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Oct 3, 2012 | 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by stevemfr

I think you are seeing this wrong. As Becha explained in one of the early posts, he is doing it because he enjoys this and it allows him to get to know the vehicle systems inside and out. It is not (just) money. I guess I can sympathize quite well because I am the same. As far as I am concerned, having a project like this in the barn and spending my weekends or eves working on it is.... wonderful.

Same thing as building a kit car or restoring an antique car, sort of. I think it could be thought of as being diametrically opposed to the lux4play crowd while still retaining an interest in the same vehicles.

I don't really get the street racing scene. At all. When I race, it's on a track. And not just in a straight line. But that's just me.

Yeah, I enjoy turning wrenches on my car too. I find it very therapeutic. To take it to this level is way beyond my scope. I'd probably put it back together and have a mountain of screws and wires left over, and windshield wipers that turned on every time I used the blinker. Lol!

I'm a track guy myself so I know what you mean. I drive like an old lady on the street.....

Oct 3, 2012 | 11:14 AM

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Holy cow. I cannot even imagine putting that interior back together. Props to you man, I hope it's worth it!

Oct 3, 2012 | 12:49 PM

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Call me Captain Obvious, (and I realize the OP is just having fun), but it seems he needed ALMOST a whole other car to rape parts from?! Couldn't it have been a LHD car and saved himself a lot of work?

Oct 3, 2012 | 01:30 PM

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Captain obvious.

Oct 3, 2012 | 01:52 PM

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Captain obvious.

...even have the uniform...

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Oct 3, 2012 | 03:27 PM

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Very cool and really nice color combo, by the way. And I applaud you returning a proper car back to having the steering on the correct side

But would it not have been cheaper to just buy one with the wheel on the correct side?

Hmmm, who was captain obvious first?

A little off topic, but if you really want to F with people who have slow connection speeds, just respond to OP by quoting his pictures so that every page takes longer to load