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Building a 90 from scratch
smo:
--- Quote from: "Phoenix_Chris" ---PUX, that truck sweet mate... any idea if he sold it in the end?
You got any further with your ideas smo... im thinking of going down the same route :twisted:
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If you mean the red one on ebay, yes went on "buy it now".
Not got any further apart from stacks of ideas on mine, need to sell my CSW first...speaking of which i must sort me bumper etc!!
Lawnmower:
another option is to buy 2 donor vehicles 9 (rotter for ID, crashed for parts) plus new chassis.
or go for dakar type landy, bowler, ibex etc.
if your less snobby about a vehicles history, then a q plate vehicle would be the way to go, space frames? a decent engine? mid mounted engine options!!!!! Amazes me that people think that a 20 yearold vehicle is with a bit of slap on it, of dubious mileage and sevice hstory, polyfilla for a chassis, would be worth loads more than a rebuilt vehicle on a q plate, where at least a VOSA inspector has spent a few hours looking at the vehicle. (incidently, if you use a single donor and go the SVA route, then you may get an age related plast).
Either way you go, you will not get the money back when selling that it cost you to build it (unless you get freebies cos you work in the industry), this is ttue even on more modest series rebuilds. However, you will end p with a mint car, that will depreciate less than a brand new car.
littlepow:
--- Quote from: "Phoenix_Chris" ---... Jerry T started building a challenge spec truck in one of the 'rags' with a origonal budgit of 10K, when i last spoke to him he was way over that lol
I suppose it depends how far you want to go with it... what about buying a rolled defender so youve got the id and parts ?
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Last quote in the magazine was just over £14500. But a lot of that was spent on specific high cost items, when the are other cheaper alternatives available.
Would be intresting to hear your final spec list pre and post build.
smo:
--- Quote from: "littlepow" ---
--- Quote from: "Phoenix_Chris" ---... Jerry T started building a challenge spec truck in one of the 'rags' with a origonal budgit of 10K, when i last spoke to him he was way over that lol
I suppose it depends how far you want to go with it... what about buying a rolled defender so youve got the id and parts ?
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Last quote in the magazine was just over £14500. But a lot of that was spent on specific high cost items, when the are other cheaper alternatives available.
Would be intresting to hear your final spec list pre and post build.
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Well his included things like 3 link, which isnt really what i'm after...good suspension yes, but 3 link i doubt.
Wehni finalise a spec i'll post it, however til i get off my backside and sell my current 90 i'm not doing anything!
Mike Jones:
--- Quote from: "thebiggreenthing" ---
100 inch is no good for challenge events unless its specialised in rock crawling :lol: :wink:
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You are having a laugh 100" is Gods own wheelbase I know I have seen the future.
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