I never doubted that Greg . I would just be sick seeing $400,0000 slip through my hands!!:G-Dub:

ME TOO!!



Here's the deal --- if I was going to sell these…. which one has THE REPUTATION… and for what?

SAR = POS

BRIZ = THE BEST OF THE BEST


Both cost the same.


Oh -- and you're a 100K high.

I hear ya! I figured I would just round up!!:D

I hear ya buddy! But you can't drag me UP into that rarified air you're breathing on your Camaro… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA


In fact -- we should be all in all done at around 275K.


Funny -- it would cost MORE if I'd wanted to try to find a real '33 and patch and panel and bodywork that crap… than going with the Speed '33 body -- and I think I have a far nicer end result. Wait until you get to shut the doors or the trunk on this thing. I'm telling ya - it's Rolls Royce sound!


The Speed '33 body is a BARGAIN!


I tried and tried to get my little buddy Pierre to buy one -- I even called Phil @ The Roadster Shop (they are Speed dealers) to get him a price with the body dropped on a chassis… so all Pierre would have to do is the "little things" (like build the car!). He fell in love with the '57 he saw at Ironworks when we were doing a road trip, and "just had to have it". Otherwise he'd be building one of these right now too.

Looking to adopt? :buttkick:

GET IN LINE...

Funny -- Nobody EVER talks about what this crap costs to build. Maybe we're all embarrassed by what we spend on "stuff"… But when you figure it out - and I mean really put it to paper… there's no way you can build it for "cheap".

The body is X - the motor and trans are X - the chassis is X - the tires/wheels/brakes are X… and all the other "little stuff" - gauges - headlights - radiator - windows or whatever - door handles - chrome…

I don't give a damn who you are - the prices of that stuff is the same.. and that's 100K in HARD COSTS minimum for parts and pieces.

Now -- you have to paint - and upholster… and assemble and modify and wire - and disassemble (many times?) to build it. That's MAN HOURS. Period. A guy can do it in his garage… and save himself some (okay - a lot) of money… or he can pay to have this done and end up with (in most cases) a far nicer product.

So if you have 100K in hard parts and another 100K in labor (figure 1500 hours?) -- and you have top notch bodywork and upholstery… done by the best of the best.. There ya have it.

Could you have it done "cheaper" by somebody that charges $45 an hour for labor rather than $105 an hour. Sure. Would it be the same as the big name boys that build this stuff. MAYBE.

But there is pride and ego involved. I'm driving a Brizo car and the other guy is driving a what? Will mine be worth more down the road. My guess is double or triple what X is worth.

So in the end -- it's like my Grand Banks vs the Bayliner (a Grand Banks is at least twice the cost of the Bayliner - maybe three times more)… I used my boat for 10 years and sold it for more than I paid for it.. try asking the Bayliner owner what he got for his. Now -- which is "cheaper"?


I've built all my own cars - and done all my own mods etc for YEARS… I'm pretty decent at it and have a pretty well stocked shop to be able to do this "hobby". But there's not a chance in china that I can build a car as nice as this on my own. So - yeah - I could have done all the grunt work… then disassembled it and farmed out the paint and the upholstery. I might have "saved" 100 grand -- and it might be finished "some day"… or maybe (at my age) I get burned out and never finish it. Now what do I have? A pile of parts that are 10 years out of date and worth 1/3rd my "investment".

HEY! I totally get "the cost" and if a guy wants a hot rod (which means ANY CAR) and he can't spend the dough and needs to build it himself --- I get it! Dude! I've built entire cars for other people ---- for FREE --- just because I like them! But I got to tell ya -- it's A LOT of work -- and a LOT of time -- and it takes a LOT of equipment and a little bit o'talent… and there's no way I could have this car done in the time it's being done in. Or as nice. So that means you cough up. Period. Or is it CHOKE….well -- either way… LOL

I already tried the uncle card and he didnt buy it.:poke: :poke: :poke: :poke: :poke:

Bill

Come on guys, what are the chances Greg gets reunited with 2 long lost family members on Lat-g. I knew when we saw each other he was my long lost Father. The resemblance is obvious, we both have sun glass's and car show t shirts on.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...2_3D_634-1.jpg


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…… and how 'bout them thumbs?????