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 GL1972
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| posted on August 25th, 2004 at 08:13 AM |
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Very slick job! Does that cost put a value on your labor? How much of it did you farm out?
I counted labor on mine to date and it came to 1100 hours so far. I am also amazed on how you did it so quickly.
This is a time consuming expensive hobby but would you do anything else?
We should start another thread "What does it take to create a sweet ride"
Brendan
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2443TT
A.k.a.: Ian
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| posted on August 25th, 2004 at 10:19 PM |
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Well it appears to have come together fairly fast, but truthfully i'd been collecting parts for the past two years. Then all the running gear came
from my red '66 in the form of a rolling chassis. The dashboard was a direct transplant from the old car too.
Hours.... dam I couldn't even begin to guess.... most definatly the most time consuming hobby i've ever had. 
And AdrianH, na it's not powered by the 2380 turbo yet. Still some major work to to there too. New oil system based on a 3 stage honda dry sump
pump, shorter rods (5.394" instead of the 5.6" rods), and i've still got to order the cylinder heads yet too. Its probably another 6 months off, as
i've still got to finish the interior of my car, and I haven't collected all the gear to do that yet.
Power window conversion inside the next 3-4 weeks is the next project, along with a LOT of sound proofing.
Cheers all, and thanks for the feedback!
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Craig Paton
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| posted on August 26th, 2004 at 08:13 PM |
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If ever we meet
Hey Ian
If ever I am unfortunate enough to have my my car in a show where your car is in attendance, could you make sure that your car is nowhere in the
vacinity of mine!!!!!!
That would be greatly appreciated!!
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2443TT
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| posted on August 27th, 2004 at 07:44 AM |
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No problems, but I will be at the next Vala event! I can't miss that one.
Cheers,
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silver
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| posted on August 27th, 2004 at 02:12 PM |
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posted by iswinkels
Oh, and about what the car has cost... I prefer to say that real VW enthuesiests don't keep recepts. If I had to guess I'd say around 30-35K.
Something around that....
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You do, if you can tax deduct the "Repairs". My Kombi and Beetle are company car's and buisiness registered Ha Ha!
I look forward to seeing your car as well Ian.
S
Keeping it real !
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