The BaT thread for the cars we won't buy, but kinda wish we would

[clyde]

Originally Posted by JST

The big cost would be labor, if you weren't doing it yourself. I doubt you could recreate it for 40K, even if you were doing it yourself, but then again, it's pretty rare for you to be able to recover the cost of construction of cars like this.

It's the kind of car that I always expect Nick to build. Pick up the parts along the way when they come up cheap. Build it whenever. Never sell it.

Assumption is that it's a better dog vehicle than their current fleet (aside from the truck?), but they seem to be making it work pretty well.