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Message: [QUOTE="nephron, post: 184488, member: 23759"] Okay guys. NOBODY has commented on this, so I will. Is "starting" a kit car build "experience"? No. Is "hearing of this guy, and hearing of that guy, etc" "experience"? No. Until you've done one yourself, from start to finish, well, you ain't done it...:silly: I'm telling YOU from personal experience, it's a HUGE hassle, as people up there have inferred. As far as the price: 15 Grand? Give me a break-- Kit: 10990 (frame,box/shell,partial interior, lights, some wiring)--that's IT! Donor car: 3000 Freshen a LAME ASS 5.0 Motor--1500. (magnaflux block/heads--new guides,seals,rings, MAYBE pistons, MAYBE .030 bore, MAYBE new crank....it goes on and on and on...BELIEVE ME) OR--new HIPO 460 with "WEBER" FI (Just a lame way of routing multipoint injection through some old weber carb bodies--cannot be driven ANYWHERE)--oh, let's say, 15 grand? 20 grand? Freshen LAME ASS ford tranny--800 New clutch and t/o bearing: 400 shocks--200 brakes (off the "stang"--new calipers/pads/lines/hoses/master/run discs)--900 A good BAER setup: 2000-3000 Wheels/Tires--Wheels vintique Rallies (like, er, on their "examples") + some high performance radials--about 2500 bones. Drive shaft modification: 90 Paint: 3000 (at least, you've dumped this much, why not a "House of Pearl" job for 8 grand?) Inspection: 400 Tax: 5 percent Shipping: 1000-1500 What's the cost?: The cheap stuff--$25759.00 The good stuff--$50,080.00 AND, you not only end up with a FORD, but you have to do all the @#$%work yourself.:silly: [/QUOTE]

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