Projects projects projects!

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  1. JamesLey

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    JamesLey, Jun 23, 2020
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  2. deisedakdak

    deisedakdak

    With monotonous drunken regularity!
     
    deisedakdak, Jun 23, 2020
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  3. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    I would need a bigger garage. All the lockups and brown field sites closeby around here got turned into uber expensive housing or similarly expensive "secure storage".

    I should really get on with my audio projects. I have a set of Quads to rebuild along with two different valve power amps and a valve phono stage.
     
    F_Pantos, Jun 23, 2020
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  4. MorkC68

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    Its only in Wimborne, you'll be there and back in half an hour, trailer loaded, boom, a single cab saved

    :hattip:
     
    MorkC68, Jun 23, 2020
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  5. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    It's even got what looks like a T1 engine sat on the load bed :)
     
    F_Pantos, Jun 23, 2020
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  6. JamesLey

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    It's only 3.2 miles from the workshop. :D
     
    JamesLey, Jun 23, 2020
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  7. JamesLey

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    It's that rotten A pillar that puts me off!
     
    JamesLey, Jun 23, 2020
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  8. MorkC68

    MorkC68 Administrator

    ditch that, get a PkrbooRu conversion, happy days :D
     
    MorkC68, Jun 23, 2020
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  9. MorkC68

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    that's a shame unless someone like FBIVW has a cut from one
     
    MorkC68, Jun 23, 2020
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  10. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    Looks like a lot of work around the windscreen and cab area for 2k.
     
    F_Pantos, Jun 23, 2020
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  11. JamesLey

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    Yeah my thoughts exactly.
     
    JamesLey, Jun 23, 2020
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  12. MorkC68

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    I know from experience (our '73) you start with a £4.5k spend, which looks good from the outset and sink a fortune into it & by then end, you have a £20k investment including the purchase.

    Sometimes you have to walk on by!
     
    MorkC68, Jun 23, 2020
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  13. JamesLey

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    I'm actually keeping a spreadsheet of parts spend on the bug (gave up on the bus). Initial project cost me a grand total of £60 after I'd sold all of the bits off it I didn't need (wings, running boards etc)!
     
    JamesLey, Jun 23, 2020
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  14. rob.e

    rob.e

    i find keeping any sort of records is very dangerous..
     
    rob.e, Jun 23, 2020
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  15. MorkC68

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    I did that with Gusbus, after he was finished, dug all the receipts out, added them up and fell off the chair :eek:

    With Major, that was easier as I did have quite a few useful parts left over, genuine VW in a lot of cases, the spreadsheet is not as scary either which is better on the heart :lol:
     
    MorkC68, Jun 23, 2020
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  16. paneuropaul

    paneuropaul

    i make a point of throwing all the incidental receipts away, screws, tape, hoses etc etc. I only keep things that require a receipt, batteries etc. Helps me sleep at night.
     
    paneuropaul, Jun 23, 2020
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  17. Dub and Dubber

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    Not the best eBay profile to be going on with?
    How about his other one?

    Or this one .....
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-1969-...a=1&pg=2332490&_trksid=p2332490.c100891.m5206

    Or better still, can I interest you in a splendid LHD rolling shell? :thinking:
    Currently "incubating" a certain roll over jig :D
     
    Dub and Dubber, Jun 23, 2020
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  18. F_Pantos

    F_Pantos

    Especially if you get caught by your significant other :rolleyes::oops:
     
    F_Pantos, Jun 23, 2020
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  19. JamesLey

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    Oh yeah saw you might be selling your project shell?! From memory of the pics I've seen it's pretty much ready to go right? Still need to pick that jig up from you at some point.
     
    JamesLey, Jun 23, 2020
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  20. mikedjames

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    I believe my £6250 bus has cost in the region of £30k to own over 10 years.


    And I think my £6k boat has cost me more than £50k to own over 24 years.
     
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    mikedjames, Jun 23, 2020
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