miss_steele_msp
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wow. its coming along good. keep the pics coming.
halfshaft5 said:Salvage parts for a speed 6...............None exist, ask my check book with all the new OEM parts that went back on it. Now for the bettle, find some internet forum and subscrib to them and learn away, these forums have taught me a lot and thats exactly why I am doing this thread, trying to give back to those who have given to me over the years. I have done everything form a 05 Duramax truck totaled to a rx7 to a speed 6. I have done one landrover, and attempted a Jag XK8 but aluminum bodies are not for me so I bailed on it. Its really a hobby adn thats really the way I want to keep it. It gives me extra cash on the side to buy tools and play money and kids college money too. Don't get me wrong either, I have a lot of help and I pay well to those who help me, but as a core group of friends and businesses its doable to make a nice vehicle for relativily little money if done right and you tak ethe time to do it. The first few vehicles I did I had to borrow the money to buy and fix and then worked my way up to just having to borrow to buy the vehicle and I fronted the cash for the parts, and I will slowly work my way up to no borrowing and everything paid for. It takes tons of work but its healthy to me, keeps me sane from working 10 hours a day and having a nice family. A few hours a week and sub some stuff out to help others out and then a few hard weekends and then your done... I urge everybody to try it just once, but do your homework first, make sure you can get parts and have the knowledge wether it be yourself or others to access to solve problems like frame damage, paint and body work, electronics, etc... Use your stong points to build something for yourself and when your done you have the final product adn its do rewarding. BTW flood cars are the hardest to sell after you get done so be aware of that, electronics are a nightmare and little things like rusted seat brackets and hinges and etc... get hard to deal with over time when they get worse. Also PLEASE be honest in everything you do and if you decide to resell don't lie about anything and document everything you do. Its not worth going to HELL over a dollar, I promise you.... Hope alls well around the site and God bless
Michael