Trying to sell the fiata project has failed to reveal a new buyer/builder. I am hard pressed to find the time to build it for the challenge, but I am harder pressed to find the time and drive to dismantle what I have completed so far. I am still not sure I can make a competitive challenge car with where I am in the budget and with my remaining time, but if a buyer isn't found really soon I am willing to make a go at it....However, I revisited the budget sheet and my backup and I realized I may have an issue with using he original build budget.
Since the fiat and ranger were both bought for the 2009 effort, All of the receipts for purchase and recoup have been lost. Back in 2015 when I tried to revive this project I had asked the forum for advice/ confirmation of my starting point budget to accommodate that issue. That discussion is here....
In that response several forum members (robbie, pimpm3, and stampie. ...please feel free to correct me if I misinterpreted the replies to the original post) seemed to agree that I could start with the fiata body and chassis, ranger engine, trans, and accessory parts for a total of $292. I had planned to work from this starting point in the 2016 build budget.
Since that time some of the rules have changed. Notably, the total spent is back down to $2000 instead of $2016, and the rules for an agreed upon price required approval from 5 forum members. No other rule changes seem to materially affect the way my budget was working. So, it seems that I need to adjust the ask value to be $300 (to account for the $8 reduction in recoup allowed) and I need at least 2 more members to agree with my fmv methodology. I humbly ask, in light of the circumstances and the rules changes, does GRM management agree with the essence of the request, and what does the hive think about the request.
