yeah how long does it take for a custom resto, start 2 finish, u have all the parts, still in packaging or whatever, just needs assemlby, prep, spray, wiring, everything from a bare metal shell, well from an average stocker to a bare shell to a show quality custom resto. how long do you recon it would take you?
DIY-DUB ·
barls ·
well im up to 7 years this october on chaos in both incarnations
MickH ·
1stcarbug wrote:
HUH?????:jesus
pod ·
answers too?????????????
Dannyboy ·
how long is a piece of string?
:o:o:o:o:o
crewcabconnection ·
use Wikipedia - seach for the answer to life the universe and everything ... PimpmyRide will do it in about an hour...if you're married it takes longer to get financial approval...
lobus ·
42
XXX-1.8T ·
how bigs a bee's dick?
pod ·
ahah the poll to how long is a resto😉
pod ·
poll in answers thread, the answer is all the above:P
Bizarre ·
Wayne Penrose........3 days - tops!:P
Bizarre ·
I voted before i read the question 😂
Dasdubber ·
It took me 2 1/2 years from start to finish.....but good luck to anyone who can accumulate all the parts/components totally before starting the resto - there will always be parts you will need to save for/put on credit card during the rebuild. Finances, and time availability will dictate how long it takes to complete a resto.
akean1 ·
whatever time you pick, tripple it:P:thumb
DOUBLECAB ·
XXX-1.8T wrote:how bigs a bee's dick?
Hey now....methinks this is an "inciteful" question and as a lover of bees and honey I think it is a most derogatory remark to make about a bee's sexual organ.
And btw it is also a highly overt sexual statement that should only be aired after 9.30 pm and then only on SBS.
Accordingly I feel the moderators should chastise U most severely.
BTW: checked out all the bees in my garden and discovered they were all lesbians:kiss
bugeyedbabe ·
resto's take along time, even if ur off and at home the entire time ur doing it.
u shoudl have some basic things before u start
1/ plan....even if its not followed to the hilt, if u have an idea of where ur headed and what u have to do, ur halfway home and hosed
2/ support....make sure u have ppl around u who will support u, inspire u, and help to keep u focused.
3/ money...even if u think u have everything, usually something goes wrong and u need to pick something up. Have savings or credit card ready
4/ Another car to use in meantime. Once u bring the car down, it will take awhile to get back on track. U need to use something else in the meantime. And dont rely on mum for transport. Have alternatives. Think of everywhere u currently go, and work out how to get there if u dont have a car/mum to drive.
5/ PICS - try to draw what it is u want in the end...if u lose ur way, its always a good to have something to draw upon and refocus u.
and have fun...
WABaja ·
Dannyboy wrote:how long is a piece of string?
:o:o:o:o:o
Thank you... Thank you...
EXACTLEY what I was going to say... only I would have ended it with this:
:jesus
:P
vw54 ·
FARK how longs that string
56 Oval took 3.5 years
72 type 3 wagon took 8 years
65 Orange smoothie took 2.5 years
65 Sea Blue took 15 years
76 Orange will take 6 months
I think it depends on how many wheel barrow loads of money you have available.
the other questions is WHOS is a hurry
ColumBUS ·
well i'm stumped. i have a thread on my shirt and my foot hurts.
:jesus
BiX ·
Is it ever really finished?
glider69 ·
its taken me three years just to get it to the panel shop and it went on tuesday so i wiil keep u posted but in two days they have made good progress more than ive done in three years
rob
Che Castro ·
well you should start out with a scope of how much work you actually have to do, this changes as you strip down the car and discover "oh shit the whole bottom 6 inches is actually bog!" etc. Balance this with other comittments, some semblance of a social life, family, other stuff and it isn't hard to see why it can take years and years to actually finish one. Also the level of detail and quality you want, this is where a lot of time goes.
I originally thought mine would take 3 months and about $3000 I thought it'd need an interior and a motor and thats it., it's been 1.5 years and the scope of work has gone to a full bare metal resto. the body isnt even painted yet 🙂 Although I am going overseas for a few months soon, so I have no $$$ and thus it is difficult to do much work. I also have a lot of other things I want to do in my life now, like moving out and going back to uni next year. It'll be tough getting enough time/money for my project for the next 2 years 🙁 The important thing is that I still have the interest and motivation 😀 There is no rush, I would rather spend the time to do it right than just rush it.
YIOughta ·
Im with lobus - its 42
VWCOOL ·
lobus wrote:42
lol... I was gunna say that
My Oval took 16 moinths for its rebuild/resto - me doing most of the work after uni/work
But I did an HQ Holden Premmy in 16 days once - I disassembled doors, and interior, before others bead blasted it, I did all the minor bog work, wsoem one primed it, I sanded it, then someone and painted it, then I put it back together again. It was a 'cosmetic' resto - the engine and driveline stayed in the car and it was driveable at all times. Early morning, late nights, expert assistance, and I had the $$ there to do it
My Country Buggy: 8 years and counting.... although I reckon there is less than a week of work remaining to complete it...
[ Edited on 9-11-2005 by VWCOOL ]
pete wood ·
met a guy with a 1938 packard straight 8 limo about a month ago. huge car. he's own it for TWENTY PLUS YEARS. said he was a young man when he first got into the resto. LOL. It'll be finished real soon, or so he says. One of three or four in the whole world.
my buggy was spose to take 9 months, in reality it took me 3.5 years. this is of course allowing for painfully slow workshops, new academic courses, a fling with a band and a new baby. the aim was to take it to Fraser Is, still haven't got there...maybe I never will.
VWCOOL ·
pete wood wrote:the aim was to take it to Fraser Is, still haven't got there...maybe I never will.
After seeing the movie Wolf Creek last - night, I'm not going anywhere every again!!
Purple Martin ·
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you think, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
VWFREAK ·
how longs a piece of string? The quickest I've done is 4mths and the longest, still bloody going ?
vw54 ·
to the panel shop and it went on tuesday so i wiil keep u posted but in two days they have made good progress more than ive done
Shit you actually found a panel shop in Sydney that showed some interest THATS a FIRST
:beer:beer:beer:beer
barls ·
Dannyboy wrote:how long is a piece of string?
:o:o:o:o:o
twice the distance from one end to the middle :P:P:P:P
ok you can all stop :alien someone had to do it
YIOughta ·
That is of course if the middle is not closer to one end than the other - like a tennis net thats higher at one side of the court than the other (usually the side im trying to hit over)!
whats restored anyway - if u buy the car as a rat - then restoring it could be making it what it was when u bought it! that would take no time at all - unless u wanted to baremetal respray it before restoring it to how it was when u bought it ( i.e. in rat form) this could take years - particularly if your piece of string had 3 ends or even worse was joined to itself - then it would be near on impossible! Ill bet some louiser has something to say about this post being a waste of time and having no expertise !!
Id prefer to do a resto like dasdubbers - that thread only took me an hour of so to read and i was thoroughly satisfied by it - gave me an overwhelming sense of achievement (his achievement, but my sense of it!)!! now thats priceless!!
barls ·
YIOughta wrote:That is of course if the middle is not closer to one end than the other
then its not the middle is it if it closer to one end
YIOughta ·
hahaha "slips catch"!!
[ Edited on 10-11-2005 by YIOughta ]
ratty 63 ·
My Resto has just passed 8 years - the floor pan is finished (just some finishing touches to do) but the body has only just been loaded onto the trailer to go and be bead blasted .... so I reckon about another 8 years! :duh
R 🙂
buzzbug ·
how many times are you going to change your mind on what you want?
I have thought about: German Look, Cal Look, Resto Cal and the list goes on.
It has been 7years and it is no where near anything that i had imagined.
But it is mine and i like it.
winerot ·
you say you have everything ready to go, i say theres two questions & two answers
question 1-are you doing it all yourself
question 2-are you getting prof restorers to do it
answer to 1-depends on how much time you can put in on a weekly basis
answer to 2-depends on how fat your wallet is
mattie ·
i started mine last wednesday and i hope to have it finished by sat nite! but ive been up late ie 12-1-2am! neighbours hate it but if you save find the car get stuck into it wont take you long!
ive done mine in 2 tone red/black slammed on red walls! will put sum pics up on sunday
mattie
frank2112 ·
Took 4 of us 3 months to reassemble my mates EH for the Nats a few years ago. That was every night for at least 3 hours. Vee dub should be easier as it is less complicated than a supercharged chev powered EH.
ColumBUS ·
barls wrote:
YIOughta wrote:That is of course if the middle is not closer to one end than the other
then its not the middle is it if it closer to one end
barls, look at it this way. count to six...
one,two three, four, five, six.
quite simple really isnt it? what is the middle number between one and six? everybody says three correct? naturally, because half of 6 is three and three time one is three (wow, so primary school did help me!)
but look at it this way, lets count again...
one, two, THREE, four, five, six.
notice that the number three is capitalised, as most would say it is the middle number, however, look again, and notice that on the left hand side of the number three, there are only two other numbers, whilsty on the right there are three...
theorectically, the middle of a piece of string can be further away from one end to the other.
...i now apologise to all that have wasted their time reading this.
VWCOOL ·
You forgot the nought
akean1 ·
VWCOOL wrote:
pete wood wrote:the aim was to take it to Fraser Is, still haven't got there...maybe I never will.
After seeing the movie Wolf Creek last - night, I'm not going anywhere every again!!
you can still go...just make sure you bring a spare coil
foxy_fuchsia ·
Well it's true what ever time you frame you set, triple it.
Whatever budget you set, double it!
When we started ours, we didn't account for all the welding wire we would need and all the small things that add up
helbus ·
All I care about is how long until I can walk again. 🙁