Car Auctions

At the court house today, we noticed a few places that offered auctions...

1. Sergeant's Towing
2. Nine-T-Nine Towing
3. Pro Tow
4. Newhouse & Hutchins Towing
5. Cop's Garage and Towing
   

Local Auction: Sergeants Towing

Auction listings will be updated as soon as possible. However, they will be listed no later than 6:00pm on Wednesdays prior to the auction

I also saw this ad:
Police Impounded Vehicle Auction
January 5, 2006 -- Portland
Seized Vehicle Auction CARS PICKUPS RV'S BOATS MOTORCYCLES THURSDAY, JANUARY 5. Preview: 8am, Auction: 10:30am 12175 N PORTLAND RD 503-283-6282 See our posted auction list at www.sergeantstowing.com
FROM: http://www.all-oregon.com/auctions.htm

Build a Kit Car

Number	Episode Title	Last Air Date
BKC-101	History of the Original Cobra® and Cobra-Replica Kits	10/05/2002
BKC-102	Cobra® Replica — Body Prep and Engines	10/12/2002
BKC-103	Cobra® Replica — Engine Preassembly & Balancing	10/19/2002
BKC-104	Cobra® Replica — Engine Assembly	10/26/2002
BKC-105	Cobra® Replica — Painting and Final Assembly	11/02/2002
BKC-106	History of the Original Cobra® and Cobra-Replica Kits	05/30/2005
BKC-107	Cobra® Replica -- Body Prep and Engines	05/31/2005
BKC-108	Cobra® Replica -- Engine Preassembly & Balancing	06/01/2005
BKC-109	Cobra® Replica -- Engine Assembly	06/02/2005
BKC-110	Cobra® Replica -- Painting and Final Assembly	06/03/2005

If metal body, options other than painting?

I was thinking about how the fiberglass bodies aren't going to be as safe as a metal body... then I started to think about my Global Chess set...

What about Anodizing [DIY] or Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation as an alternative to (or addition to) primer and paint?

Strip or Kit?

So it appears that the most common way to make your own EV is to take a standard run o' the mill car, strip everything off of it, steam clean it (hopefully you remembered that step), and then build it up.

I am wondering if it might be better to do a Kit Car instead. There seems to be advantages and disadvantages to both... Let's take a look at a couple of them...

1. Kit Cars are (usually?) fiberglass.... Pro: Lighter weight = more efficient for EV. Con: more likely to cost a LOT of money if you get into an accident.

2. Kit Cars come with very limited pieces... Pro: The few they come with should be most of what you need, and they are already clean. Con: Realistically, a used car is generally going to cost less than a kit car, unless you count labor into the cost.

3. Kit Cars have to be put together.... Now, while you may think that I would have to do the conversion of a standard car (and thus that would count as putting it together) -- the fact is that a used car already will generally roll, etc... kit cars will take a lot of effort to get them usable at all.

It sounds like I am really opposed to kit cars... I am not. I just really want to find a reasonably priced one... Take this one for example. That is a damned sexy car. However, for $20k, I can't justify buying that car body. Hell, for that price, we could get a used Delorean.

So I think the first part of the decision is going to come down to whether or not we can find any reasonably priced kits. If we can, I will seriously consider buying an already clean body that doesn't contain all the crap I am going to toss anyways.


Of course, based on this picture, maybe I should have him make me a body... :)