Opinions on Replicas/ Clones

[cosgig]

Having done two I’d call it semi-clones, if hoping to make money if the time comes to sell it, I certainly wouldn’t bank on it. I didn’t get what I put into the first one, not a terribly bad loss, but the hundreds of hours I spent working on it was free labor costs for the buyer. It started out as a rusted hulk. The 2nd one I still have, is a CA car, and an unbelievable difference in the work required, but I shopped out a few more things than I did with the first one. Still, pert-near $40,000 invested and 100’s of hours of my labor.

There will come the time to sell it, whether I do being still able, or one of my kids having no interest in the car when I’m a pile of ashes in a box. I built the car the way I wanted it to be knowing that – that cash wouldn’t be recovered in a sell.
The Frank Sinatra tune comes to mind: “I did it my way”.

Sing it Frankie, you speak the truth!

 

[Some Car Guy]

Having done two I’d call it semi-clones, if hoping to make money if the time comes to sell it, I certainly wouldn’t bank on it. I didn’t get what I put into the first one, not a terribly bad loss, but the hundreds of hours I spent working on it was free labor costs for the buyer. It started out as a rusted hulk. The 2nd one I still have, is a CA car, and an unbelievable difference in the work required, but I shopped out a few more things than I did with the first one. Still, pert-near $40,000 invested and 100’s of hours of my labor.

There will come the time to sell it, whether I do being still able, or one of my kids having no interest in the car when I’m a pile of ashes in a box. I built the car the way I wanted it to be knowing that – that cash wouldn’t be recovered in a sell.
The Frank Sinatra tune comes to mind: “I did it my way”.

Sounds like you understand it. Many don’t.