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Originally Posted by MADMAN
Have you called any builder who does stock floor cars?? The time isnt putting the cage in its all the floor board work, plus the trans crossmember, seat mounts, r&r windows, fitting the dash , chute handle, etc. Call around I'm right there with the reputable chassis shops.
Hell I charge $3000.00 for a 10pt.
Hell I charge $3000.00 for a 10pt.
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Originally Posted by 68maro
like i said no offense if you can get that kinda money then more power to you i'm glad i don't live around you all if thats what it costs. and trust me i know what it takes to have it done in a stock floorpan car. i have 2 and trust me you would drop your jaw at the cage work. and i'll dig up some pics of some of the other radial cars he's built. so i don't want to start an argument or pissing match so let me rephrase my response. "around here" from a reputable shop a 25-5 is 3500-4000 and 25-2 is 6000-6500
but they are out there,just depends on his expences,and location
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and here is who did my 68 he's just some hack though so i guess it doesn't count www.jmrc.net . and i'll find some of who is doing my radial car.
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Originally Posted by 68maro
and here is who did my 68 he's just some hack though so i guess it doesn't count www.jmrc.net . and i'll find some of who is doing my radial car.
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a little bit of smartass 
but he builds nothing but top notch stuff. all of the pics open from his website for me. and mike keeler of keeler motorsports is doing my radial car because he is more familar with the drag radial cars then john is.
but he builds nothing but top notch stuff. all of the pics open from his website for me. and mike keeler of keeler motorsports is doing my radial car because he is more familar with the drag radial cars then john is. TECH Resident
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Originally Posted by 68maro
and here is who did my 68 he's just some hack though so i guess it doesn't count www.jmrc.net . and i'll find some of who is doing my radial car.
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Originally Posted by 68maro
a little bit of smartass but he builds nothing but top notch stuff. all of the pics open from his website for me. and mike keeler of keeler motorsports is doing my radial car because he is more familar with the drag radial cars then john is.
but he builds nothing but top notch stuff. all of the pics open from his website for me. and mike keeler of keeler motorsports is doing my radial car because he is more familar with the drag radial cars then john is.sorry wasnt done typing i was goin back and fourth looking at his site,trying to see picts,
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bob 
While everybody is talking about prices, let's make sure were comparing apples to apples. We all know theres different quality of work, and that takes labor to do. Don't expect something for nothing. The people who complain about prices the most are the ones who have no clue about the time/material it takes to build these cars. I suppose jones/haas/ness/bickel need to start selling rollers for $50k?
I just put a pro stock style wing on the back of a 61 falcon along with a bunch of other updates and it ended up costing the guy $1100 for the wing alone before any paint or chrome work. I could of just used a $300 pos ed quay wing but people want quailty and just like most things in life, higher quality cost more money.
I just put a pro stock style wing on the back of a 61 falcon along with a bunch of other updates and it ended up costing the guy $1100 for the wing alone before any paint or chrome work. I could of just used a $300 pos ed quay wing but people want quailty and just like most things in life, higher quality cost more money.
haha me 2. Ill just buy them and resell them. Ive got almost $40,000 in parts to build a pro car. A buddy of mine just picked up a new gto form bickel. $105,000 rolling.
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Originally Posted by 68maro
no offense and i have nothing but respect for your work but thats insane. 25-5 should be 3500-4000 and 25-2 should be 6-6500 and thats about average. anything a whole lot more your just robbing someone.
I will also agree that if I was to pay somone to make my car a 25.X car it would be MADMAN or W2W. Nobody else.
I just paid $1,400 to get my WOLFE 10 point put in. Dash and front seats pulled along with the carpet, painted cage, harnesses put in, HVAC box pulled and nice plate put in thats painted. Like MADMAN said most of the labor is making things fit. They spent a day just on my dash. Keep in mind they are doing my car on the side in their garage after work.
I am picking it up in the next few days and they have had it roughly 2.5 weeks. Both are welders by trade and do great work. They wanted to charge me $1,600 but when I told them my dad needed some welding along with me needing some exhaust welding soon they droped the price.
A 25.5 for $3500 is plain REDICULOUS! I would never want to pay less then $8k for a 25.5. If a shop told me that much for a 25.5 when my 10 point cost $1,400 I would be WORRIED and wonder if monkeys were doing the fab work!
I plan on going 25.X down the road but plan on doing all the work. I am a class away from being an aircraft mechanic. Just took a job as an aircraft sheetmetal fabricator/tech and will be tacking some advanced chassis fab classes and TIG classes.
You PAY for quality and pay for what you get.
If you are getting paid say 4k for work you think you should be getting 8k for the quality work you do will not be as good. Its just life and the way it is.
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Originally Posted by Dbluegoat
dumb question but what if you weighed more than the max weight?
I am actually fighting that now Bob. The new drag radial car I just finished is a 25.2. The rules for his engine combo are saying he has to weigh 3300lbs. Wolfes new combo would have to weigh 3600lbs. NHRA has pretty much stated we should stick to 1/8th mile racing.
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Originally Posted by MADMAN
I am actually fighting that now Bob. The new drag radial car I just finished is a 25.2. The rules for his engine combo are saying he has to weigh 3300lbs. Wolfes new combo would have to weigh 3600lbs. NHRA has pretty much stated we should stick to 1/8th mile racing.
good thing you guys are down south,lot of 1/8 mile tracks 
bob 