[Ryder]

Yeah engineer costs are a big one, definately need to ring around and use other cobra builders contacts IMO. I tried to contact 3 engineers here in NSW for a quote, 2 couldn't be bothered getting back to me and one had a good long chat but then quoted costs as "starting at $15k, probably going up to $20K" :O

Meanwhile, Warwick says the bloke he uses not only has great experience with the kits (he did the original chassis testing) but he charges 1.5-2k. He's in QLD, but fortunately I still have a QLD drivers licence, so we used that for the permission to build paperwork - it works out well because I'll end up living back in QLD in a few years anyway.

If you want to see a quarter built Harrison you're quite welcome to drop by my place in Sydney and have a look, I'm more than happy to talk you through some of the processes, pros and cons of the build so far. I do think you'll need to spend a very large sum on tools before you start though.