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is this no the retro le mans car? Looks amazing and I am not a car man as anyone who has seen mine will testify.
I don't know what the parts availability is like on Austins tbh. I'm going to do a few more of these Alfa's- I'm talking to a guy at Le mans about building him one. Depending on spec a rough breakdown is as follows...
Prices based on series 2 1750/2000 GTV. Add 20% for series 1 step front Sprint.
Donor Car £1000 to £3000
Rebuilt body (in steel minus paint- add £10,000 for alloy GTA spec) £8500
Engine, Box and axle £10,000- 30,000 depending on spec
other parts £11,000- 15-000
labour 400 hours £14,000
so around £40,000 to £60k for a turn-key car. Not cheap but real GTA's have gone past £120,000 now. It will never depreciate and you won't see another one on the road every day
Prices based on series 2 1750/2000 GTV. Add 20% for series 1 step front Sprint.
Donor Car £1000 to £3000
Rebuilt body (in steel minus paint- add £10,000 for alloy GTA spec) £8500
Engine, Box and axle £10,000- 30,000 depending on spec
other parts £11,000- 15-000
labour 400 hours £14,000
so around £40,000 to £60k for a turn-key car. Not cheap but real GTA's have gone past £120,000 now. It will never depreciate and you won't see another one on the road every day
Damn and I was hoping to buy that alfa once you were finished with it, I was aiming more at the 5k restoration target if I got someone else to do it, I guess I'm going to have to get greasy.
Parts for the a40 are easy to get as they share a lot with mini's and MG midgets - only the propshaft and rear axles are the only mechanicals parts that are truely unique, the hardest part to get now are halfshafts as supply has dried up so they generally come from donor cars.
I have 1 broken half shaft but could do with the whole axle as it is siezed. I also need new front kingpins, A-frames and shocks but they are easy as they come from MG's
I was going to rebuild it to touring rally spec, got a twin SU with downflow manifold, the cages are easy to come by and fit and you don't need to remove the rear seats to fit them.
Parts for the a40 are easy to get as they share a lot with mini's and MG midgets - only the propshaft and rear axles are the only mechanicals parts that are truely unique, the hardest part to get now are halfshafts as supply has dried up so they generally come from donor cars.
I have 1 broken half shaft but could do with the whole axle as it is siezed. I also need new front kingpins, A-frames and shocks but they are easy as they come from MG's
I was going to rebuild it to touring rally spec, got a twin SU with downflow manifold, the cages are easy to come by and fit and you don't need to remove the rear seats to fit them.
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Today in prep for Strathpuff I built the £10 Raleigh MTB Team up into a rather nice SS, it looks good and handles relaxed which hopefully means I'll no die out there
Hopefully Kaiser will take a nice photie of it at the event
Not planning a restoration on a classic car but always on the lookout for a 1970's or older Reliant in good but cheap nick :roll:
Si you car is verra nice
Hopefully Kaiser will take a nice photie of it at the event
Not planning a restoration on a classic car but always on the lookout for a 1970's or older Reliant in good but cheap nick :roll:
Si you car is verra nice
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had day 2 of me hols in the workshop (busmans holiday )
got a few jobs out the way
then realised the easy (lazy) way to do the yokes for a mates trike was to convert my lathe into a horizontal borer ,power feed carrige stop etc
and this frees me up to do summat else
works like a dream too ,giving me time to tidy up ,get my tdr 250 put back together and learn more about the intricacies of pulstar hubs ,third back hub i've opened and the third way of doing it ,one more to go ,maybee a 4th way ?
then wifey came home and i told her there was nothing in for tea and she'd need to go to asdas or morrisons ,so off she went
she returned about an hour later
whats you get for tea then ? says I
ohh i got this then got bored so i went to focus
she hands me an asda bag
ready steady cook here we come ...
a cucumber some mini tomatoes ,so a salad then
is that it ?
no i got these shoes too
she holds out some leopard print stillettos
hmmm let me see them on then
kebeb in an hour ,after
ooh your such a tease
what a great day
got a few jobs out the way
then realised the easy (lazy) way to do the yokes for a mates trike was to convert my lathe into a horizontal borer ,power feed carrige stop etc
and this frees me up to do summat else
works like a dream too ,giving me time to tidy up ,get my tdr 250 put back together and learn more about the intricacies of pulstar hubs ,third back hub i've opened and the third way of doing it ,one more to go ,maybee a 4th way ?
then wifey came home and i told her there was nothing in for tea and she'd need to go to asdas or morrisons ,so off she went
she returned about an hour later
whats you get for tea then ? says I
ohh i got this then got bored so i went to focus
she hands me an asda bag
ready steady cook here we come ...
a cucumber some mini tomatoes ,so a salad then
is that it ?
no i got these shoes too
she holds out some leopard print stillettos
hmmm let me see them on then
kebeb in an hour ,after
ooh your such a tease
what a great day
