07-01-2021, 10:52 AM
It's always a shame to see vendors inciting the prospective purchaser to destroy the car and build a special (even if the ad refers to some type of kebab), however the purchaser will soon find, if they do the job properly, that the construction costs will soon outweigh the potential sale price of a completed car.
I emphasize "Do the job properly", rather than building a "Waterski special", hence the number of half built projects that appear on eBay with vendors trying desperately to recoup some of their investment after the interest in the conversion has gone. If the special is completed, it will probably adorn an advert for many months or even years at an unreal price as the vendor seeks to get his investment back.
Sadly, dreams are cheap, reality is depressingly large bills, unless you are a skilled enough engineer to be able to do all or most of the work yourself and enjoy that part of the build.
Most people (with a few exceptions) under the age of 50 simply don't have the basic skills to do the engineering work because schools and colleges don't teach them in their formative years anymore. in the nineties, my local college disposed of its engineering workshops and built drama classrooms instead. Drama students do not make good engineers.......
I emphasize "Do the job properly", rather than building a "Waterski special", hence the number of half built projects that appear on eBay with vendors trying desperately to recoup some of their investment after the interest in the conversion has gone. If the special is completed, it will probably adorn an advert for many months or even years at an unreal price as the vendor seeks to get his investment back.
Sadly, dreams are cheap, reality is depressingly large bills, unless you are a skilled enough engineer to be able to do all or most of the work yourself and enjoy that part of the build.
Most people (with a few exceptions) under the age of 50 simply don't have the basic skills to do the engineering work because schools and colleges don't teach them in their formative years anymore. in the nineties, my local college disposed of its engineering workshops and built drama classrooms instead. Drama students do not make good engineers.......