Well... It looks like my car might still be available when Pete Miller gets back from his vacation this week...
30 watchers on Ebay, but no active offers (one guy made me an offer that I verbally accepted; but immediately after I accepted, he disappeared - no deposit, stopped answering his phone, stopped replying to my emails and Ebay messages, total dick-move
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I've also had at least 5 other "VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR CAR" type guys who loved the car ("If I built a Cobra, it would look exactly like yours!") - But again - *poof* - They eventually disappear...
A few have also been in the "I love your car, but it doesn't have enough horsepower" category.
I suppose they don't realize that you could bolt nearly 100 more HP onto this car for 2 grand, in one weekend, just doing aluminum heads, intake, throttle body and fuel injector swap (you wouldn't even have to change the cam), followed by another dyno tune...
They also don't realize that once the tires break loose, it doesn't really matter whether you have 300HP, or 3000... This "weak" 300 horse small block incinerates the rear tires just as easily as any big-block would...
(Hmmm- maybe I should run out to the airpark, and post a quick burnout video to youtube...
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This morning I sat down and priced out exactly how much it would cost to build a car equivalent to this one, using the least expensive Factory Five base kit:
Factory Five Roadster base kit: $13,000.00
Kit transportation (best case) $1,200.00
Running/driving 5.0 Mustang Donor car from Craigslist (best case): $3,500.00
Professional bodywork and 2 stage paint/clear, wet sanding, and final polishing (best case) $5,000.00
Mustang clutch kit $150.00
Mustang 8.8 rear disc brake conversion $400.00
Mustang 8.8- 5 lug rear axles $400.00
Mustang 8.8 rear posi differential $200.00
Mustang 8.8 rear-3.73 gear set $180.00
Professional differential rebuild(5 hours labor) $350.00
Mustang front hub 5 lug conversion $200.00
5 lug Rocket Racing Sunburst wheels $1,200.00
Cooper cobra tires (295/50 rears, and 235/60 fronts) $650.00
Dry cell Battery and cables $180.00
Front end alignment $100.00
Fluids, filters, tuneup parts, etc $500.00
Arizona- title and registration $60.00
Basic Build Parts and service total (best case): $27,270.00
Additional/optional stuff that comes with my car:
Basic Mustang engine rebuild, plus perfomance cam) $2,000.00
SCT perfomance tuning chip $250.00
Professional Dyno tune $400.00
Factory Five Convertible soft top kit $3,400.00
Factory Five Tonneau $500.00
Depreciation for 5000 miles (.28 per mile) $(1,400.00)
Absolute best case cost breakdown to build a Factory Five equivalent to Moore_rb's car, in your garage, from a kit: $32,420.00
If I end up having to list it on Ebay again, I think I'm going to post this price sheet in the ad description, so people can see that my asking price is fair and reasonable...
I mean, who
wouldn't pay a few hundred extra bucks to get their car NOW, instead of busting their knuckles for a year, and paying the exact same amount (or very likely MORE)...????
right?
