Ron
There are a lot of neat engines that would fit in an Alpine or whatever old
car today. Some of the very small engines have a lot of power and the
transmissions are a lot smaller than they used to be. My $75 car didn't
have any badges to leave on. If I had bought some it would have doubled my
price. I believe I spent $1700 on it total and I kept track of hours too
but don't remember how many however it was minimal. I kept the original 4.22
gears so it was a screamer off the line with the automatic tranny. Don't
sell yourself short on talent because I don't think it is that hard now.
When I did it you had to know how to acetylene and arc weld and that takes
some practice, especially acetylene. Now if you buy a good mig welder the
only difficult part for someone not experienced is setting it up and
adjusting it. Once you have that accomplished it is almost like using a
caulking gun. The new spray systems are great too. The skill doesn't lie in
being able to do the work but finding out how to do it and having the
equipment. If you aren't doing it for a living, time doesn't matter and the
plethora of information on the net today can have you doing anything. The
rush you get when it is done right is many times more valuable than actually
having it. --Bill --
Bill
My thoughts exactly; honesty is most important to me. If I had the
talent to modify an Alpine with a V8, steering and other parts; I would want
to promote that talent into more business. I would even keep all the Alpine
badges on the car and probably 1 exhaust pipe out the back to make a real
sleeper. If the Alpine parts car I have was structurally sound I would look
at putting a VW VR6 engine into it and really confuse some people.
Ron Fraser
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