Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
3/25/21 9:45 a.m.
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The eBay Motors auction for our 1993 Volkswagen Fox budget racer, along with spares and a Golf parts car, ends today.

Having participated in both a 24 Hours of Lemons event at Barber and a ChampCar Endurance Series race at Daytona, we decided it was best to part ways with the VW so we can better focus on our V6 …

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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
3/25/21 10:46 a.m.

Do I hear $1200?

captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
3/25/21 10:59 a.m.

A reminder that Challenge registration has opened. 

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
3/26/21 9:22 a.m.

JUUUUST outside of challenge budget. I was commenting last night when it was at 1200 that there was more than 1200 in wing on the car. Not to mention everything else. 

Whoever got this got a steal. 

captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
3/26/21 10:54 a.m.

In reply to Robbie (Forum Supporter) :

I was considering it for wing, wheels and seats. I know some VW peeps that could've used some of the suspension and brake bits, but I pretty much decided that I couldn't bring myself to strip it and didn't want to list the chassis as logbooked and ready for all the things for $500 and to have it sitting around forever, slowly turning to dust, waiting on someone with a rollback to come purchase it. 

sleepyhead the buffalo
sleepyhead the buffalo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
3/26/21 12:08 p.m.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:

JUUUUST outside of challenge budget. I was commenting last night when it was at 1200 that there was more than 1200 in wing on the car. Not to mention everything else. 

Whoever got this got a steal. 

More like $100 for the wings (assuming each one is less than 30"), and I wouldn't be surprised if the mounts were only another $200 or so.

 

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
3/26/21 12:26 p.m.
sleepyhead the buffalo said:
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:

JUUUUST outside of challenge budget. I was commenting last night when it was at 1200 that there was more than 1200 in wing on the car. Not to mention everything else. 

Whoever got this got a steal. 

More like $100 for the wings (assuming each one is less than 30"), and I wouldn't be surprised if the mounts were only another $200 or so.

 

I don't understand... those sure look the width of the car (even the front one is mentioned to be for a miata, which I'm sure we can look up the width and price on NLR website), so I'm guessing those wings are more like 60-72 inches wide. 

Even if you had a good way to connect them at the center, that's still $200-250 in cutoffs (assuming the front wing is 3 and the rear is 2 top 2 bottom). Before you get into End plates, mounts, and gurneys. 

sleepyhead the buffalo
sleepyhead the buffalo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
3/26/21 1:19 p.m.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:
sleepyhead the buffalo said:

More like $100 for the wings (assuming each one is less than 30"), and I wouldn't be surprised if the mounts were only another $200 or so.

I don't understand... those sure look the width of the car (even the front one is mentioned to be for a miata, which I'm sure we can look up the width and price on NLR website), so I'm guessing those wings are more like 60-72 inches wide. 

Even if you had a good way to connect them at the center, that's still $200-250 in cutoffs (assuming the front wing is 3 and the rear is 2 top 2 bottom). Before you get into End plates, mounts, and gurneys. 

Huh.  Maybe a Fox is wider than I give them credit for.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/26/21 10:50 p.m.

Wow some one got a deal.  I was thinking that was going to get a lot more.  

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