Greeks Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 [quote by=GT6_Don link=Blah.pl?b=10CR,v=display,m=1088289905,s=22 date=1102366749]You must be pleased Graham. It probably means your 'Worksalike' is now worth a couple of hundred...at least![/quote]Are you suggesting that the worksalike has depreciated by £70 pounds in the 14 months it's been in our possession Don? That's scandalous At least it has a real car's name :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 [quote by=andythompson link=Blah.pl?b=10CR,v=display,m=1088289905,s=24 date=1102377251]I added up everything I had done to my 2.5 rally Mk1 for insurance purposes and it came to about 8000... and that was over 4-5 years... now I did most of the work myself ... the 15000 has got to be mostly cost of professional UK labour....Besides that mk1 doesn't have proper minilites or a proper period engine... ie webers or injection... they have got to be kidding[/quote]Can't night rally on webers due to MSA restrictions, so maybe that's the excuse? Or maybe it would have put the price up ... say another 5 grand? ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greeks Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 [quote by=MWG445 link=Blah.pl?b=10CR,v=display,m=1088289905,s=23 date=1102374549]Does someone know who built it and why?There has to be a good story behind this car.[/quote]Unfortunately I believe it was probably done by Sherwoods themselves, purely to sell as they do have a decent workshop. See the TR3a they did in the Classic Cars mag this month ... estimated £75-80k!I think I may have seen a wreck of a saloon in their car park a while ago (maybe 1 year) but it was hardly able to stand on its own suspension.Obviously they saw the 'worksalike' and decided that they would try and emulate perfection ::)Latest update on the worksalike is that it now has TR6 wheels to replace the other two sets of dodgy 13 inchers. They could well be wearing snow chains in the Pyrenees in a few weeks time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 At that money it's gotta be predominantly labour in the price - I don't see much in the way of expensive kit on / in it and the write up is pathetic really. Hell for £15k I'd want a damn good story 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 The ciaro taxi didnt come close to 15k but I know Nibblets MK1 cost him 25K at TR enterprises,but they did a lovely job and it did well on the run to the Nile (3rd) I think?Its the same old you get what you pay for! and labour is not cheap in the UK, I reckon I need to spend at least 40HRS on the Taxi of my time to finish it how I want that would be £1k labour in a reasonable workshop If you break down the cost of some of the parts I would reckon I could have spent 15k if I hadnt spent years collecting decent second hand partsI paid £120 for my first set of triple webers with manifolds,and about £60 a carb re-building them,rejetting etc,new would have been £1k with linkages etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 I guess if you just walk in off the street with a fat wad of cash and say "Make me one of those" then you'll soon have a nice motor and a lightened wallet - I can dream :-) Even if I had a fat wad of cash I;d still need to be part of the build/resto - you do need to put a little of yourself into a car, with me it's usually the skin and blood of skinned knuckles :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted April 17, 2005 Author Share Posted April 17, 2005 Still plenty of snow on the Stelvio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Nice pic! We'll HAVE to find that web cam and get ourselves on it when we go past :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted April 19, 2005 Author Share Posted April 19, 2005 What's the "we" - no entry yet from you Jason so you can't comment yet :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigGleR Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 for those interested..........http://webcam.popso.it/stelvio.php?PASSOEST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Timing is everything Martin, I'm going to get the rest of the team organised tomorrow - then I'll get an entry in, already got a ferry ticket :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Jase,Is 'The Gingell' part of your time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted May 28, 2005 Author Share Posted May 28, 2005 this is more like it 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Niiice ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Will we encounter all those motorbikes? Looking forward to enjoying the sound of a 6 pot lump reverberating of the mountain walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Hmm motorbikes, better fit some nudge bars then ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Wot motorbikes? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Aw right then , will we encounter toboggans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Aww now not only do I have to fit some nudge bars but also the half track back end and ski front end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8dean Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 They must have a short summer season up there.Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 And here it is one month later - this is the summit looking east - we will drive off into the distance from here, well actually into Austria ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Is it always infested with bikes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Ow yes...... :(It's busy with all sorts of traffic really. Good thing is we will enter Stelvio in the early evening (I think) Hopefully most bikers are gone by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 You are correct, whether it's early evening or not depends on how late the event is running or what problems each entry is having :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 "Problems"? naaa we don't do problems merely "challenges" - OK so I don't believe that either but we wouldn't be doing it if we didn't revel in a few "challenges" along the way :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpeg.b15b81ef10abeea1c3039ae03c4a9f3a.jpeg)
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.