Am I loosing my F...ing mind

85_SS_302_Coupe said:

I like the car overall except for the stripe...it's definitely over priced but you also save time and effort in doing the work yourself so worth is all in how you look at it. Personally i would rather have a $1000 fox roller and put $12k into it myself, but i enjoy the work as much as i enjoy the drive so that's just me.

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+1 on the 1,000$ roller with 12,000$ into it

dcurtis said:

+1 on the 1,000$ roller with 12,000$ into it

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Man i can dream all day long about how far i could stretch 12k....

85_SS_302_Coupe said:

Man i can dream all day long about how far i could stretch 12k....

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Let’s see, 10K into the motor, the remaining 2 grand for tires, gas, and beer for drinking while I build the motor!

To the original post: Yes, you would be out of your F...ing mind.

I think asthetically it will be a tough sell without some loss if you turn around to sell it.

You COULD NOT build that car for 13k if you started from scratch, did it right and bought everything NEW. Not this ' I can throw a car together for $xx.xx with used parts crap'.

I know this, because after tallying up all my spreadsheets and even my CHEAP price I got my SN95 at, I am already over 14k in total cost; and I do ALL the wrenching myself sans paint and tune. Stuff adds up fast. I however think/know I would loose my ass selling it, as I doubt I could get much over 10 or around it just becuase of its milage. That seems to be the cap on these cars or so it seems.

I am assuming, including cost of car, paint, parts and any install/tune fee's he has close to or right at 20k in that car.

If it is worth it to you, buy it. If you are looking to sell it again, either get him down or risk taking an approximate/estimated 3-4k loss. Then again, its up to the buyer.

Just my $.02 worth

12k will go a lot further on a Fox, since you can find a decent car for well under 1k bucks. You won't be able to buy everything new, but that doesn't mean that used parts can't look good or that they won't perform just as well as new parts. You just have to be creative and it helps if you have some hook ups on paint and help from friends.

If you build a car, that is done RIGHT and made to be something REALLY nice, you won't use used stuff unless its some rare nonware item. Even still, if I had a super nice car, I wouldn't be doing it. I've been down that road and it always cost 2x as much in the end, when you spend big $ for the good, correct parts.

My sn95 was $2300 and pretty beat lookin. Not out of fox territory by a longshot.