Mix
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 posted on 20/9/03 at 06:32 PM |
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The Ultimate Locoster
OK I've realised that Ron's £250 is a tad wide of the mark !!!
However I am often surprised at how enterprising / lucky some people on here are:
So here goes:
Who has come closest to the mythical cost for a completed car ?
What do you estimate will be the final cost if you are in the process of building ?
Disregard labour etc, just the cost of actually getting on the road.
I'm hoping for C£4000 but I'm prepared to be dissapointed.
Mark Allanson, over to you Sir.
Mick
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JoelP
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 06:41 PM |
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Lets see....
excluding tools:
70+150+40+100+20+50+40+40+50+10=570 i think up to a near rolling chassis. not much more to spend to get it rolling.
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Viper
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 06:57 PM |
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I have budgeted for £4K and so far have spent £2500.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 07:07 PM |
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Spent about £900 so far, the only major purchases to go are seats (£300), Aluminium sheet (£100?), paint (£FREE!!), Rear lamps (£60), interior vinyl
(£30?)
I expect to finish for about £1600 plus SVA and registration fees
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Mix
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 08:10 PM |
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We are not worthy!!!
Regards Mick
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 08:18 PM |
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I am not wealthy!!!
Regards Mark
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 08:33 PM |
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I recon about 5k and 800 hrs when finished.
atb
steve
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 09:21 PM |
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If you did everything yourself it could be 5000hrs and £800 when finished.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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flyingkiwi
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 09:48 PM |
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think I've spent around £800 but recon that will go ballistic once the missus relenquishes her grip on the cheque book.
It Runs!!!!! Bring on the SVA!
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Hugh Paterson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 11:43 PM |
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Dosh
Whats a cheque book?
Never marry a bookeeper
Shug.
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Peteff
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 08:48 AM |
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There was a poll done on this somewhere.
I remember reading it in the mists of time. Mine was about £1500 as a finished item about 3 years ago. Took a year from start to finish.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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kingr
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 05:09 PM |
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I'm intentionally not keep any count of how much I spend. Frankly, I don't want to know. At the moment tools probably account for well
over a grand, probably closer to 2 grand after this weekend (lovely HF DC tig).
Kingr
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 08:40 PM |
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Lucky Sod!!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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chrisg
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 09:18 PM |
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£1200
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Simon
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 10:50 AM |
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Well, I was reckoning on about £2500, using original steel wheels etc.
I've now been told by her indoors that I can spend up to £3800 on an RPI 3.9 V8
BUT it's going to cost me a conservatory, a kitchen and and extension on top of the garage.
So my 2500 is now looking more like 40k
Cheap at half the price!
ATB
Simon
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 01:20 PM |
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just tell her
look, im building the car, i dont care what you think. just shut up and get me my slippers and a beer.
It works.
You will get as much time as you like in the garage to complete the build as you want!
Its just that you will be eating and sleeping in there too
atb
steve
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Simon
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 01:30 PM |
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Steve,
I will benefit as well - my garage will be three feet wider. Not much, but when you consider I've got the Locost (and all bits and pieces) and
two bikes in there (one resto project) three feet will make quite a difference!!
As for the beer - sorry stopped drinking when I was 21, and you wouldn't want to wear slippers in our house, carpet grippers might get you!
Oh yeah, she wants some of them too.
Can I polish the concrete floor instead?
Gotta be nice - she threatened to divorce me yesterday as it is!!
We were at a MODEL Aeroplane show and a chap turned up in a stunt plane (FULL SIZE) - which she argued was a model. Needless to say a certain amount
of wee taking ensued!!
Still loves me though
ATB
Simon
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 02:28 PM |
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three feet is a huge improvement on a single garage. I cant even permanently fix my rear wings until the car has been finished cos it takes up too
much work space.
I was in japan 15 years ago and the host really did call his wife over to get and pour us two beers.
I think 'wife management' is part of the building process.
atb
steve
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Simon
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 02:44 PM |
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I mentioned to the wife yesterday that if women hadn't been given the driving licenses or jobs, the roads would be half emtpy, salaries would be
doubled and house prices would be halved.
Lead ballons
ATB
Simon
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 30/9/03 at 07:38 PM |
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Some of you will be introuble if/when your wives read this lol
Back to the subject anyway
Mine has cost me.... not a lot so far.
All metal, tubes and sheets.... have cost nothing
Escort £50
Carbs £90
2.0L XE £90
Wheels & Tyres £100
Nose cone and wings £100
Brakes £20
Track Rod Ends/balljoints £40ish
Paint, welding consumables ... no idea
Not much more to do really
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Marcus
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| posted on 30/9/03 at 07:58 PM |
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We've built 2 for less than 3k, second one finished, save for a bit of paint SVA soon!
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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kingr
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| posted on 1/10/03 at 10:25 PM |
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Well, I'm now well aware of what a lucky git I am : I've go no one but myself to justify the cost to (not difficult - Kingr "I think
we should get this really cool tool/part/whatever, it's totally unnecessary, but really trick/light/handy whadayathing?" Kingr "Yup,
that's a masterpiece, it's almost like I though of it myself, you go buy it.". And, better still, the use of a double garage
(woooohooo), locost permanently one side, empty space when I want it on the other (Kingr puts his feet on the desk, leans back, and wears an
expression that is more than a little bit smug). The only real downer is my salary, but hey, it's a load better than it was a few months ago,
and in a fortnights time, it'll be better still.
Kingr
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JoelP
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| posted on 1/10/03 at 10:34 PM |
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life of a sucessful international coke smuggler eh, i dont know... we dont all have it that easy!
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ned
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| posted on 2/10/03 at 03:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mix
OK I've realised that Ron's £250 is a tad wide of the mark !!!
Well, I think it should be re-titled: "build your own sportscar for £265" as Uncle Ron didn't have to buy 'the book' as
he wrote it!
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 2/10/03 at 04:52 PM |
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or "build your own sportscar for £250" if you go photocopy your mates book instead of buying it.
Wish i knew someone with the books before i bought them !
[Edited on 2/10/03 by Ben_Copeland]
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