Total Cost fo Building an Exocet

[qwerty]

Hi,

Having read all of the build diaries I am liking the look of the Exocets a lot. What I'm interested in is how much the project costs though; I appreciate that Stuart has given a guide price for the build but, with the greatest respect, he is a professional and it'd be expected for him to do it pretty well.

So how much does it all come to? What costs were not expected? What bargains could be found along the way? In short, how much should I expect it to be?

Thanks for all your help,

[paultyre]

I have done a fairly basic job on mine and stands me in about £4000 however i havn't sold any of the doner parts or had an iva , i should hope though that the iva cost will be covered by the sale of the unwanted parts .

[pete]

go for a import they have the extras poss a ltd edition.Ibought a uk mx5 no extras and poor paint made a£1000 on parts.good hunting

[samuelt]

I agree with Pete i am stripping my import mx5, it is in great condition with lots of good parts to sell. I think most include LSD's as well. I also expect to come in under £4k with the IVA and selling the parts.

[qwerty]

So the consensus is £4k. That's brilliant! Now if only I had £4k...

Thanks for all your help, hopefully this may become a project for next year.

[samuelt]

my advice though is get the best enous/mx5 you can aford with the most extras. I have sold 7 items so far on ebay and made good money. The more you get from the parts the less you have to find.

[tlight]

I agree with samuelt, bought a salvage Cat D 2004 Mk2.5 Euphonic from a salvage yard for £1,905.15 (just had to register details prior to placing a bid), current sales to date via e-bay £3,660.19.

2004 MX-5 currently @ £470, heavy front end...downside is the Q plate

hills.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle_list.php?x=&t0=0&t4=4&member=&member_site=5&site=&mk=MAZDA&orderby=7&value=26896

Still selling...(but has slowed down because of the nature of the parts (trim, plastic bits, etc), so now only post on e-bay on free listing weekends).

Tim