Please forgive my ignorance and naivety on this subject. I have a good friend who bought a kit car a couple years ago and has since then purchased a car frame and engine. He has the kit body attached to the car frame. He has all the parts of the kit, but he has not done anything with it. He is looking to sell it for what I think is a good price. It a kit for a Mercedes Gazelle. He is asking $500 for it.

My questions are this: Is this a good price? And, what is the difficulty level of finishing off this project? I do not have much experience at all with cars, but I feel confident I can follow directions/instructions.

Any information that can be passed on to me would be greatly appreciated.

Blessings and Peace,
Rev. Mike

The VW chassis was already stripped of its body and needed only the 16" extension of the pan which is included in the above time total.

I am mechanically inclined and also know electronics as I worked for 40 years as an electronics/mechanical engineer.

I was told the time would run about 100 hours so that is what I planned, 2 weeks. I did the entire thing on an 8 hour a day schedule which I am sure makes it take less time than a project that is spread out over a year where you forget where you were last session and you loose tools, etc. Doing it as a daily job over two weeks, everything is fresh and so it goes more quickly.

I used as an excuse to my wife, since I was out of work at the time, that it was an investment and therefor, I was employed, 8 hours a day. Actually the investment was never cashed in and I still have the car 15 years later.

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