Originally Posted by
RWD_cossie_wil
I'm not having a go at all mate, I just want to help you out and see you with the best car you can get for your £££
, the sad thing is regardless of all your hard work, if you do ever come to sell it, a chopped about mk5 replica will be a nightmare to sell and won't release anywhere near the £££ you spend on it. You can pick up a half decent Escos shell for sensible money now, but it is STILL an expensive way to do it.
Trust me, I looked at building one, and it worked out far far cheaper just to buy a working car! Insurance will be about the same for a real one, unless you are going to insure it as a non- cosworth, which would be a very bad idea!
oh i know, ive had this discussion with many people. and im sure to everyone else it does seem pointless doing it this way but its literaly just the way the project has run its course. orignaly i was just ment to buy the 1st rep, do the work it needed for mot and drive it but that never happend lol
and ive thought about selling it on also and ill just have to sell it as a rolling shell and sell the rest seperatly, but im realy not thinking of selling just yet haha
i paid 500 for my sell as is ive nt seen a escort cosworth shell go for less than 1500 yet so its roughly the same including my pannels.. but mine will be lighter :P lol
this project is just a learning curve for me, im pushing onto stuff ive never done before and just cracking on with it, the only way i can learn is by doing it so thats the main goal for me.
if i can finish my car with a well spec'd 300bhp ish zetec turbo for around 10k in total id be happy as id have a rwd track ready cosworth for the same price as a standerd cosworth..
yeh its not got a yb but itll still have its advantages.
and i deffinatly will be insuring it properly as ive invested wayyy to much time and money into it for the insurance to do me over
