolt on car" meaning that you buy parts for the most part that you can bolt on. |
