I know that this is a bit like "how long is a piece of string?", but approximately, how may hours does it take to build a Cobra replica from scratch, not including bodywork, has anyone logged their hours?? I'm after a ball park figure if possible, as I know that everyone works at a different pace.
Nige
how many hours??
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Re: how many hours??
I worked out about 300 hrs.
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Re: how many hours??
I must have been rather slow then as I recon it was around 700 hrs to get it on the road and MOT'd but without paint and trim.
Equated to 15 months of evenings and week ends. Minus holidays of course.
Peter C
Equated to 15 months of evenings and week ends. Minus holidays of course.
Peter C
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Re: how many hours??
Somewhere in the region of 2000 hours, not including metalwork or paint.
Re: how many hours??
Ignore my earlier quote of only 700 hrs.
I forgot to add in the extra week end hours.
I recon the total was well over 1000 and probably around 1250. That would include profiling the rolled edge on the fibreglass wings as I'm not sure you would want to drive it with the return left on for delivery.
Looking at your current achievements I would say that you well exceed the average builders ability but I would still allow 1000-1500 hrs.
There is of course a big difference in each persons confidence of drilling/ cutting etc together with what tools they have at their disposal. I am sure that I'm not alone in saying that I have a lot more tools now than when I started.
My approach was to think and measure at least twice before drilling in an attempt to avoid mistakes.
I realise now that it's relatively easy to correct errors in fibreglass. E.g caution needed on the dimension between the windscreen uprights. Of course any Ali bodied car would indeed need extra care to avoid the need to weld up the mistake.
Your existing car looks the business so I'm sure that if making one from scratch it would be immaculate.
Peter C
I forgot to add in the extra week end hours.
I recon the total was well over 1000 and probably around 1250. That would include profiling the rolled edge on the fibreglass wings as I'm not sure you would want to drive it with the return left on for delivery.
Looking at your current achievements I would say that you well exceed the average builders ability but I would still allow 1000-1500 hrs.
There is of course a big difference in each persons confidence of drilling/ cutting etc together with what tools they have at their disposal. I am sure that I'm not alone in saying that I have a lot more tools now than when I started.
My approach was to think and measure at least twice before drilling in an attempt to avoid mistakes.
I realise now that it's relatively easy to correct errors in fibreglass. E.g caution needed on the dimension between the windscreen uprights. Of course any Ali bodied car would indeed need extra care to avoid the need to weld up the mistake.
Your existing car looks the business so I'm sure that if making one from scratch it would be immaculate.
Peter C
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Re: how many hours??
Only because no-one can count that high!!!!Migge wrote:I don't tell you
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Re: how many hours??
I ran out of fingers and toes ages ago.
Re: how many hours??
Of course you forget the number of hours spent trying to fit something and it all goes wrong.
Spent all afternoon unbolting the dash to drop it far enough to access the hazard warning switch. Couldn't find a fault so moved on to fitting a new ignition warning light whilst he dash was lowered. Damaged the coil winding on the new light when fitting the spring mounting so now re fitted the old one. Suitable number of swear words.
The dash still needs bolting back up and hoping I don't dislodge something in the process of my investigations.
Achievements today zero!
I think Migge knows only too well this sort of frustration.
Peter C
Spent all afternoon unbolting the dash to drop it far enough to access the hazard warning switch. Couldn't find a fault so moved on to fitting a new ignition warning light whilst he dash was lowered. Damaged the coil winding on the new light when fitting the spring mounting so now re fitted the old one. Suitable number of swear words.
The dash still needs bolting back up and hoping I don't dislodge something in the process of my investigations.
Achievements today zero!
I think Migge knows only too well this sort of frustration.
Peter C
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Re: how many hours??
I felt the same very early on Saturday morning having spent most of the night stripping and then rebuilding my engine in an attempt to fix the steam pouring from my right exhaust.
I had a spare set of inlet manifold gaskets, so I replaced those in the hope that they were the problem.......they weren't.
Paul
I had a spare set of inlet manifold gaskets, so I replaced those in the hope that they were the problem.......they weren't.
Paul