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Heard from "buyer" last night...
He is chewing over the $23K for a stripped down ORW.
...but he is leaning towards me building him one.
I really like the "build him one" option.
I have the crashed one with a great engine/tranny...
...so I need a good bodied one with blown engine/tranny
( maybe the one in Austin..I've contacted him.)
Put the two together...make one good one and have a bunch
of spares left over for me from the crashed one.
Thats serves a dual purpose...in that I get to keep the ORW ..
...and it brings another VX back to life.
As for covering my -A*$*$- liability wise...good advice on that...:thumbup:
...and YUP...it is something I've considered and will make sure I'm "safe" !
Jo
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One thing to add, as a guy who's built 23 vehicles from the ground up - if you're building a vehicle for SOMEONE ELSE, that "someone" has carte blanche to be PICKY AS HELL, and work you to DEATH getting it "just right"! From where *I* sit, you're FAR better off taking the money NOW for a finished vehicle, "As Is-Where Is" - then building EXACTLY what YOU want for YOURSELF. J'es sayin'...
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Yup...wise words Ganzman.
I've built a few vehicles..2 & 4 wheeled....
..and building for yourself is a whole different ball game
compared to building for another person :eek:
(I built a 2 stroke trail bike way back when, for a guy in the UK..
..my sisters boyfriend :eek:...lectured him on oil addition etc..
...he still seized it...and blamed me!)
My gut says youre 100% right...
..and better to build up / modify a donor vehicle...that he supplies.
That would cut the "mechanical" aspect down to intake/exhaust and lift....
...which is fine.
Jo
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Lots of sage advice Jo. My two cents? Wouldn't build it for a friend or a stranger, too many potential problems. There's not enough incentive or legal armour-plating to cover your arse. You build a vehicle to his specs, you assume responsibilty for it's driveability and his safety. You sell a vehicle already built, even with many custom features, and it's "buyer beware". The difference is he contracted you to build him a safe and reliable vehicle versus buying one that is completed, putting the responsibility of a thorough inspection on him...just sayin'!! Best of luck no matter what your decision.
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Tough call. Given current market prices, if I was offered THAT much for my low-miler, I could sell it, replace it with a similar albeit most likely higher mileage example (including similar replacement mods) AND add another toy to the garage that I've had my eye on. It's simply a matter of what kinds of modifications your personal preferences/hobbies dictate and how objectively you can view your level of emotional attachment when making the decision.
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Hmmmm
I have lost count of how much money I have invested in the LittleBeast. I guess it is enough to allow me to not sell for anything close to what someone would be willing to buy it for. I would only really rather be driving, well a car that would be $50k plus, so realistically I probably would not go through the trouble of selling if the offer was not as high as the price for a different car I would more prefer. That is a short list and like I said starts well above $50k.
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Yea....I hear you on the "lost track" Ryan!!
This 'situation' actually prompted me to take an inventory of costs over the past 8 1/2 years...:eek:
It came to more than I thought...but no real surprise there!!
Jo
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I was recently asked to sell mine also. $6k is what I would need to let it go. I still have it. ;)
Jo, Maybe there would be less liability if you Helped him build one instead of building it for him?
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I dunno about you Jo, but no amount of money could get my VX away from me. It would be hard to turn down $20-30K for it, but I would. Even though mine is a trashed old pile and no one would even offer me $5K for it, I wouldn't get rid of it for anything. Its mine and it just wouldn't be the same driving a different VX.
I've only got about 8 grand invested in mine so far, but I'll probably have $15K in it by the time I get most of the mods I'd like to do to it finished. I think finding a good bodied VX with a trashed motor is the way to go and build up from there with your wrecked parts truck.
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Proton Sr would be hard to sell. It was my first car...and up until Proton Jr. came along, my only car. Proton Jr. was a piece of work that I've poured a lot of $$ into to fix up. That along with the mods, I was asked a few times if I'd be willing to sell. One person offered me $12k. I'm kinda attached to Jr. more now since he's kinda the project car that I've helped through rehab...so I think I'd have to be offered $15k to part with him. But Proton Sr?....Maybe I'd part with him for $50k....after I hit 200k miles. He's nearly perfect! But that's a big Maybe. This car's gonna be a classic remember?
