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jpm02
New User | Posts: 1 | Joined: 05/08
Posted: 05/01/08
05:56 PM

I have been looking at many Cobra kits. Does anyone have some preferances. Shell Valley looks pretty complete and high quality.

The second part to my posting is:

I am graduating from college and I built a garage to restore cars in and I want to build and sell these cars. I can save alot of costs by doing all the work myself but is the market too saturated with this same idea?

Any ideas are greately appreciated.

Jonathan  


 
Burtreyn0lds
User | Posts: 64 | Joined: 08/06
Posted: 05/06/08
03:20 PM

SHell Valley is a great company to buy from.

I don't know how successful building these kits to sell would be. You can buy many of these cars close to fully built already.  


 
bobinyelm
New User | Posts: 5 | Joined: 05/08
Posted: 05/25/08
07:28 PM

Given that many of the potential buyers have lost the opportunity to obtain the funds for purchase by refinancing their homes (to remove trapped equity), I would be inclined to think that selling home-built kit cars for profit is not a hopeful enterprise.

This is especially true now that companies (such as Backdraft) will supply a turn-key car (except for engine and transmission) for about $30,000.

Perhaps by being a dealer for such manufacturers, and making your profit by supplying and installing these key components to pre-sold cars offers the lowest-risk way to participate as a "builder."

Bob