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11-05-2012, 05:49 PM
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Well, it helps I fabricate all my sheet metal parts. A 4'X8' sheet of 18 gauge sheet metal is $40. I made all the patches I needed with half a sheet. A gallon of filler was given to me by a friend. So I have less than $150 in ALL of the body and metal work.
Rockauto.com has screamin' deals on parts, too. Name brand stuff for 1/3 the cost of the Chinese stuff you get at O'Reily's.
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11-05-2012, 07:03 PM
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Hey,my line sounds good when you are too lazy to do anything.
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11-05-2012, 07:20 PM
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I am making less money, and the cost to build what I want is around $15k - $20k - even doing most of the work myself. Have you priced L72 parts and an M22 lately? I just don't see things going in the right direction any time soon. I am getting rid of all my parts and downsizing. I need to be preparing for the worst instead of building more cars.
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11-05-2012, 07:58 PM
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11-05-2012, 07:56 PM
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  Pretty good thinkin'.
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11-05-2012, 08:10 PM
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Carpoor. I sure know what you mean. If I wasn't really crafty sometimes, I'd still be looking at an engineless car. Customers bring me parts vehicles for their projects and then I get to dispose of the carcasses. I sell the parts off I don't need for their vehicle and scrap the rest. It offsets the cost of the customer's project and sometimes I can do quite well with parts sales. Anything I can possibly think of to generate car money out of nothing. Scrapping broken parts from customer's cars is another way. Some yards don't want a core charge, so I just scrap the pieces. After a couple months, I can make a good bit at the recycle yard.
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11-06-2012, 05:33 PM
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My brother got another '72 to work on, in his shop today. He is better prepared for this one after working on mine. I guess mine was a learning experience, especially with me being so picky. lol
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11-14-2012, 12:27 PM
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Round 2.... Or is this 3?
Either way. Motor came back today and is going together very fast. Should actually be racing this weekend assuming we hit no snags along the way. I hate sitting here at work while others are working on my stuff. I want to be there getting my hands dirty! 
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11-14-2012, 01:46 PM
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Not the best, but a photo of the car with my new Billet Specialties. These will likely come off except for trips to the track.
That huge chunk of iron will drop the front a bit and make it look a little better 
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